You Are Still an Indian If
12 March 2008 by helloji
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- If you haggle over price in a dollar store, you are still an Indian.
- If your friends locate your house from a block away by the smell of curry, you are still an Indian.
- If you expect dowry from your would be Korean daughter-in-law, you are still an Indian.
- If you carry more than five people in your favorite sedan, Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla, you are still an Indian.
- If you skip a meal and two before you go for all-you-can-eat-buffet, you are still an Indian.
- If you turn off all the lights and pretend you are not home on the Halloween night to avoid buying candy, you are still an Indian.
- If you invite your white boss for all the pujas at home, you are still an Indian.
- If you love a restaurant only because they have free tea, you are still an Indian.
- If you avoid shopping online because you cannot bargain, you are still an Indian.
- If you think every store with ninety day return policy is a sucker, you are still an Indian.
- If you have one or more idol of Ganesh on dashboard of your car, you are still an Indian.
- If you ever tried to inaugurate a new car by cracking open a coconut on the hood, you are still an Indian.
- If you went to only Indian restaurants for the last six months, you are still an Indian.
- If you worry a lot about people thinking you are black, you are still an Indian.
- If people frequently ask you to talk slowly, you are still an Indian.
- If you spend more than an hour trying to convince the quality of Walmart to a reluctant friend, you are still an Indian.
- If you think it is unfair that Americans call Native Americans Indians, you are still an Indian.
- If you ever saved hair to offer to god later, you are still an Indian.
- If you feel offended that your neighbor is not familiar with the town or city you are from, you are still an Indian.
- If you consult the epics or Vedic texts to name your kid, you are still an Indian.
- If you kid’s name has more than four syllables, you are still an Indian.
- If you do not see anything wrong with beating your kids in public, you are still an Indian.
- If you think everyone who was ever mean to you is a racist, you are still an Indian.
- If you think other Indians are ruining your image, you are still an Indian.
- If you use aluminum foil to wrap your kitchen, you are still an Indian.
- If you keep the packaging for everything you buy, you are still an Indian.
- If at home your supply of paper napkins comes from your favorite fast food chain, you are still an Indian.
- If you wash your plastic spoon for reuse, you are still an Indian.
- If you think horoscope is a better substitute for birth certificate, you are still an Indian.
- If you forbid your daughter to cut her hair short fearing that would damage her chance to get married, you are still an Indian.
- If you think it is stupid to pay the same price for fat free milk, you are still an Indian.
- If you deactivated fire alarms because they interfered with your cooking, you are still an Indian.
- If full set of Ramayana DVDs are part of your collection, you are still an Indian.
- If you end the dollar amount with the word only to every check you write, you are still an Indian.
- If you save money on tips in a restaurant, you are still an Indian.
- If you consider the telemarketers from India amongst your friend circle, you are still an Indian.
- If never pass up free wine in the airplane, you are still an Indian.
- If instead of the name tag you use colorful fabric or ribbon to identify your luggage, you are still an Indian.
- If you have more VCDs than DVDs in your collection, you are still an Indian.
- If you throw a party every time there is an Indian miss universe, you are still an Indian.
- If you insist everyone takes their shoes off before they enter your house, you are still an Indian.
- If you ask about vegetarian hamburger at a fast food restaurant, you are still an Indian.
- If you never refer to your wife by her name, you are still an Indian.
- If you think stopping for pedestrian is a sign of weak driver, you are still an Indian.
- If you think every stranger who says hi to you is flirting, you are still an Indian.
- If in response to the lady at the airport counter wishing you a good trip you say “you too”, you are still an Indian.
- If your gold jewelry at home is worth more then your total assets in bank, you are still an Indian.
- If your cost of calling India is the largest part of your monthly budget, you are still an Indian.
- If you wear sneakers with sari, you are still an Indian.
- If you scold your teenage daughter for talking to the white boy, you are still an Indian.
- If you take your whole family to the temple just for the free food, you are still an Indian.
- If you have more cousins than colleges and friends, you are still an Indian.
- If you bought a wall clock as wedding gift, you are still an Indian.
- If you refer to your neighborhood as posh, you are still an Indian.
- If while traveling to India you have to carry extra suitcases to fit all the gifts, you are still an Indian.
- If you bought a stick shift car because it was cheaper but cannot drive, you are still an Indian.
- If you use rope to tie you luggage while traveling, you are still an Indian.
- If the only reason you love visiting India is to feel superior to all your relatives, you are still an Indian.
- If you stopped talking to your son for marrying a non Indian, you are still an Indian.
- If you find it curious to see non Indians people in your favorite Indian restaurant, you are still an Indian.
- If you go out for dinner on Thanksgiving and wonder why the restaurant is closed, you are still an Indian.
- If you ever scratched the date of an expired coupon to use it, you are still an Indian.
- If you keep your Indian coins and use in the vending machine, you are still an Indian.
- If your bathroom has toiletries from all the hotels and motels you have stayed in, you are still an Indian.
- If you think July is the wrong month to waste firecracker instead of October, you are still an Indian.
- If you watch Oscar hoping for your favorite Hindi movie to win even if it was not nominated, you are still an Indian.
- If you cannot believe that your colleague never heard of Diwali, you are still an Indian.
- If you know all the Indians in the neighborhood and no one else, you are still an Indian.
- If you convert dollar prices to Rupees as a habit, you are still an Indian.
- If you bemoan the lack of a good priest in your state, you are still an Indian.
- If you drive more than a mile to use a 30 cent coupon, you are still an Indian.
- If you miss having servants to do your house chore, you are still an Indian.
- If you think it is fashionable to arrive at a dinner party more than hour late, you are still an Indian.
- If you think it is not copyright violation since you paid for the blank CD, you are still an Indian.
- If you have a large collection of airline headphones, you are still an Indian.
- If you got an extra dish antenna just so that you can watch Indian TV, you are still an Indian.
- If you think Hollywood movies are too short for the money, you are still an Indian.
- If you own a sports car but cannot parallel park, you are still an Indian.
- If on your luggage you use name sticker big enough to be seen for a block away, you are still an Indian.
- If you try to strike up a conversation with every Indian you see, you are still an Indian.
[If you looking for more here is part 2.]



Great list of Indian specific Characteristics.
I was surprised that this one is included:
If you ask about vegetarian hamburger at a fast food restaurant, you are still an Indian.
But there was nothing about the passion for Indian food such as Dosa.
Do you think Indians no longer remember their own special food?
To Dosa Indian: As for the hamburger, well there is nothing wrong with a sandwich with vegetarian patty. But hamburger is meant to have beef. As for Dosa, of course, but there are another 25 or so food related points. The food never leaves us. I did not post all, but they may come at later point.
Hilarious!!! Enjoyed the list. Yep !! I am still an Indian!!!
Helloji, I am still an Indian! I have ‘Yes’ for 55 out of 80! Enjoyed this one.
Nice list! I have only 5 Yes..but I didn’t shed any habits except the currency conversion one..looks like I was a born world-citizen
great list keep visiting
This is absolutely hilarious !!
Hmm, don’t think I liked this at all. Seemed like just another long list of stereotypes.
Old e-mail fwd.
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To those who enjoyed it: Thank you. It is always nice to hear someone enjoyed the post.
To those who did not: Sorry. Need I say more?
I think most of the points are simply crap, which we would use to make fun of each other.
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