You lose

Here's a text about India from a hungarian writer :

"If you can’t look them in the eye, if you can’t lean close to them, if you can’t see the authenticity in the penury, you lose. If you can’t stand others encroaching on your space, breaking through the wall that you’re used to having between you and them, you lose. If you can’t stand others touching you, handling you, laying their hands on your shoulders, so that when they retreat, there is nothing but smoke and noise that comes between you, you lose.
You’re standing in Chandni Chowk, the market of old Delhi, a loser. The sounds assault your brain, and as the muezzin chants, you can’t even remember where you’re headed. ..."

By János Háy