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After many months in India I stumbled on my preferred method:

• say nothing
• give the palms together Indian greeting to the person asking (they will almost always respond in kind)
• continue with what I was doing

I do like that this is a bit more respectful to the other person. However, the main advantage is that when I just ignored the person begging they would often continue following me and asking. Every time I tried the above method they always moved on. Works like magic.

After many months in India I stumbled on my preferred method:

• say nothing
• give the palms together Indian greeting to the person asking (they will almost always respond in kind)

• continue with what I was doing

I do like that this is a bit more respectful to the other person. However, the main advantage is that when I just ignored the person begging they would often continue following me and asking and every time I tried the above method they always moved on. Works like magic.

After many months in India I stumbled on my preferred method:

• say nothing
• give the palms together Indian greeting to the person asking as in the image below (they will almost always respond in kind)
• continue with what I was doing

I do like that this is a bit more respectful to the other person. However, the main advantage is that when I just ignored the person begging they would often continue following me and asking. Every time I tried the above method they always moved on. Works like magic.

After many months in India I stumbled on my preferred method:

• say nothing
• give the palms together Indian greeting to the person asking (they will almost always respond in kind)
• continue with what I was doing

I do like that this is a bit more respectful to the other person. However, the main advantage is that when I just ignored the person begging they would often continue following me and asking. Every time I tried the above method they always moved on. Works like magic.

After many months in India I stumbled on my preferred method:

• say nothing
• give the palms together Indian greeting to the person asking as in the image below (they will almost always respond in kind)
• continue with what I was doing

I do like that this is a bit more respectful to the other person. However, the main advantage is that when I just ignored the person begging they would often continue following me and asking. Every time I tried the above method they always moved on. Works like magic.

Clasped Hands http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/anandkrish16/anandkrish161202/anandkrish16120200013/12176460-greeting-indian-business-man-portrait.jpg

After many months in India I stumbled on my preferred method:

• say nothing
• give the palms together Indian greeting to the person asking as in the image below (they will almost always respond in kind)
• continue with what I was doing

I do like that this is a bit more respectful to the other person. However, the main advantage is that when I just ignored the person begging they would often continue following me and asking. Every time I tried the above method they always moved on. Works like magic.