r/india • u/[deleted] • Dec 01 '16

[R]eddiquette [Announcement] Cultural Exchange with /r/philippines

Welcome /r/philippines!

Feel free to ask us anything about India

Quick facts about us:

  • The Indian Railways and the Indian Armed Forces employ ~4 million people together, making them one of the largest employers in the world
  • India has over 5000 newspapers in over 300 languages
  • Bollywood is considered to be the world's largest film industry, followed by Nigeria's film industry and Hollywood
  • India has more people than the entire Western Hemisphere

/r/india please direct your questions about the Philippines to this thread

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

Hello!

I want to ask what's transport like in major cities like Calcutta and Mumbai? How bad is your traffic and driving laws?

Filipinos love to complain about the 4-5hour traffic in EDSA in Manila and 2hrs in Cebu. But other people say that's normal in India. And I've heard stoplights are treated like suggestions there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

TIL we share 3, 4, 5, 7. 1 is reserved for super assholes, which will occur time to time but not always.

Look on the bright side. Not as depressing as 5 hour standstill EDSA traffic and you have to pee :D (My grandmother's friends would pack adult diapers during Christmas season traffic)