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Chapter 6 | Section 7
Updated: June 7, 2026

Common Sense: Rare But Useful

Updated: June 7, 2026

Keep digital and physical copies of your passport, visa, and travel insurance — stored separately. Leave the passport in the hotel safe; carry the copy on you.

Don’t flash expensive electronics or jewellery unnecessarily. Delhi is not particularly crime-ridden for a city its size, but why tempt fate when fate is clearly paying attention?

If something feels too good to be true — a price, an offer, a stranger’s generosity — it usually is. Scepticism is your friend here. Be polite, decline, and walk away.

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