Posted in Cultural, Humor, In My Experience, Things Indian Luv, tagged Indian Habit, Queue, Things Indian Love on 9 March 2008 | 7 Comments »
Indians love queues. Despite the diversity, there is nothing that aligns all Indians like a long line. The image of Indians standing in a queue is the national symbol. In India everywhere you go, every situation you encounter, every activity you attend there is a queue waiting for you and plenty of Indians waiting in [...]
Posted in Cultural, Humor, In My Experience, Religion, Society, Things Indian Luv, tagged Indian God, Indian Male, Lingam, Shiva, Shivaratri on 6 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
Indians love their idols - not the kind that was recently copied from America, but the kind they had for a long time. And it must have been a really long time since they came up with really bizarre ones — some grotesque, some mutant: one with monkey face, and other with elephant head. Then [...]
Posted in Humor, In My Experience, Observation, Things Indian Luv, tagged IIT, IIT graduates, Indian Institute of Technology on 5 March 2008 | 274 Comments »
There are two distinct tribes in India: the one that went to IIT, and the one that did not. If you are wondering, how to tell them apart, I have good news: you do not have to. They would tell you before you can finish your hello. At times all you need is a glance [...]
Posted in Cultural, Humor, In My Experience, Society, Things Indian Luv, tagged Bindi, Dots, Forehead Decoration, Sindoor, Vermillion on 3 March 2008 | 12 Comments »
Forehead is the choice of canvas for fine arts in India: the designated destination for decorative art. In a land where lipstick on lips is frowned on, there is complete freedom when it comes to forehead. It is not just the married woman, it is everyone: small children, gown up men, domesticated animals, and of [...]
Posted in Humor, In My Experience, Observation, Society, Things Indian Luv, tagged Indian No Spitting Sign, Spitting on 1 March 2008 | 4 Comments »
Indians cannot wait to part with their bodily fluids, and saliva is no exception. Everyone spits all the time and everywhere: no respite from spit in India. What are they trying to do? Is it part of a nation wide distributed grass root mandatory irrigation project that I did not know about? Are they trying [...]
Posted in Humor, In My Experience, Observation, Things Indian Luv, tagged Indian Movie, Movie, Things Indian Luv on 1 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay, the title is annoying. It is dishonest, and what the heck is luv. What language is that? But I won’t get into that right now - may be another time. There are some Indian fascinations that baffle me. More importantly, they vex me. I am not talking about individual idiosyncrasies, we all have them. [...]
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