Saturday, June 21, 2008

You Know You Are INDIAN When.............

Here is a list of things that will make you feel that you are Indian..... Really funny


* When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent.
* There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.
* 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 call an older person you've never met before "uncle".
* Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
* Everyone is a family friend.
* You study law, medicine or engineering at university.
* 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.
* Your best friend got married at the age of 18.
* You eat onions with everything.
* You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
* You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
* You say you hate Indian films(/songs) but secretly watch(/hear) them with your parents.
* You teach Westerners swearwords in your language.
* You order Indian food in your own language to impress the people you're with but the waiters don't understand you.
* You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius.
* You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".
* You secure your baggage with a rope.
* You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up.
* 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 barefoot just to get to school.
* You're rich so he drives a Mercedes.
* You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go
* When you were little you always wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning
* To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid
* You wonder how odd it would be to see your parents get within one foot of each other
* Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names
* You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku
* Your parents call all your friends "Beta" (son) whether they are PAK or not
* Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds
* Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day
* 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/ lawyer/ engineer.......


PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN

10 comments:

rafis said...

Ha Ha Ha.... PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN

Pushpinder Singh Bagga said...

well written
cheers...

rizzy said...

great job shaan

udayms said...

* When you were little you always wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning

I still wonder about this!!! :)

Not sure whether I'll ever be able to understand the logic behind that!

Bradley said...

Good Post...........

Anonymous said...

thanks for remind me and yes my parent do ask me what happen to the remaining 98% as i used to get 2% marks in exam he he

isha said...

I will like to join in the list ha ha ha and funny thing is that I still not found the answer why my friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth

denny said...

ha ha hah shaan great research buddy...... very correct, and i am facing most of the situations so i am an INDIAN....

the best of the lot was seeing our parents within one foot of distance from each other......especially in public oh!!!!!!!! what an embarrassment......

Live India radio said...

This is great. really enjoyed reading this post. you made me laugh a lot..

Gita said...

Great list! So true...