Product Description

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

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Product Details

Publisher	Kuperard
ISBN	1857333055
Format	Paperback
Author	Nicki Grihault
EAN	9781857333053
Label	Kuperard
Edition	Reprinted edition
Dewey Decimal Number	954
Studio	Kuperard
Number Of Pages	168
Title	India - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture
Release Date	2006-09-05
Publication Date	2006-09-05
Manufacturer	Kuperard

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Customer Reviews

Good guide for culture and customs of India

Review by Vickie L. Beam, 2010-01-30

I purchased this book for my brother and sister-in-law who were preparing for an extended stay in India. They were very appreciative when I gave it to them, and they proceeded to read and study before their trip. Both agreed, when they came back, that this cultural guide is one of the best because of its clear and concise style and organization. They appreciated the straight-forward and complete details which proved to make their stay in India more comfortable and less stressful. The book proved to be an essential reference during their trip.

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An Inquiry into the Banal...

Review by James W. Boyd, 2010-01-02

I am preparing for my first trip to India. I purchased this book along with the Lonely Planet guides to India and Rajasthan. I must say that this book doesn't really give that much more by way of guidance than your basic wikipedia article or the section on etiquette in the LP guide. Most of the book consists in glosses on Indian religion, politics, and culture. While there is worthwhile advice to be found in this book, I do not recommend it as a way to understand Indian culture or to follow Indian norms. In both this book falls short. Instead, this is "India for Idiots", a banal and trifling discussion of the most basic Indian practices ('don't shake with your left hand, bring toilet paper and other boring suggestions are everywhere in this book).

If you want a rough guide, use the web. Forums like IndiaMike provide more in-depth advice about Indian customs than books like this.

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Required Reading for ANYONE traveling to India

Review by Victoria McMillan, 2008-10-21

India is a culture that is far outside the understanding of most westerners. This book was easy to read and understand and DEFINITELY helped us to respond, behave and act properly in a very foreign land.
The book is direct, concise and well written. We would recommend this to anyone visiting a culture that will appreciate the effort not to offend.
This book was really A+_.

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India ideas

Review by Deborah Donathan, 2008-09-08

I will be going on a mission trip this fall and wanted something that would give me useful information - this did the job!

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Great book

Review by A. Rao, 2008-08-15

With the economies of asia sky rocketting and the world getting more and more globalized by the day, it makes it essential to know more about customs and beliefs around the world. This is a great book to start with.

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