Shopping! So, I'm not the biggest fan of shopping in the U.S. but, despite the continual perspiration on my forehead, our Indian shopping experience was quite enjoyable. If you like what you see and it looks like it will fit, you buy it. Trying it on is not necessary. If it ends up being too big, we take it to the tailor (one of my shirts is currently at the tailor and the cost will be less than $1). The clothes here are beautiful and, comparatively speaking, rather inexpensive. It costs $3 for an ornate, long shirt (looks more like a dress).
We are buying new clothes because of how significant female modesty is here. Here are some of the underlying rules (which differ in severity depending on where you are):
1. Loose hair = loose girl (so, we wear our hair up when walking around outside)
2. Chest and hips/bottoms should be covered. Many women wear the long shirts to cover their bottoms and scarfs to cover their chests.
3. Do not make any lingering eye contact with men. Because eye contact is commonplace in the U.S., I find this difficult, but here it can be misconstrued as an invitation, so we attempt to avoid it.
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