All over India the unemployment rate is very high so many folks do what they have to do make a living here. So while driving around Gurgaon yesterday I happened upon a major intersection where many people are working to see their goods (newspapers, flowers, balloons, books) right in the road or on the street corners. I admire their diligence.
While waiting to turn right a gentleman approaches my window. I glance over to see what kinds of things he is selling and there was a huge (and I mean HUGE) copy of the complete works of Sigmund Freud. I start laughing. The book seller and my driver don't understand why I am laughing. I do not purchase the book.
It just struck me as a funny. Sigmund Freud on a street corner in India!
Now my friends back home know that I was a counselor and studied Sigmund Freud in Graduate School while working on my Masters Degree. But I am guessing that the gentleman selling these books 1) didn't know what the book was about; 2) wouldn't appreciate the whole Oedipus Complex (where young male children are secretly in love with their mothers); and 3) doesn't know that it isn't a easy, fun read. You really don't hear anyone here (or in the US for that matter) saying, "Hey, I just need to run to the book store (or street corner) right quick and grab a copy of Sigmund Freud. I heard it was a great read!" Not gonna happen!
Anyways, thought it was funny and wanted to share.
While waiting to turn right a gentleman approaches my window. I glance over to see what kinds of things he is selling and there was a huge (and I mean HUGE) copy of the complete works of Sigmund Freud. I start laughing. The book seller and my driver don't understand why I am laughing. I do not purchase the book.
It just struck me as a funny. Sigmund Freud on a street corner in India!
Now my friends back home know that I was a counselor and studied Sigmund Freud in Graduate School while working on my Masters Degree. But I am guessing that the gentleman selling these books 1) didn't know what the book was about; 2) wouldn't appreciate the whole Oedipus Complex (where young male children are secretly in love with their mothers); and 3) doesn't know that it isn't a easy, fun read. You really don't hear anyone here (or in the US for that matter) saying, "Hey, I just need to run to the book store (or street corner) right quick and grab a copy of Sigmund Freud. I heard it was a great read!" Not gonna happen!
Anyways, thought it was funny and wanted to share.
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