印度旅游论坛：尼泊尔留学生的成都之旅

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Travel in China is much more comfortable than in India: Roads are modern, wide, and in good repair. Buses are comfortable and dependable, usually air conditioned, and not over-stuffed. Trains are clean and relatively roomy, with proper waste disposal. In fact, everywhere we went, even in the smaller cities, there was little evidence of the physical decay one sees in India. China’s infrastructure is modern and fully-functioning; power is reliable; water is plentiful;

在中国旅行要比在印度旅行舒服多了：现代化的宽敞公路保养得非常好。公交车坐起来非常舒服，让人放心，通常有空调，不会过度拥挤。火车也很干净，相对宽敞些，排泄物得到适当处理，即便在小城市，也几乎看不到印度常见的破败现象。中国的基础设施非常现代，水电供应稳定又充足。

As an aside, I also ned the utter lack of suspicion ag inst my dark skin color. Generally anywhere I’ve lived or traveled within the lighter-skinned world, I’ve sensed some level of refleve fear or aversion to dark skin, some groupthink, subrational discomfort that usually persists below the awareness of those who possess it. Even when it’s not overt or aggressive, it’s nearly always there, a subtle anety. I’ve taken it as a given in the world. But in China, I sensed no such thing; this took me entirely by surprise. While the Chinese expressed a good deal of wonder toward us as Nepalese, their curiosity seemed untainted by primitive fears or unseemly stereotypes. Quite the contrary, it was surprising how many people simply related to India as the land of the Buddha, a figure clearly held in high esteem, despite whatever prohibitions there may be ag inst re gion.

顺便说一下，我还注意到，他们对黑皮肤的人完全不存疑心。通常说来，大凡在浅肤色国家居住或者旅行，我都会感觉到人们对深肤色的人条件反射似的恐惧或厌恶，那些人下意识就会感到不舒服，表现出一种群体思维。即便不是那么明显或者带有一种挑衅，可是总能感受到一种微妙的焦虑。对此，我已经以为常了。但是在中国，我完全没有这种感觉，这完全令我出乎意料。对于我们尼泊尔人的身份，中国人表现出颇多好奇，他们的好奇似乎不会夹杂着恐惧感或者负面的刻板印象。此外，还让我吃惊的是有许多人把印度看做佛陀故土，尽管在那里是受严格禁止的。