I’ve already mentioned that I’m glad it’s not me who is driving in India. The roads are crazy, noisy (honking one’s horn seems mandatory) and dirty (you can taste the pollution on the busy roads). Not only are there cars, vans, tuk-tuks (auto rickshaws), bikes and people everywhere in the streets – but there are also animals. Street dogs are very common, they wander around almost oblivious to the chaos on the streets (clearly they are more used to it than me!). We’ve seen a few goats – not tethered, just ambling along, having a munch on whatever they can find. The thing that really grabs your attention is when the cows just wander across the traffic clogged dual carriageway! You’d think that it would be carnage with people running into cows. Fortunately the cows are very safe as they are considered to be a manifestation of the Mother Goddess Gau Mata. Hindus believe the cow to be a sacred animal, providing life-sustaining milk. As a vegan I like the idea that the cow is held in such high esteem, I’d just prefer it if they had ‘cow lanes’ or even better, get rid of the traffic and have cow priority streets!