When we come into contact with a foreign culture, we all inevitably experience a real “culture shock”. It suddenly becomes clear to us that in a foreign culture everyday life is built according to different rules, that a completely different value system operates there. What position does an individual occupy in society? How are the relationships between women and men? What hierarchical systems exist? How do people behave in public and at home? What role do religion and superstition play? How does a person live and work? How does he spend his free time? How do you greet a stranger? How should a foreign guest behave? What gift will please the owners of the house? Our book, written by Russia’s largest Indologist N.R. Guseva, answers all these questions about the amazing country of India.