What do most Indians do while travelling abroad

Great to know that you have first hand experience of Hong Kong which has a large variety of foods to offer and elegant dining places too.

chinese men are almost have same face how do you distinguish them, well it is very hard for me to do so. 

They say the same about Indians especially people with longer nose 

True, I have heard many foreigners say that Indians look alike with black hair, back eyes and sharp features..But once they travel through India they realise the vast difference in facial structure, color of complexion and other features that are unique to a particular region of our country.

but i think Indian looks more beautiful then any other country human.

Every body thinks that their looks are the best in the world.

usha manohar wrote:

True, I have heard many foreigners say that Indians look alike with black hair, back eyes and sharp features..But once they travel through India they realise the vast difference in facial structure, color of complexion and other features that are unique to a particular region of our country.

I think India is only country in world where peoples of different facial structure, complexion are living. Bengali is know for their dark complexion. Desh Ek Bangala, Hoth Lal Muhn Kala.

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

True, I have heard many foreigners say that Indians look alike with black hair, back eyes and sharp features..But once they travel through India they realise the vast difference in facial structure, color of complexion and other features that are unique to a particular region of our country.

I think India is only country in world where peoples of different facial structure, complexion are living. Bengali is know for their dark complexion. Desh Ek Bangala, Hoth Lal Muhn Kala.

With some exceptions most of the South Indians are dark complexioned. In my own family except me, all are dark complexioned.

 

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

True, I have heard many foreigners say that Indians look alike with black hair, back eyes and sharp features..But once they travel through India they realise the vast difference in facial structure, color of complexion and other features that are unique to a particular region of our country.

I think India is only country in world where peoples of different facial structure, complexion are living. Bengali is know for their dark complexion. Desh Ek Bangala, Hoth Lal Muhn Kala.

 

Not really, i have done Bengali friends here on work who are quite fair . In fact in India we find complexion ranging from very dark to very fair and all shades in between. Here in Mangalore most people have wheat complexion and you find very few dark people but in some other parts you find more dark complexioned people and so on..

usha manohar wrote:

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

True, I have heard many foreigners say that Indians look alike with black hair, back eyes and sharp features..But once they travel through India they realise the vast difference in facial structure, color of complexion and other features that are unique to a particular region of our country.

I think India is only country in world where peoples of different facial structure, complexion are living. Bengali is know for their dark complexion. Desh Ek Bangala, Hoth Lal Muhn Kala.

 

Not really, i have done Bengali friends here on work who are quite fair . In fact in India we find complexion ranging from very dark to very fair and all shades in between. Here in Mangalore most people have wheat complexion and you find very few dark people but in some other parts you find more dark complexioned people and so on..

 

Exactly....people from all the states have a wide range of complexion ranging from dark to fair, varying only in degrees from each other. Many Brahmins from Konkan, Maharashtra or the Chitpavans even have blue-grey to green eyes. There are dark looking people all over India, not just W. Bengal.

vijay wrote:

Great to know that you have first hand experience of Hong Kong which has a large variety of foods to offer and elegant dining places too.

True, we were there after the British handed over  and the period before China actually took over ..Hong Kong then was a multi cultural society that had a lot to offer.. Lots of Indians bought houses and apartments at that period since property prices had come down and later sold it for huge profits. Food of course was in great variety , catering to all kinds of taste and budget ..

usha manohar wrote:

vijay wrote:

Great to know that you have first hand experience of Hong Kong which has a large variety of foods to offer and elegant dining places too.

True, we were there after the British handed over  and the period before China actually took over ..Hong Kong then was a multi cultural society that had a lot to offer.. Lots of Indians bought houses and apartments at that period since property prices had come down and later sold it for huge profits. Food of course was in great variety , catering to all kinds of taste and budget ..

as you said you visited HONG KONG.. do you have any problem in conversation with local people..

Babu saroj wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

vijay wrote:

Great to know that you have first hand experience of Hong Kong which has a large variety of foods to offer and elegant dining places too.

True, we were there after the British handed over  and the period before China actually took over ..Hong Kong then was a multi cultural society that had a lot to offer.. Lots of Indians bought houses and apartments at that period since property prices had come down and later sold it for huge profits. Food of course was in great variety , catering to all kinds of taste and budget ..

as you said you visited HONG KONG.. do you have any problem in conversation with local people..

 

Majority of the people are Chinese but English is spoken widely and it is not at all a problem to get on there since there are people from all over the world and many Indians living there for generations ..

Yes English was not a problem in HK but was a big problem in China.

Chinese and even Japanese refuse to speak in English even if they know it ..They will write directions down in English for you but speak in their language..

The practice of sticking to mother tongue is also prevalent in Germany. Rourkela Steel plant was built with German collaboration. I never heard them speaking an any other language except German.

everyone feel proud and comfortable to speak in their own mother tongue, and so do they, i guess. 

If one wants to speak only in their native language they might as well sit at home because when you go to another state within your own country or go abroad you need to speak in some neutral language that is understood by others. You cannot expect others to learn your language ..

One can always hire services of translators. At this rate how many languages the PM will be required to know. Now multi language translations are available in apps also So one need not sit at home. Centuries earlierChinese travellers visited India knowing only Chinese.

My experience says, whichever State I visit in India, i never faced any communication problems. I either speak in English,  or Hindi. If both fail, I use signs and gestures. I don't know about foreign Countries as I never visited any foreign Countries.