- People love to ask you how much you paid for something, and how much you earn.
- When talking to someone, they often tend to shake their head from side to side, rather than nodding. It's cute.
- Every skin care commercial on TV aims at making your skin "fare". People are obsessed with having fare and light skin.
- People use the word "chinky" when refering to an asian person who is from outside of India and even for Indians from the north, who have more asian looking appearance. I don't know if they realize it can be offensive or not.
- I hate seeing how everyone litters. People throw garbage, paper, bottles, etc, right on the ground/street and don't even care.
- There is garbage almost every where you look around you. It's sad to see it in such a beautiful country.
- I've experienced prejudice on several occassions for being white and/or an outsider. It's not fun.
- Instead of using the word Ditch, when we skip work or school, they use the word bunk. So you would say, I am bunking work today.
- Indians can be very suspicious. They will ask why am I here, what am I doing, who I know and how I know them, etc. They will continue to ask my friends how they know me and how we met, etc..
- The food is spicy.
- Most people are poor and don't have much, but they seem to be happy and smile most of the time.
- A government job is "The Job" to have and it means you are doing well in life.
- People who have cars will not use or stay inside the lane, if there is one. They will stop and park right on the highway with no regard to the cars behind them or the fact that they are blocking a whole lane.
- Everyone beeps the horn when passing anyone, when rounding a corner or when driving where there are lots of people.
- Not much understanding or respect for one's personal space. People will push right up against or along side you.
- No understaning of a que or line. People will push right up to get served, even though you have been in line and waiting your turn.
More to come...
