India - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture [Paperback]

Nicki Grihault (Author)

Book Description

Series: Culture Smart! | Publication Date: September 5, 2006

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.

Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include:

* customs, values, and traditions
* historical, religious, and political background
* life at home
* leisure, social, and cultural life
* eating and drinking
* do's, don'ts, and taboos
* business practices
* communication, spoken and unspoken

"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel

"... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel

"...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer

"...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine

"...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times

Editorial Reviews

Review

Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers, Sunday Times Travel - ...the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries, Global Travel - ...full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas, Observer - ...as useful as they are entertaining, Easy Jet Magazine - ...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world, New York Times.

About the Author

NICKI GRIHAULT is an English travel writer and journalist who has lived and worked abroad for many years, particularly in India. Previously at Woman Abroad, she now works as travel editor of Executive Woman magazine, and writes on cross-cultural issues for CultureSmart!Consulting. She is the author of Working in Asia (In Print, 1996).

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Kuperard; Reprinted edition edition (September 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857333055
• ISBN-13: 978-1857333053
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 0.5 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #561,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Culture Smart, India, June 17, 2003

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This review is from: Culture Smart! India: A Quick Guide to Customs & Etiquette (Paperback)

This is the kind of book every first-time traveler to India needs! It is short and to-the-point, and gives a very concise guide to customs and etiquette that is required learning for Westerners. Other version of the Culture Smart series are available, so if you're traveling outside the U.S., be sure to get one of these incredibly handy guides. These books are small enough to take with you to for a quick refresher course, too!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A quick review of Indian customs, May 14, 2007

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Narahari Mahadevan "Tamil-Telugu Deshi" (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: India - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture (Paperback)

I find this book very informative and a quick reference for Indian customs. Although, you cannot touch on every aspect of a culture in a small handbook, the author has taken great pains to explain ways and means. The only caveat to avoid faux paus is to actually memorize the customs before you visit.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some additional information, August 16, 2007

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Arleen (Fayetteville, NC United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: India - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture (Paperback)

I agree with the other reviewers, but I wanted to let readers know that much of this book is repeated, verbatim, in __Customs & Etiquette Of India (Simple Guides Customs & Etiquette)__ by Venika Kingsland. (Not sure who plagiarized whom...) Culturesmart India is worth the extra few dollars.