getting swindled by being blessed

"But I smiled, and smiling is easy, no matter how strange and disorienting the street seemed to be."

“Guard your heart,” I was warned.

“It will be interesting to see how reality measures up to any preconceived notions once you see it for yourself. Comparing what you think you know to the possible discrepancies once you see it with your own eyes,” said another.

Both dubious warnings about what I might encounter once arriving in India. You can read about, …