*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.”

Everything True

Real Facts

and one more thing, whenever they earn, they count in dollars and whenever they spend, they count in rupees.

for example, i earn $6000 a month, which is a pretty good income because i have my own business, my uncle and aunt count that money in dollars, and whenever i even spend $10 on my car or moterbike, they count $10 as rs.450, yaar main tang aa gaya hoon. in order to make my business grow, i have to leave home and o places, right now, in america and canada, and my uncle and aunt never lets me go to another state alone. here is how my aunt talks"

beta tu jamwa baitho che toh 'food finish' karje (khana kahne baitha hai to khatam karna.

tu kam che dikra, 'allright che ne'

and they always cal ur business' dhanda'

she asks me like that, 'beta taro dhanda kevo chale che?' i say, damn aunty, main dhanda nahi karta, business karta hoon (agar dhanda karta toh abhi jo kama raha hu usse 10 guna zyada kamata)

sahi hai bhai

sahi boley

HAHAHAHA KYA BAAT KI HAI

I dunno as a fact, but they sound true to me...

Ek dum sahi kaha MAST RAM

kya masti yaar, rep main kya mast comment di hai, padke maza aa gaya

Sounds true and Emperor Lolzzzzzz...

absolutely right

excellent mast bhai....well.said

most of them r very true for me.

and the point that emperor bhai said is also very valid...only difference ke mere mummy-papa....35 se multiply karte hain kyunki 1 aus dollar is rs 35.

superb post bhai