The Job world in India

       Everyone knows that there are many prominent differences in each continent, country or even city one travels to but it appears that India's job market differs in many crucial ways. The jobs available there are stark different than the jobs many U.S. citizens hold. In Mumbai the profession of professional meal deliverer exists. The people that withhold this job are called Dabbawallas. They carry and deliver a variety of foods in paint cans and versatile containers to people at work or people who just want to order-in. Perhaps a job with a center point even more foreign to us than the last is the actions of the job of the Rudaalis. The concept may seem sinister or even unethical to our ever-changing booming U.S. job market but what these people do is go to funerals (typically those of wealthy men) and get paid to mourn. Yes, mourn. They attend these funerals and weep and shed tears that are basically conducive to monetary benefits. When one reflects on a wedding, they may remember their close friends, coworkers and families attending but in India there is actually a service that hires seventy people at a time to attend weddings for money. These people; called Baaratis, pretend to be related to the bride or groom in question. They act like close relatives and celebrate with the family and on the way out instead of getting the ever traditional wedding favor, they get a large sum of multi-colored rupees (the Indian currency.) While on the topic of weddings- being a Hijra is another choice profession. Hijras are essentially "lucky dancers," these dancers are paid to attend weddings and dance as the belief that they bring good luck wherever they dance is tradition. It is clear to see that there are many differences between Jobs around the world and it is quite interesting to document how different the jobs in India are than the jobs in the United States.