Kristin FagerbackInternational Travel Consultancy

Thank you India for being amazing ❤️

1 Aug 2026 · 2 min

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In this personal vlog, Kristin Fagerback reflects on her experiences in India, expressing deep gratitude for the country's kindness and generosity. She recounts two vivid incidents: a stranger on a train offering water to a thirsty child whose mother had run out, and two shopkeepers promptly returning overpayments when a digital UPI transaction failed, even handing cash directly. These anecdotes illustrate a broader perception of Indian people as honest, caring, and quick to help strangers. Kristin describes the emotional impact of these moments, noting they bring her to tears and make her feel blessed to spend time in India.

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Anyways, um, I want to say thank you India for being amazing. Like, I like can't even get over like how kind people are. Like truly, like I feel like India as a nation like has a huge heart like for helping others too. Like from the moment I got here, like I saw like, you know, there was one woman on a train and she had 2 kids with her, and then she was saying like, "Panni, panni," which means water in Hindi, and like looking kind of around because her daughter was thirsty and she didn't have any more water left. Like, it was out in the bottle and you're on a train, like you can't just like get like clean water real quick. And literally, like the stranger next to me, like the lady just like gave her water. That was already drunk out of, but gave it, you know, to the child. And like, that wasn't the only time I saw that. Like, literally, people just are so generous here. And that's what I experienced. And it was like, it's something that it's almost like brings tears, you know, to you. So, and yeah, it's so beautiful. And like, people have been like so honest and like They were very like protecting the honesty. Like when I overpaid for something, like both two times, like both businesses were like, oh my gosh, like we need to give you the money like right now. And there was like, I have a UPI here in India, which is like their unified payment system. Anyways, like it wasn't going through for the UPI for them to send me the money. So they were like, here's the cash, here's the cash. And they're just I love, like, yeah, I feel, I feel so like blessed to like get to spend time here in India and I