The Learner

Something.  Yes, something, for you have already read some words .  The piece is purposely entitled so, for one title may not capture the subject matter it contains. It’s a compendium of discursive thoughts of an amateur Nigerian living beyond the borders of his country, and in a far South Asian country, India, the country that defies any all-encompassing classification and codification. One cannot mention a single religion, culture, race/colour of Indians as there are numerous in place.  The country is the world’s second-largest by population, after China. Therefore, a foreigner will never stop learning here. Every day, every moment, will present new challenges, new things, new human dynamics, and, sometimes, even new problems to solve. There can — and should — be many failures along the way—clashes of culture, misperceptions of a particular gesture, language barriers, name it. This is, however, part of the human endeavours. The foreigner shouldn’t hesitate to make as ...