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We are like this only so true, so very true......
>> 1. Everything you eat is savored in garlic, onion and
tomatoes.
> >
> > 2.. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of
> > course aluminum foil.
> >
> > 3. You are always standing next to the two largest size
> > suitcases at the Airport.
> >
> > 4. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think
> > it's normal.
> >
> > 5. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service
> > missed to stamp.
> >
> > 6.. You recycle Wedding Gifts, Birthday Gifts and
> > Anniversary Gifts.
> >
> > 7.. You name your children in rhythms (example, Sita &
> > Gita, Ram & Shyam, Kamini & Shamini..)
> >
> > 8. All your children have pet names, which sound
> > nowhere,
> > close to their real names.
> >
> > 9. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says 'No Food
> > Allowed.'
> >
> > 10. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving
> > someone's house.
> >
> > 11. You load up the family car with as many people as
> > possible..
> >
> > 12. HIGH PRIORITY ***** You use plastic to cover anything
> > new in your house
> > whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new
> > couch. *****
> >
> > 13. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends
> > think, but they won't let you do certain things because
> > of what the other 'Uncles and Aunties' will think.
> >
> > 14. You buy and display crockery, which is never used, as
> > it is for special occasions, which never happen.
> >
> > 15. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
> >
> > 16.. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
> >
> > 17. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many
> > numbers of bowls as possible.
> >
> > 18. Your kitchen shelf is full of jars, varieties of bowls
> > and plastic utensils (got free with purchase of other
> > stuff)
> >
> > 19. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel
> > (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
> >
> > 20. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.
> >
> > 21. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
> >
> > 22. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old.
> > (And they prefer it that way).
> >
> > 23. You don't use measuring cups when cooking.
> >
> > 24. You never learnt how to stand in a queue.
> >
> > 25. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to
> > see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus,
> > train or plane.
> >
> > 26. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest
> > in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel
> > proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of
> > light.
> >
> > 27. You only make long distance calls after 11p.m.
> >
> > 28. If you don't live at home, when your parents call,
> > they ask if
> > you've eaten, even if it's midnight .
> >
> > 29. You call an older person you never met before Uncle or
> > Aunty.
> >
> > 30. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few
> > minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant
> > cousin.
> >
> > 31. Your parents don't realize phone connections to
> > foreign
> > countries have improved in the last two decades, and still
> > scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.
> >
> > 32. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them
> > from getting dirty.
> >
> > 33. Its embarrassing if you're wedding has less than
> > 600 people.
> >
> > 34. All your Tupperware is stained with food color.
> >
> > 35. You have drinking glasses made of steel.
> >
> > 36. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.
> >
> > 37. You have really enjoyed reading this mail - forward it
> > to as many Indians as possible.
> >
> > I STILL LOVE TO BE AN INDIAN
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