The Quintessential Indian Experience
You know you are Indian when......
- When you tell your parents you got 98% marks in an exam, and they ask you
what happened to the other two percent.
- You make tea in a saucepan.
- You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it.
- You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes.
- You have a 'Singer' sewing machine at home.
- Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to
her for ten years.
- You call an older person you've never met before "uncle".
- You hide everything from your parents.
- Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
- You do all the housework and cooking if you are female.
- Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
- Everyone is a family friend.
- You were not that intelligent so you studied computer science or business
instead.
- You know no one who has studied music.
- You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
- You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished.
- You only make international telephone calls after 7:00 PM.
- You like the meat well done.
- You eat onions with everything.
- You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
- You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
- You teach Westerners swearwords in your language.
- You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex.
- You secure your baggage with a rope.
- You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage, which is
just 80 lbs. overweight.
- You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of
the royal family.
- You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to
walk miles just to get to school.
- You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go.
- In addition to cooking, you also use oil as a grooming aid.
- You have annoying nicknames.
- Your mother measures wealth only in gold and diamonds.
- Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage on you and try to
demonstrate how well it works whenever they're not fighting.
- Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
- No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a
visit.
- Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be
a doctor or engineer.
NAMASAKAR
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