ALL ABOUT INDIAN LIVING

*Your house smells like fried onions.
*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 wardrobe.
*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 study medicine or engineering at university.
*You were not that intelligent so you studied Computer science or business instead. (hey!!)
*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 telephone calls after 6:30 PM.
*You like the meat well done.
*You eat onions with everything.
*You use chilly sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
*You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
*You say you hate Indian films(/songs) but secretly watch(/hear) hem with your parents.
*You teach Westerners swearwords in your language.
*You order Indian food in English 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.
*You secure your baggage with a rope.
*You’re walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all possible 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 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 wonder how odd it would be to see your parents get within one foot of each other.
*You have annoying nicknames.
*Your parents call all your friends “Beta”.
*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.
*If you are living abroad, at least once a week your mom says, “I want to go back to India”
*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.
*While living abroad, your parents always say, “It’s cheaper in India.