op 21 things an Indian does after returning to India from the "US" *
21. Tries to use credit cards in a road side hotel.
20 . Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of being health conscious.
19 . Sprays deo so that he doesn't need to take bath.
18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.
17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi".
Says "Yogurt" instead of "Curds".
Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi".
Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate".
Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit".
Says " Free Way " instead of "Highway".
Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go".
Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, he will say Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven Zero Four)
16. Doesn't forget to crib about the air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he steps out.
15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs)
14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep inside multiplies by 43).
13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk packet.
12. When he needs to say Z (zed), he never says Z (Zed), instead repeats "Zee" several times, and if the other person is unable to get it, then says X, Y Zee(but never says Zed)
11 . Writes the date in MM/DD/YYYY. On watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!"
10. Makes fun of Indian Standard Time and the Indian Road Conditions.
9. Even after 2 months, complains about "Jet Lag".
8 . Avoids eating spicy food.
7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke. Eats Pizza instead of Dosa.
6. Tries to complain about any thing in India as if he is experiencing it for the first time. Asks questions etc. about India as though its his first visit to India .
5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule".
4. Looks suspiciously towards any Hotel/Dhaba food.
Few more important ones:
3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of the Airways by which he traveled back to India ,even after 4 months of arrival.
2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India and tries to roll the bag on Indian Roads.
The Ultimate one
1. Tries to begin any conversation with "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."
My initial reaction: Pain and anger for the contempt that was shown towards NRI's , more so towards those of us living in USA. Was it an over-reaction? Should have I used my sense of humor? rather?
Two of the known families that went to India returned (one from bangalore and another from hyderabad) to USA cause they could not take similar contempt that I felt in the mail. More so when it was directed towards their children who have american accent.
