Tuesday, March 24, 2009

How to tell you are an Indian

  • You expect to bargain for everything. When you offer a price, you aren't so much probing the seller's minimum, as signalling how much you really want the item.
  • If a woman is plumper than the average, it improves her looks. (i.e. what a person considers 'ideal' is likely to be plumper than the American ideal).
  • The police are typically not armed, unless they are guarding VVIPs, in which case they might tote submachine guns. For men to have sex with other men is almost totally unheard of. There is a very small number of genuine homosexuals in the big cities.
  • On the other hand, there is a complete absence of American style homophobia in Indian society; it is very common for men to express affection by embracing each other.

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