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●India

■IndiayandCulture

◆Hierarchy

Theinfluenduismaioesystemhavecreatedaculturethatstressesestablishedhierarchicalrelationships。Indiansarealwayssesocialorderausrelativetootherpeople，betheyfamily，friends，ers。

Allrelatioedwithhierarschools，teachersarecalledgurusandareregardedasthesourceofallkriarch，usuallythefather，isthoughttobetheleaderofthefamily。Thebossisviewedasthesourateresponsibilityinbusiionshiphasadistihatmustbefollowedforthesocialordertobemaintained。

◆TheRoleoftheFamily

Peoplearetypicallydefiowhichtheybelohausasindividuals。Someoneissideredtobeaffiliatedtoaspecificstate，region，city，family，careerpath，religiohisgrouporientatiiheclosepersoionsIndiansmaintainwiththeirfamily，ingtheextendedfamily。Theextendedfamilybringsabouttlessiionships，rules，andstructures。Adeep-rrelativesalsoesalongwiththesemutualresponsibilities。

◆Just’tSay“No”

Indiansdooshorovaldirectly，beitverballyornon-verbally。Insteadofdisappointingyou，forexample，bysayihingisn’tathand，Indianswillofferyouthereplythattheythinkyouwahisashouldnardeddisho。AnIndianwouldbesideredterriblyoffensiveifheshedidniveapersonwhathadbeenasked。

&heyarenotwilliiveanswers，Indiansmaygiveanaffirmativeabevagueaboutaailsohiswilldemandyoutolookfornonverbalclues，suchasareludanactualtimeoiicreply。

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◇ReligioionandsocialclassallaffegsinIndia。

◇Thisisahierarchicalculture，sstotheeldestormostseniorpersonfirst。

◇Whenyouleaveagroup，eaustbebidfarewellindividually。

◇Shakingha，espethelargeoreeducatedwhogetusedtodealierners。

◇Menmayshakehandswithothermen，andwomenmayshakehandswithotherwomen;howevermenandwomenseldomshakehaherbecauseiousbeliefs。Ifyouareforthemtooffertheirhand。

◆Namiions

Indiannamesdifferonthebasision，socialdregiory。Somebasiestthenamingtraditionsareasfollows:

Hindus:

◇Ih，mahagivennameandasurname。

◇Ih，surnamesarelessusedandapersostheinitialoftheirfather’softheiro

◇Theman’sformalheirname“so”（sonof）aher’sname。Womeorepresentthattheyarethedaughteroftheirfather。

◇Atmarriage，womenabaher’snameaheirhusband’sfirstnameasasortofsurname。

Muslims:

◇ManyMuslimsdonothavesuread，meher’sheirowhee”。Therefore，“AbdullahbinAhmed”meansAbdullahthesonofAhmad。

&heeti”。

&leHajji（m）orHajjah（f）beforethehepersoheirpilgrimagetoMecca。

Sikhs:

SikhsallusethenameSingh。Itiseitherusedasasurnameorasaetothesurname。

◆GiftGivie

◇Ihatsendihetothelife。

◇Giftsofcasharesenttofriendsaheextendedfamilytocelebrateimportasinlifesuchasbirth，deathandmarriage。

◇Notthevalueofthegift，butthesihwhichitisgivenisimportanttothereceiver。