Living habits of Indians

1. Indians are used to using "Namaste" instead of all greetings, such as good morning, good afternoon, good night or welcome, hello. ...

Namaste,, is the most commonly used greeting in daily life. This stands for daily greetings, just like ciao means hello and goodbye.

In fact, the real greetings are far more than that. It is worth mentioning that this part comes from Amitabha in the South, which China is familiar with.

India is a society dominated by religion. Daily habits can reflect a lot. Just like when dealing with many monks in China, they always say "Amitabha" when they meet and say goodbye. Religious piety is integrated into language habits.

In addition, you can say RAMRAM (Rama! Rama! You can also say ASLAM when greeting Muslims.

When Indians answer questions, they usually nod their heads left and right, indicating "yes", "no problem" or "yes".

This is a fact. But it is not the same as shaking your head as some people understand. Instead, walk to both sides to show acceptance.

In most parts of India, there is no house address, and locals are used to using landmarks, bridges, temples and markets as signs.

This is actually India's postal system. India's postal system is one of the most complicated bureaucratic systems in the world, with the second largest number of employees in the world. The first is India's railway transportation system. (The data comes from the Hindustan Times, occasionally seen, and the link is unknown. )

Going back to the second question, India's modernization process is basically British. During the 300 years of British colonization, the British successfully turned India into a part of their own industrial chain. At the beginning of the 20th century, India's jute and cotton production ranked first in the world. But the British brought industrialization and modernization to India, but they always suppressed India's national industry. So until the establishment of India, the industrial revolution was not completed at home.

Like China, Indian development depends on intensive production and cheap labor. However, due to the disobedience of Indian cultural traditions (see "Indians who are used to being competitive"), Indians are "lazy" and cannot be as "hardworking and brave" as China people.

Provide a fact that India is now the fourth largest economic entity in the world, and their economic development potential shows that they are not far from the third Japan.

Therefore, people who have been to India today can still feel the rapid development of infrastructure construction. Unlimited economic potential can be felt in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and several new cities in many emerging industrial cities.

Let me add a point about economic development. There is a saying that has never been the mainstream, "because of the huge population base", which is lagging behind in many aspects. Although, this is a fact.

4. If you ask 10 Indians for directions, you will get 10 answers.

The enthusiasm and irresponsibility of Indians are equally impressive. It's true. They like to say things that don't know the answer.

What Indians often say to tourists is: "Whereareyoufrom? "What's your name? "You are my friend. "But when they say these words, they all have other intentions.

The third issue mentioned here is education in India. In this respect, India is certainly not as good as China, whether it is the people's concept or the government's policy. The education situation in India is "very bad". When I volunteered and interviewed in India, I collected some very shocking data.

Until today, the illiteracy rate in India is nearly 50%. It was not until the 1990s that the first state (Kerala) achieved zero illiteracy rate. Kerala is ruled by the * * * production party (please don't add value judgment).

In the data released by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources (under which the education department is located) on 20 10, more than 50,000 high schools were printed, and the number of junior high schools and primary schools was relatively more. The population aged 5 to 25 in this country accounts for nearly half of the total population.

The Indian government tries to popularize education, but the high educational capital and extremely scarce educational resources make this problem unstable.

After winning the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guofan gained a lot of wealth and asked the Xiang soldiers under his rule to "send their children to school"; This kind of situation rarely occurs in India, and traditional Indian schools can only be places for Brahmins to study religious classics.

And India from the founding Prime Minister Nehru, the founding father Gandhi, to Indira? Gandhi, Rajiv? Gandhi, and today's Singh, are all made in Britain without exception. This also indirectly illustrates the very poor education situation in India.

6. Indians think logically and act slowly, so tourists should be patient.

7. Many Indians learn the languages of other countries in order to make money for tourists. So in India, people who can speak various languages are either tour guides, businessmen or liars.

Put these two together.

No comment. These ten questions are all from the perspective of tourists. In tourist attractions all over the world, swindlers are a must for the crowd. In Italy, he was cheated by the black brother to buy ornaments, and in Thailand, he was sold all kinds of fake cultural relics, not to mention the swindlers in China. China people are really smart, and their tricks are hard to prevent.

8. Eating in an Indian home is usually accompanied by the host. It is best not to force the hostess to eat at the same table.

First of all, being able to eat in an Indian home is a high acceptance. Especially to the brahmin's house. Although the caste system has been eliminated in name, it is not like China's revolutionary storm of "eliminating the four old habits and breaking bad habits", and the remnants are very obvious. They reserved places for the lower castes and untouchables in enrollment and government positions, which is actually an obvious verification of the existence of discrimination.

The fourth question comes, social discrimination in India. Whether this is good or bad at the institutional level, as mentioned in the answer to the question "What is the caste system", is not easy to make a value judgment.

But inhuman and naked harm is absolutely impossible. Indian law clearly stipulates that the police can whip in the street. Often this kind of behavior is for beggars. Beggars in India are mostly children and women. They have no future and the Indian government has never been able to solve this problem. Even in Delhi, the streets are full of beggars. Every winter in Delhi, there are bodies on the streets.

The class division in India is very obvious and everyone accepts it. From the Chinese point of view, this is "bad".

9. Indians are used to grabbing food with their right hand and putting their left hand behind their back.

This is a religious habit. The left hand is usually considered unclean. As we all know, Indians used to clean up with their left hand after defecation. So in all toilets, there are small faucets.

I want to talk about two issues here.

First, religion. India has faith, which is their misfortune, and the resulting discrimination and harm can be imagined. This is also their happiness. Most people in China have no faith.

Therefore, in the communication with most Indians, they are very satisfied with their living conditions. People are actually happier when sacrifice and prayer become a part of life. This is why Indians can accept the non-violent and non-cooperative movement, and Indians can survive and develop in such a tragic environment. They don't have that strong hatred.

In this respect, India is "not so bad" than most countries in the world.

Second, health status. 265438+At the beginning of the 20th century, WHO was still trying to promote the popularization of toilets and the safety of drinking water in rural India. Today, the drinking water safety of most Indians is still not guaranteed; In the poor rural areas I have been to, although there are toilets, no one uses them, and people are willing to solve problems outside the toilets. India's disease rate is as bad as health care, and the government has little ability to do so.

The ability of the Indian government has been mentioned many times. In fact, this is also a contradiction in India. India is the largest democracy in the world, and the parliamentary struggle system they inherited from the British is quite mature. Like all democracies, it is inefficient to be unable to concentrate. A prominent example is that in the months from September 20 10 to April 20 165438, the Indian People's House (equivalent to the lower house) refused to file a case through the Singh government because it opposed Singh's policy. It is impossible to say that it has no influence on the development of the country.

10. Indian men like to talk to foreign women, especially when you are mistaken for a Japanese woman.

Finally, this sensitive issue is mentioned. Indians like Japanese and Koreans, but they don't like China. But Indians are afraid of Korean women because Korean women are extremely tough. In public, I saw a Korean woman scold my Indian brother loudly and directly scolded him.

Oriental faces are beautiful in their eyes (and more beautiful than Indian women in their hearts). White skin, and then dress more openly. Directly led to the unruly Indian brother messing around.

India's civilization is not high enough. At least according to western standards (in fact, the standards of civilization are also greatly influenced by the west). The streets are full of rubbish, and people urinate everywhere, and ordinary people don't care much. People with western education are classified as westerners here.