KulturSchock Indien

Understanding India and its inhabitants better: This book explains the cultural peculiarities, thought processes, and behaviors of the people, providing guidance for navigating the unfamiliar travel routine. It entertainingly and clearly removes cultural stumbling blocks and imparts solid background knowledge on history, society, religion, and traditions.

Additionally, it offers behavior tips from A to Z with numerous suggestions for appropriate conduct, references to supplementary and entertaining multimedia sources, as well as literature recommendations for further exploration.

The book serves as a cultural guide through the jungle of Indian everyday life, a guide for conscious travel and experiences. It describes the thought processes and behaviors of Indians, explains the historical, religious, and social backgrounds that lead to these lifestyles, thus providing orientation in a foreign land. Family life, moral values, and rules of etiquette are explained, as well as social customs, religious mandates, and dining etiquette. From this, behavior tips for daily travel situations are derived, such as in hotels, while on the go, during shopping, when interacting with beggars, or when invited to someone's home.

CultureShock - the special and multiple award-winning cultural travel guides from Reise Know-How. Well-researched, entertaining, and helpful in navigating foreign everyday life under the motto: The more we know about each other, the better we will understand one another.