Atithi Devo Bhawa

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There is a proverb in India that almost everyone has heard, some from school books, some from elders when a visitor arrives and sometimes it is seen being written in operations and tourism advertisements -Atithi Devo Bhawa. The visitor is God. On paper, it looks very easy, just four words, but if it is actually conceptualised, it is not just a civil performance, it is an entire ritual packed in a small expression, something that citizens of India have been transporting for centuries and still somehow follow even when the world around has become quick and private and doubtful. The