10 things India does better than anywhere else

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Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.

Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.

Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
Hide Caption
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
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One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
10 things India does best 10 photos
3. Old world trains – One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.

Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
Hide Caption
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
Hide Caption
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
Hide Caption
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
Hide Caption
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One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
10 things India does best 10 photos
3. Old world trains – One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
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In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
10 things India does best 10 photos
4. Notorious celebrities – In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.

Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
Hide Caption
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
Hide Caption
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
Hide Caption
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
Hide Caption
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
Hide Caption
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
Hide Caption
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One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
10 things India does best 10 photos
3. Old world trains – One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
Hide Caption
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In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
10 things India does best 10 photos
4. Notorious celebrities – In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
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From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
10 things India does best 10 photos
5. Accessorizing – From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
Hide Caption
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
Hide Caption
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
Hide Caption
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
Hide Caption
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
Hide Caption
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
Hide Caption
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One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
10 things India does best 10 photos
3. Old world trains – One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
Hide Caption
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In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
10 things India does best 10 photos
4. Notorious celebrities – In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
Hide Caption
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From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
10 things India does best 10 photos
5. Accessorizing – From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
Hide Caption
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Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or. Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
5. Gesticulating - In India, no language get across better than the head-shaking,wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. you'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up

Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
Hide Caption
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
Hide Caption
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
Hide Caption
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
Hide Caption
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
Hide Caption
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
Hide Caption
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One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
10 things India does best 10 photos
3. Old world trains – One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
Hide Caption
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In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
10 things India does best 10 photos
4. Notorious celebrities – In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
Hide Caption
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From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
10 things India does best 10 photos
5. Accessorizing – From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
Hide Caption
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Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
Hide Caption
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
Hide Caption
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
Hide Caption
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
Hide Caption
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
Hide Caption
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
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One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
10 things India does best 10 photos
3. Old world trains – One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
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In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
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4. Notorious celebrities – In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
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From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
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5. Accessorizing – From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
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Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a liveIndian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
Hide Caption
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
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1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
Hide Caption
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One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
10 things India does best 10 photos
3. Old world trains – One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
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In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
10 things India does best 10 photos
4. Notorious celebrities – In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
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From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
10 things India does best 10 photos
5. Accessorizing – From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
Hide Caption
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Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
10 things India does best 10 photos
6. Comfort food – Sweet, sour, steaming, creamy ... in India, every kind of food is comfort food. Some of our favorites? Kebabs at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road or Makhan fish at Amritsar's Lawrence Road.
Hide Caption
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In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
Hide Caption
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
Hide Caption
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
Hide Caption
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
10 things India does best 10 photos
7. Gesticulating – In India, no language gets across better than the head-shaking, wrist-flicking gestures that are part of an Indian's genetic makeup. You'll need to observe and learn quickly if you want to keep up.
Hide Caption
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In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
10 things India does best 10 photos
8. Obsessing over cricket – In India, cricketers are revered as gods and extravagantly paid. Watching a live Indian Premier League match is an unrivaled experience, a nighttime floodlit spectacle featuring semi-clad cheerleaders, fog horns, drummers and fireworks.
Hide Caption
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You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
10 things India does best 10 photos
9. Festivals – You won't find a better chance to experience Indian hospitality than at one of the many festivals held every week. Here, revelers smear colored powder for Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon.
Hide Caption
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Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
10 things India does best 10 photos
10. Hill stations – Matheran, a hill station, or city in the mountains, is a walker's haven.
Hide Caption
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In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
10 things India does best 10 photos
1. Barbers – In India, it's not just the hair on your head that gets a snip. Barbers will take their scissors to wayward eyebrows, tufts of ear hair and nostrils. Then it's time to actually get started.
Hide Caption
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India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
10 things India does best 10 photos
2. Enterprising street vendors – India's street vendors sell the usual fakes and food, but also offer services such as ear-cleaning, dentistry and astrology.
Hide Caption
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One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
10 things India does best 10 photos
3. Old world trains – One of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is 160 years old this year and lovingly known as "the lifeline of a nation." Indian trains carry more then 20 million passengers a day. In great shape? Not often, but always a classic experience.
Hide Caption
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In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
10 things India does best 10 photos
4. Notorious celebrities – In Bollywood, a former pediatric nurse trainee turned porn star can launch a mainstream acting career. That'd be Sunny Leone (pictured), the most searched celebrity on the Internet.
Hide Caption
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From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
10 things India does best 10 photos
5. Accessorizing – From pearls to Jaipuri gems, Indian jewelry is coveted the world over, but Indian women wear it best -- all at once.
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