i am agreeing that staring is natural wherever you go, however it's this innocent staring where they really don't realize how much they are staring at you or that it is bothering you. culturally, it's just different. i was taught my whole childhood not to stare at people, even if they were different, interesting, etc. i mean, you can walk around in the US practically wearing a gorilla suit and people might stare for a little bit, but they often won't say a word about it. like, it's rude to ask or point out that you are wearing a gorilla suit. just walking around in india, people would stop us and try to get us into a conversation, ask, how do you like wearing sari, isn't it very hard for you? they'd touch my tattoo saying, oh, what is this and does it hurt? mostly, people are so nice, but the staring is really hard. i am a tall woman and have almost blonde hair, so it was excruciating for me sometimes. walking past a group of young men, they would just laugh and laugh while practically falling on each other walking past us. like seeing 2 foriegn women and a man walking together in punjabi and sari was the most outrageous thing they'd ever seen in their life. hey, don't misunderstand me, it's a cultural thing and i totally get it, it's just difficult being abroad in many ways.