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[quote=Anonymous]http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/06/thank-you-culture-india-america/395069/ "In India, people—especially when they are your elders, relatives, or close friends—tend to feel that by thanking them, you’re violating your intimacy with them and creating formality and distance that shouldn’t exist. They may think that you’re closing off the possibility of relying on each other in the future. Saying dhanyavaad to strangers helps initiate a cycle of exchange and familiarity. But with family and friends, dhanyavaad can instead chill relations because you are already intimate and in a cycle of exchange." Could any Indians comment -- do you find this article's description to be true? I noticed my Indian MIL almost never says thank you to me. [/quote]
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