New Delhi: A Russian woman took to social media to reveal the habits she had adopted after moving to India. Netizens acknowledged how she was slowly integrating into the Indian way of living. They also had a lot of questions for her.
Anastasia Sharova, a content creator, shared a video detailing the habits she developed after living in India for sometime. She titled her video “Strange habits that I adopted when I moved to India”. She stated that she oils her hair, honks before turns, removes her footwear before entering shops and even keeps a jar of pickles on her dinning table. Additionally, the content creator admitted that she now nods her head while saying “accha”, fold hands to show respect and eats fennel or cardamom after meals.
Russian woman reveals new habits she developed after moving to India
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Highlighting her life in rural India, she said that she is now naturally wired to check for frogs and snakes in the bathroom and give and take money with her right hand.
In the comments, Sharova clarified why she referred to the habits a “strange”. She wrote, “You may ask why I called them strange. Because when people from outside see them out of context, they ask me: Why did you do that? For me, now they are the most logical things to do.”
The clip garnered several comments. One wrote, “I find doing namaskar to be more sanitized way of greeting anyone. Suppose if someone I am meeting or infact I myself is carrying any germs or dirt through my hand if I will shake hand it will get transferred. But by doing namaskar it’s prevented.” Another person stated, “I used to live in a house where we often had frogs. I still check my shoes even tho I live in a high rise now. The trauma never leaves you.” A third person said, “Sometimes need to check for tiny lizard or family of spiders as well living in the shoes.”