Living in India is not for the faint of heart. The lifestyle includes a high tolerance for chaos. You will negotiate prices at a vegetable market one minute and swipe a credit card at a luxury boutique the next. Traffic rules are "suggestions." Deadlines are often followed by the infamous word "Kal" (tomorrow)—a term that frustrates Westerners but saves Indians from stress-induced heart attacks.
Daily life in India is often punctuated by spiritual or symbolic gestures. Living in India is not for the faint of heart