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Allow me to introduce myself
1 My name is: Shanti
No last name! Mrs. Shanti (does not matter if
you are Ms. or Mrs. they will gauge you by your
age and address you)
2 My husband is… / I have two children...
Indians will share and expect a lot of personal information.
This is small talk in India
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Allow me to introduce myself
3 I live as part of an extended family
60% of India still lives in the joint family
system
4 I speak five languages
An average Indian will speak between three to five languages
India has 16 official languages and almost 2000 languages and
dialects
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Your name!
Tamil - தமிழ் Hindi - ह दी
िं
Eva Listi எவ லிஸ்டி ईवा लिस्टि
Karl Jungstedt கார்ல் சுங்க்ச்டேத் कािल जुन्ग्सटतेद्त
Mats Ahlback மதஸ் அல்பக் मैट्स अिबक
Mike Worrall மமக் டவாரல் माइक वोरि
Per Israelsson பபர் இஸ்மரல்ப ான் पैर इस्रैल्सों
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Languages in India
Hindi 41%
Bengali 8.1%
Telugu 7.2%
Marathi 7.0%
Tamil 5.9%
Urdu 5.0%
Gujarati 4.5%
Kannada 3.7%
Malayalam 3.2%
Oriya 3.2%
Punjabi 2.8%
Assamese 1.3%
Maithili 1.2%
other 5.9%
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What is your good name?
Priya Krishnamurthy Neha Kumari Sunil Manjrekar Shubodh Mukherjee
Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Maharastra West Bengal
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Culture is the widening of the mind and the spirit – Jawaharlal Nehru
No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive – Mahatma Gandhi
