Anand is an Indian chap I've been working with on my current assignment. He's an affable fellow, and he has kindly entertained several of my questions about life and language in India (e.g. I related this story, and he agreed that it was prudent of me to not have had dinner with the fellow).
"How do you say 'thank you' in Hindi?" I asked him the other day.
"Dhayanwad" he said (I transliterate). "But we do not use this."
"What?" I replied. "You mean if someone does you a good turn you just ignore him without acknowledging it?"
"No," Anand said, smiling. "We just say 'thank you' in English, we do not say it in Hindi."
It's the legacy of the Britishers, you see. Live and learn.
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