Living in India can be a vibrant but harrowing experience for many coming from other countries. But for an American couple it has become an “amazing” haven filled with a multitude of unique experiences. An Instagram video by influencer Kristen Fischer has since gone viral — outlining her four year experience living in Delhi with multiple small children.
“Why would you want to live in India? I get this question often. As if India is a dirty or poor country that has nothing good to offer. I have been here for 4 years and I can confidently say I love it here. Why wouldn’t you want to live here?” she asked while sharing a highlights reel of recent experiences.
The short video included clips of Fischer and her children riding a scooter, playing in the rain and other domestic moments. The compiled footage also had excerpts from various events the the family had attended during their time in the country — including Holi celebrations, wedding festivities.
Video clips shared by shared by Fischer also recount various aspects of her life in India — including the somewhat unique experience of riding a scooter through the streets of Delhi while taking her children to school.
“It is everything…It is happy, it is hard, it is fun, it is lonely, it is exciting, it is confusing, it is tiring, it is amazing, it is frustrating, and it is so worth it! Anyone who has lived abroad can relate to the pull in two directions. You feel like, at the same time, you belong in both places and neither place. It is both amazing and difficult, and that is okay. I love it here in India. But I would be lying if I said it was always easy,” she wrote in another social media post.