Oh no -- LOL. I hate when that happens! I just wrote an article today about making hasty decisions.

Yes, India is one of the countries that doesn't allow Stripe. And I think there are quite a few writers and readers on Medium who live in India. I know @VidyaSury is one of them. She's even an editor at Coffee Times.

Soooo, when you get done wiping the egg off -- give yourself a hug from me, k? :-)