Showing posts with label maners in India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maners in India. Show all posts

Monday, November 21, 2011

Your maners in India

sacred water in Anandpur Sahib
One of the things that really stands out when I travel to India is the social and religious protocol.

The way you dress and the manners you display set up the respect they offer to you.

I remember entering into Hilton Hotel in Amritsa with a group of American travelers. The Americans were in front of me, and as they walked through the doors of the hotel, the door keeper offered them a profile of casual friendliness.

When he saw me, dressed in white and with my turban on, he put his his feet firmly together and saluted me as a soldier would salute a captain. He guided me to the front desk and gave a command to the receptionist to serve me first.

Here are some things considered unacceptable by the Indian society: