A whole different world

Every once in a while something happens here or someone says something that just encapsulates how very different India is and that even if I lived the rest of my life here I would never completely fit in. It isn't the cows in the street or the food I eat, it is some of the behavior that is just so completely different from what I'm used to.
On Sunday I had one of those moments,
While at the yoga thingy there was a Q/A session where the guru was asking people what they had taken away from the day before. One of the men stood up and said that when he got home the night before he saw that his mail was still in his mail box and normally if this happens he would go in the house and yell at his servant for not getting the mail but this time he just went and got the mail himself.
It baffles me on an almost daily basis how people treat there maids and their help (I'm not even going to get started on the fact that he used the word servant). From my perspective these people are treated almost not as humans, and I frequently cringe when I see how "the help" are treated and how lazy people are. Sometimes it literally takes longer for people to go and tell someone to do something than to do it themselves but this behaviour is so ingrained in people. I can never get used to it, my reaction to it hasn't changed at all since the day I got here; I don't understand how in the 21st century this type of behavior can happen.
In Delhi drivers and maids, etc., always prefer working for ex-Pats, not just because the money is better, but also because of how they are treated. My maid and driver both have Sundays off, that is apparently rare with Indian families. It can be tough for those that choose to work for ex-Pats as we are always coming and going and that can mean periods of time without work, but I guess that their overall quality of life is higher so it is worth it.
Anyway, just one of those things I notice.
Probably won't be blogging much this week as I know that people are here and there and everywhere for X-mas so won't be reading much. Safe travels to everyone going here and there and everywhere!