"One last question: how's religious tolerance in India? Assuming that a foreigner doesn't go around proselytizing, does religion come up often as a point of dis

"One last question: how's religious tolerance in India? Assuming that a foreigner doesn't go around proselytizing, does religion come up often as a point of discussion?" Very often. As to religious tolerance,India is largely tolerant of religions except in certain pockets/times. Over the last decade or so, there his been a rise in religious tension largely between Muslim and Hindu radicals, but religion is open to discussion and is a safe topic unless you are going around proselytizing in some of the trouble spots where there is a history of religious tension (which you said you are not planning to do). More than that it is hard to generalize. If you have specific questions, I'll try to answer. My email is in my profile.