Dress yourself like an Indian
The way Indians dress cannot be generalised. In a big town like Bangalore, you might see Indians dressed with jeans and sport shoes, all summed up they might dressed very casual. But then, of course, on the other hand you will find also Indians wearing typical Indian clothes. As for the men, the most popular dress is doti. It is just a kind of fabric wrapped around the hips and fixed by a more or less complicated knot. Due to the fact that the fabric reaches down to the knuckles even, the Indians wrap the fabric from the bottom upwards so that still the thigh remains covered. It is more comfortable for walking. More or less without any exception, Indian men wear a shirt. 
Usually it is ragged, chequered and hasn’t been washed for at least 4 weeks or even longer. When men are not wearing a doti, a simple pair of trousers dresses them. Except for the pattern, all mentioned above applies also for the pair of trousers. Another typical Indian dress both for men and women is called kurta. You can get it in long and short versions. The longer versions reach almost till the knuckles. Hence, wearing it makes you look like you are planning to go to bed with a nightdress. But the bridegroom wears especially this kind of dress for marriages. In these cases it looks really gorgeous and beautiful. Also due to embroidery on the kurtas, which often times include some golden jewellery. Of course, me also, I had to go for a kurta. I bought one in black, including a white pair of trousers exceeding my knuckles by 20cm and being much too slack around my hips. Manju, my colleague at HCL with whom I went shopping, meant that it is the normal way of wearing it. Ok then, I thought, added a golden scarf to the kurta, asked for the bill and paid a little less than 1.000 Rupees for a silk kurta. 
The first time I wore it, was at work next Monday as Diwali was still celebrated. I felt the people gazing at me, in the streets as well as in the company. Usually, even the Indians don’t wear this kind of dress in the public. Well, and then all of a sudden they see a white guy wearing their most traditional clothes. Of course, that fact had to attract their attention and it did. Bye the way, wearing a kurta is quite comfortable, as it doesn’t nip like close fitting jeans for example. Women usually wear a Salwar kameez. It includes a pair of trousers, which is worn very slackly, a kind of frown and a scarf wrapped around the throat. I would say that it is the most popular dress for women. Especially in the company, more or less all women wear a Salwar kameez. A more expensive and more rarely seen dress is the sari. That is the women’s dress what India is known for. When you have ever watched an Indian movie, the women in the movie must have worn this kind of dress in case a typical Indian dress. It is nothing but a close fitting waistcoat and a really long tissue, which can be either in silk or cotton. The tissue is wrapped around the body several times. Girls look quite beautiful in a sari, believe me. The footwear of the Indians in general consists of slippers or, as for the poor peoples; they wear no shoes at all. At work businessmen just wear a good pair of trousers, shoes and shirt and that’s it, no tie or suit. It would be too much in this climate, anyway.
Usually it is ragged, chequered and hasn’t been washed for at least 4 weeks or even longer. When men are not wearing a doti, a simple pair of trousers dresses them. Except for the pattern, all mentioned above applies also for the pair of trousers. Another typical Indian dress both for men and women is called kurta. You can get it in long and short versions. The longer versions reach almost till the knuckles. Hence, wearing it makes you look like you are planning to go to bed with a nightdress. But the bridegroom wears especially this kind of dress for marriages. In these cases it looks really gorgeous and beautiful. Also due to embroidery on the kurtas, which often times include some golden jewellery. Of course, me also, I had to go for a kurta. I bought one in black, including a white pair of trousers exceeding my knuckles by 20cm and being much too slack around my hips. Manju, my colleague at HCL with whom I went shopping, meant that it is the normal way of wearing it. Ok then, I thought, added a golden scarf to the kurta, asked for the bill and paid a little less than 1.000 Rupees for a silk kurta. 
The first time I wore it, was at work next Monday as Diwali was still celebrated. I felt the people gazing at me, in the streets as well as in the company. Usually, even the Indians don’t wear this kind of dress in the public. Well, and then all of a sudden they see a white guy wearing their most traditional clothes. Of course, that fact had to attract their attention and it did. Bye the way, wearing a kurta is quite comfortable, as it doesn’t nip like close fitting jeans for example. Women usually wear a Salwar kameez. It includes a pair of trousers, which is worn very slackly, a kind of frown and a scarf wrapped around the throat. I would say that it is the most popular dress for women. Especially in the company, more or less all women wear a Salwar kameez. A more expensive and more rarely seen dress is the sari. That is the women’s dress what India is known for. When you have ever watched an Indian movie, the women in the movie must have worn this kind of dress in case a typical Indian dress. It is nothing but a close fitting waistcoat and a really long tissue, which can be either in silk or cotton. The tissue is wrapped around the body several times. Girls look quite beautiful in a sari, believe me. The footwear of the Indians in general consists of slippers or, as for the poor peoples; they wear no shoes at all. At work businessmen just wear a good pair of trousers, shoes and shirt and that’s it, no tie or suit. It would be too much in this climate, anyway.
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