{"id":645,"date":"2026-01-10T18:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/?page_id=645"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:17:36","slug":"street-crossing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/?page_id=645","title":{"rendered":"Crossing streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center; font-size:28pt\"><strong>The Subtle Art of Crossing a Street<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-container\">\n<div class=\"horizontal-stack\">\n<p style=\"font-size:21pt\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to do it: Tourist version<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt\">(mainly kidding, but can be handy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book a tuktuk or a cab to get you across.<\/li>\n<li>Ask a random person on the street if they can help you cross.<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"horizontal-stack\">\n<p style=\"font-size:21pt\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to do it: Beginner version<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt\">(don\u2019t worry, many indians do this too, as it can be scary)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spot a gap in the barriers between the different directions of traffic flow.<\/li>\n<li>Find a group that is getting ready to cross the street and join them.<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"horizontal-stack\">\n<p style=\"font-size:21pt\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to do it: Pro version<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt\">(only if you&#8217;ve mastered the beginner version!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Breathe and calm yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Observe the traffic and wait for a less dense patch of traffic (it will happen, sometimes it can take a couple of minutes, but it will happen).<\/li>\n<li>Calmly start walking across the street, and the approaching vehicles will naturally go around you. Do <strong style=\"color: red;\">NOT<\/strong> run!<\/li>\n<li>If the traffic does not thin, follow step 3, and the vehicles will start going around you. This can be scary, but it works. Again, do <strong style=\"color: red;\">NOT<\/strong> run!<\/li>\n<li>Here\u2019s a good demonstration &#8211; <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D0I-GvNMgu4\">How to cross a street in India<\/a><\/u>.<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Always look both ways, throughout, and don\u2019t walk in front of the bus.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Subtle Art of Crossing a Street How to do it: Tourist version&nbsp; (mainly kidding, but can be handy) Book a tuktuk or a cab&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/gallery-mine.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-645","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}