Since I watched the movie “Blood Diamond” with slim&trim Leonardo DiCaprio where the profound explanation for culturally significant occurences in Africa is T.I.A (=This is Africa), I have adopted the “T.I.I.” accordingly for, guess what, India. Last Saturday, for example, a German guy who has been only very briefly in India complained about something in Bangalore being “not logical”. I burst out in laughter and commented shortly “T.I.I.” It’s great and it works on sooo many occasions.
Marco Versace just sent me a link to this picture “hard had” as obviously a substitue for a helmet, taken from Wulfweard the White 
–> T.I.I. (I promise to take a few picture from an Indian building site with women carrying the soil on their heads and post it here soon).
Seeing many guys, and no girls, at one spot is very common, like here below on Juhu Beach in Bombay. Especially, when they are holding hands or are in a hug and stare intensely at you.
–> Again here: T.I.I.
To conclude: T.I.I., an excellent and ever applicable framework for all situations in life on the Subcontinent. Spread the word ;-)
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Hi Rene
I really like your T.I.I -Thing. You should do a periodic column on that… I took these Pics in Delhi - maybe matching this context…
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Oliver
Rene,
I totally get what you’re saying and I, too, say “TII” (after seeing Blood Diamond) when seeing something so uniquely Indian. Like men stopping traffic to get out of their cars to pee on the side of the road or people riding on the roofs of buses on the National Highway. It’s not something you’d see or experience in any other country. And it can be frustrating and oh-so-interesting all at the same time! :)