


Fascinating India: Hidden Hand Signals, Bizarre Urban Indian Diseases & Virtual Wives.
Tags: Bizarre Indian diseases, Fascinating India, Indian website for virtual wives, spice trading hand signals
Here’s three India related stories that grabbed us this morning:
- A centuries old deal making practice of trading with hidden hand signals between buyer and seller [Video at BBC]
- The Capgras Delusion is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a spouse or another close family member, has been replaced by an identical looking impostor. One of 10 disorders that doctors in India are discovering among Indians. [Tehelka: Bizarre diseases striking urban Indians]
- An Indian website is offering bachelors a ‘virtual wife’ to give them a taste of married life before they go through with the real thing. The site lumps women into four categories – devoted homemaker, control freak, shopping & soap opera obsessed and ambitious banker. [Full post at Orange]
Tags: Bizarre Indian diseases, Fascinating India, Indian website for virtual wives, spice trading hand signals




