The Indian society is steeped some recurring themes. Religion, for example, and a hierarchical sense that the smallest acts influences. This is true also for life in the big cities where foreign workers and diplomats for a few years to live. Lack of knowledge about these deep-rooted themes at the new and temporary residents of India to annoying and sometimes hilarious situations.

For example, about the Dutch diplomat who wages of its staff-to-door opvoerde drastically. To his great surprise, his grass not mowed, his food is no longer prepared commandeerde the driver and other staff which he had previously never done. What was wrong? How had a pay rise this unintended effect achieved?