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What struck you about India?

Hello everybody,

When you first settled in India, you might have been struck by cultural aspects of life in India and you might even have anecdotes about your integration here.
We would like you to share with expats-to-be what you discovered once you arrived in India: customs, traditions, interesting or fun facts etc.

What were the things that surprised you the most after your arrival?

Are there any practices that are particularly out of step with your culture of origin? If so, what are they?

What do you think about them?

Did you get used to these and adopt some of these traditions or norms?

Do you think you would take some of the customs of India with you if you were to return to your home country or move to another country?

Thank you!

Cheryl,
大咖福利影院 team
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Very good questions, Cheryl j墨!

I've been here for over 2.5 years, and if I go back to the US, I would be bringing the entirety of India within my life back with me, complete with a border sign posted at the edge of a property, if I'm ever able to buy one before I leave this world, and constructing the inside appearance of an Indian home (concrete walls, RO machine, latch-style doors, one insulated-AC tiny-house-style building dedicated as a Hind奴 temple, complete with consecration of my I峁a弓a-devat膩 by a p奴j膩r墨, Indian clothes to be bought and worn for the rest of my life).

I was never really one completely at home with my demonic Western culture.聽 I always thought something was not right and rebelled against it.聽 It was the teachings of Hind奴 texts especially including the artha 艣膩stra coming out of me unknowingly and being made fun of for it all my life.

My biggest surprise out of all this is that after decades of living at first as a Heathen under my father, then an athiest in my 20s, then agnostic in my 30s, being vegetarian for the last 27 years and vegan for 22 of these years, then "spiritual, but not religious" in my 40s, confirming that I am Hind奴 6 years ago at age 49, and then feeling like I fit in here in India, that my DNA Forensics DNA report shows that I have over 8% Indian ancestry (most of it SE India and a sub-1% in northern India).聽

It is no wonder that when I went to Lothal here in Gujar膩t, I cried as I walked about, because either it was my home or I visited it extensively in the distant past, and I saw it in ruins in this lifetime.聽 "What happened?!" was the question on my mind and wondering who my family or friends were from that time period.聽 Regardless, I had come to feel that day that the sa峁僺膩ric cycle of death and rebirth was finally complete.聽 Even the trees, vegetation, the soil, and the people in Lothal are pretty similar to what I grew up with in South Texas.

I was groomed for all this.
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Hi All I am planning to relocate to Mysuru in the next 5 years .聽 I am from South Africa .聽 Anyone from the聽 area (local or expats) I would like to hear your views:)
Hi Renereddy,

You have taken a right decisions, you will not find a place like Mysore. Than me telling you about mysore, google once the locations, its amazing.

Warm regards
Jayaram
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nice place to enjoy a life
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