: Historically, many Indians live in extended family units where multiple generations—parents, children, and their spouses—share a household, usually headed by the eldest male.

In the West, holidays are scattered; in India, the calendar is a festival minefield. Unlike the rigid Gregorian calendar, many Indian festivals follow the lunar cycle, meaning the dates "move" every year.

Unlike the individualistic cultures of the West, the Indian lifestyle revolves around the —and not just the nuclear one.

: Cotton co-ord kurta sets have become the new professional standard for corporate environments in India.