Speech On Indian Culture

India. The world’s 2nd largest and fastest rising population. The country where cows are holy and untouchable, or where so much tea and so many films are produced. But how much more do you really know about this truly astonishing country? Let us have a look.

First thing to point out is that the Indian culture is one of the world’s oldest, and therefore extremely varying. We are presenting to you some useful facts that are good to know when traveling to India.

Everyone has heard about the caste system in India, where people born in a different caste are often discriminated against. But don’t be afraid, the locals usually don’t expect foreigners or tourists to behave differently to people from certain castes, so you don’t actually need to keep that in mind while staying in India.

Therefore, it is extremely important that you, as a visitor, respect the religious rules, such as taking off your shoes when entering a religious site. Now, India is a warm country and it is indeed comfortable to wear shorts. However, when visiting a religious site, don’t. It is not appropriate to show your body, not even when it comes to shorts or a tank top. Also, when traveling with a partner, try not to show too much emotion in the public, like kissing or hugging. No one in India appears to be interested in seeing it, so please respect that.

Over a billion people live in India, which obviously has some cons for people from the Western countries. You should perhaps prepare yourself for a lack of privacy in many contexts. For example, people often look at you intensely, which really isn’t something to be too much concerned about. One worse thing though is the sexual harassment that many white women often experience in the Indian streets. A good advice there would be not to wear revealing clothes and to observe the local women’s