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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, I re-read your post.

Your second visit there so you knew they don't have running hot water. Mixing water is a minor issue.

Why can't you cook? Get a damn skillet and saucepan and boil/saute stuff that you can eat.

Kids are resilient. Let them try other foods but insist they use boiled water for cooking anything.

Washing hands - I agree that people used to be like that but post COVID people are more aware. Get a few bars of soap if hand soap is not available and put them near every faucet.

Water is the main cause of illnesses in 3td world countries. Boil boil boil water even the water you use for brushing your teeth.

Bug spray to get rid of the mosquitoes. Wear long sleeves clothes and pants in the evening. Light up incense sticks to ward them off.

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The main way to cook is in a hole in the ground. Attaching a picture. Kids are also picky. Putting the effort into buying all the seasonings and equipment seems like too much effort. They way the cut vegetables is very different...  They use a huge sword that's free-standing. I will try to attach a picture.  No cutting board or chef knife is available.  [/quote]

Pictures attached. OP here.

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Even poor Chinese villages cook on a surface positioned at an ergonomic height. Squatting on the ground constantly, for cooking, eating, maybe even writing, sucks. Really, how hard is it to stack some boards, A-frame off the ground and put a slab board over those A-frame legs?[/quote]

China is 5x wealthier than India

But I can’t figure out where in India this is from - must be the north?

It’s pretty impressive for someone to come from such a poor background and end up bagging a “top tier larla”

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She's in Faridpur Bangladesh, not India. Probably comparable to India though in some ways India has become more commercialized than Bangladesh - little things like being able to get Oreos and potato chips in every village, pizza even in small towns/cities etc.[/quote]

Op here we can get chips and Oreos here but that's not super important for us. I went to one of the nicest restaurants called Serene Garden and they had good coffee. It's supposed to be the nicest restaurant they have but the sofa cushions were so dirty. Dh's family doesn't like going there. It's cultural. Some of the things that would be fun in the US I am being advised not to do like going out to restaurants. Dh family seems middle class. They have hired help. His nephew has a private tutor but the middle class in the US and Bangladesh look different. They also prioritize things differently. Most of their vegetables and fruits are homegrown. They have their chickens. I hear a rooster now. I don't think everyone strives to have an American lifestyle. If they got a washer and dryer for example where would it go? How would they power it? The electricity gets cut every evening for a hour by the government. It's not always a matter of having they money to buy something. They need space and also the house may not be able to sustain so much electricity. My small mini pancake maker broke the fuse. If they wanted any of these things I'm sure DH would happily purchase them. He used to send money home even when he was in grad school making a meager salary. I think that they are happy with their lifestyle. [/quote]

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