I'd come across an interesting article about what many foreigners invariably carry with them after their visit to this great country of ours. It shows that we can definitely be proud of our culture and the traditions that we follow appeal to the others too. So, without much ado, I'm gonna run through those aspects:-
* Cooling tea in a saucer.
The hottest of beverages can be downed within no time!
* Using hands to dig into that sumptuous meal.
Nothing like enjoying a scrumptious meal with the ultimate licking of the palm and the fingers
because the taste lingers!
* Taking footwear off before entering someone's house.
Deep within your heart, you know that your footwear has trod on filth or trash. Removing them
shows good habits and your insistence on not soiling your host's house!
* Using toilets the 'Indian way'.
People have long realised that the prostate gland is greatly trouble free if one squatted on Indian
toilets however difficult it's to use, during advancing age and when one has arthritic related
problems! The one with a paunch will find it very difficult to squat.
People have, even, got used to perching on a western toilet in the same manner and
the faucet that provides water at high pressure will make people think twice before using the
toilet paper!
* Answering people by moving head from side to side instead of nodding.
Now, this one confuses even me! In Kerala, this is rampant and can catch your goat!! Well!!!
* Wearing bright colours with elan.
And why not? But these could be a strict no-no if one were to look up a patient in the hospital or
even while attending an interview!
* 'Jugaad', because India has got talent.
Well, nothing more needs to be said on this issue!
* Using words like 'Aiyo' and 'Achha'.
Well, since we use them, we know as to how effective these words are to convey our point of view!
Tailpiece.
Pushpaakaran had come home by 9, to do spring cleaning, six months after he'd done it last. He's done a good job and by the end of it, 'The Quarterdeck' was sparkling. However, he too missed mom and said that he missed seeing mom walking with me in the evenings and said a lot of nice things about the way I'd looked after her. What he doesn't realise is that the pain lingers deep within me for not having given my all for mom!
* Cooling tea in a saucer.
The hottest of beverages can be downed within no time!
* Using hands to dig into that sumptuous meal.
Nothing like enjoying a scrumptious meal with the ultimate licking of the palm and the fingers
because the taste lingers!
* Taking footwear off before entering someone's house.
Deep within your heart, you know that your footwear has trod on filth or trash. Removing them
shows good habits and your insistence on not soiling your host's house!
* Using toilets the 'Indian way'.
People have long realised that the prostate gland is greatly trouble free if one squatted on Indian
toilets however difficult it's to use, during advancing age and when one has arthritic related
problems! The one with a paunch will find it very difficult to squat.
People have, even, got used to perching on a western toilet in the same manner and
the faucet that provides water at high pressure will make people think twice before using the
toilet paper!
* Answering people by moving head from side to side instead of nodding.
Now, this one confuses even me! In Kerala, this is rampant and can catch your goat!! Well!!!
* Wearing bright colours with elan.
And why not? But these could be a strict no-no if one were to look up a patient in the hospital or
even while attending an interview!
* 'Jugaad', because India has got talent.
Well, nothing more needs to be said on this issue!
* Using words like 'Aiyo' and 'Achha'.
Well, since we use them, we know as to how effective these words are to convey our point of view!
Tailpiece.
Pushpaakaran had come home by 9, to do spring cleaning, six months after he'd done it last. He's done a good job and by the end of it, 'The Quarterdeck' was sparkling. However, he too missed mom and said that he missed seeing mom walking with me in the evenings and said a lot of nice things about the way I'd looked after her. What he doesn't realise is that the pain lingers deep within me for not having given my all for mom!
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