Here are a few more things not to do:

1. Do not eat the “jungle meat”.  It may not turn out to be from the jungle.

2. Do not jokingly accept a marriage proposal.

3. Do not say “that is the bomb." Someone might think there really is a bomb.

4. Do not say “Holy cow.” To Hindus, cows are sacred.

5. Do not eat fish that were caught in a river. (In India the river is for bathing, car washing, and using the restroom.)

6. Do not plug your Playstation, hair dryer, or anything else that runs on 120 volt electricity into the wall unless you want to smell burning plastic.

7. Do not ask for khana (Hindi for food.) in a hospital. (They do not serve food in the hospitals, but kana also means one eyed man.  They just might give you one of those.)

8. Do not drink Thums Up, unless you are trying to get rid of bugs in your stomach.  As reported in the newspaper, Thums Up (a Coca-Cola company) contains the most pesticides of all the soft drinks in India.

9. Do not watch cricket; you will go brain dead.

10. Do not call someone homosexual for trying to hold your hand, in India that is an acceptable same-sex display of affection. (That does NOT mean it doesn’t creep me out).

India can be unforgiving if you do not know what not to do.  India will never be relaxing, but you will be more relaxed now that you know what not to do and what to avoid.