condom ke sath, chalo!

It doesn't translate well, but that means "With a condom, let's go!" in Hindi. It is the slogan of Delhi's hyper-funded and ubiquitous campaign to increase the usage of condoms for HIV prevention and birth control. The photo below was taken by my friend Bridget here in Bhopal. File under "Bizarre Indian Signage," the fattest folder in the drawer:



HIV is a big problem here because no one talks about sex enough, but has the same amount of sex as the rest of the planet, of course. They just pretend they don't have sex here. Anyway, almost 1% of the population of India is HIV positive, compared to the the U.S.'s 0.6%.