Germany vs India (a skewed view)

Having spent 4 years in Germany I thought of jotting down some of the differences I have seen in Germany and India -

You don't owe an explanation to any one in Germany, but in India - Why are you not married, if Married, then why you don't have kids, if you have kids then when are they getting married etc etc

In India, one does not need an appointment to have dinner with one's parents

Everybody known everybody in India and here in Germany I don't know my neighbours. I am sure they also don't know each other personally :)

Germany is a punctual country and I admire that

No loud speaker chanting about god(s) in Germany. What a piece of mind

Unlike India, not every one wants to be an IT Engineer in Germany

Sports are valued as much as education in Germany

German politicians don't shout at each other in parliament, at least this is what I have seen on Tagesschau

Red means you stop at traffic signal in Germany. Simple, is not it?

There is hardly ever any news about India in Germany and about Germany in India

You can call Cops in Germany if your neighbour did not clean his/her dog's sh**

There is nothing for which you can not get an insurance in Germany

You can call any one Hitler jokingly in India, good luck with such joke in Germany

I have been told Berlin is not Germany and Bangalore is not India though I would like to believe that rest of Germany is like Berlin and rest of India is like Bangalore

These were some of my experiences. Do you also have something (funny) to share about a country you are in vs India?

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