• Don’t judge India from your experiences with taxi drivers or people in tourist locations. Most of them are just on the look out for quick income.

• Communication is critical.

• Physical contact, even between people of the same gender, is sometimes considered offensive in public.

• Never initiate the shaking of hands, touch or sit close to or next to a woman.

• It is advisable, in public spaces, to keep a respectable distance between a man and a woman.

• Don’t be offended at the curious nature of Indians; they might demand details of your personal life from the first meeting. It is their way of building trust and relationships.