Friday, August 31, 2007

Some of the books that I like




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Monday, August 20, 2007

Monday, August 6, 2007

Are you a true Indian?

Are you a true Indian? Then check this list and make sure you satisfy atleast half the conditions.

  • Your dad is some sort of engineer or doctor.Your parents say, "Don't forget your heritage."
  • You know what's going to happen in every Hindi movie before it happens
  • Your father and grandfathers have hair on their ears
  • An Asian woman comes on campus and people ask: "Is that your mother? Well then, is it your sister?"
  • Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or bothYour parents say, "Calculus? I took calculus in 8th grade!!"
  • You either really, really want to go to NYU or really, really want to stay away from it
  • "You want a stereo! When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!
  • "Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees, you know, the ones with the blue and pink stripes at the top.
  • Your family owns a tennis racquet.
  • You buy corn oil by the gallon.
  • Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head.
  • You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal.
  • Everyone in your family has pet names, which sound nowhere close to their real names.
  • You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the Airport.
  • You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.
  • When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover your talking to a distant cousin.
  • 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 long distance calls.
  • There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.
  • You have a 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home.
  • Your mother has a minor disagreement with her (or your dad's) sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years.
  • 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 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.
  • Your best friend got married at the age of 16.
  • You like the meat well done.
  • You eat onions with everything.
  • You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
  • You say you hate Indian films but secretly watch them with your parents.
  • You teach Westerners swearwords in your language.
  • You order Indian food in your own language to impress the people your with but the waiters don't understand you.
  • You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius.
  • You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".
  • You secure your baggage with a rope.
  • Your walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up.
  • You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of...the royal family.
  • Your parents would freak out if your sister wore a crop top baring her midriff...but wearing a sari is perfectly acceptable
  • Your parents call all your friends "Beta" whether they are Indian or not
  • Your parent are panicking if you aren't married when you turn 25
  • Either you really like Indians of the opposite sex or you can't stand them
  • Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds
  • A horoscope must decide your wedding date
  • Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day
  • You are sick and tired of answering questions about "the dot"
  • Your friends could not explain your religion to someone if they tried
  • You could not explain your religion to someone if you tried
  • You have cousins you have never met, whose names you don't know, but who insist they're related to you, even though they bear NO resemblance to...anyone YOU know.
  • Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage on you and try and demonstrate how well it works whenever they're not fighting.
  • You notice that whenever you go to another Indian's house, your parents always talk about work and business.
  • The second you pull out of someone's driveway, your parents start talking...about them.
  • Every few months your parents say when they're moving back to India
  • No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit.
  • Your proud to be Indian - and you pass these jokes on to all your Indian friends!

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