You Know You're Indian When... 

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.

You're 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 both.

Your 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 you're 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 you're 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. 

You're 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. 

You're 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

Thats all for now........