| Relation |
In
India |
Outside
India |
| Mother-in-law |
A
woman capable of making your life miserable. |
A
woman you never fight with, because where else you will find such
a dedicated baby sitter for free? |
| Husband |
A
boring human species, who listens more to his mother than you, and
orders you around to serve him, his parents and siblings. |
Still
boring, but now a useful human species that comes in handy when the
house needs to be vacuumed. |
| Friend |
A
person whose house you can drop into any time of the day or night
and you'll always be welcome. |
A
person whom you have to call first to check and make sure he is not
busy. |
| Wife |
A
woman who gives you your underwear and towel when you go to take a
shower. |
A
woman who yells at you not to leave tub dirty when you go to take
bath. |
| Son |
A
teenager, who without asking will carry your grocery bags from the
market. |
A
teenager, who suddenly remembers he has lot of homework when you start
mowing the lawn. |
| Daughter |
A
lovely doll, who brings tears to your eyes during her marriage. |
A
lovely doll, who brings you to tears long before her marriage. |
| Father |
A
person you are afraid of, and who is never to be disobeyed. |
A
person to whom you pretend to obey, after all he is the one paying
your college tuition. |
| Indian
Engineer |
A
person with a respectable job and earning lots. |
A
person without a secure job, who always dreams one day he will be
rich. |
| Doctor |
A
respectable person with OK income. |
A
money making machine, who has a money spending machine at home called
"doctor's wife". |
| Bhangra |
A
vigorous Punjabi festival dance. |
A
dance you do, when you don't know how to dance. |
| Software
Engineer |
A
high-tech guy, always speaks in American accent, always anxious to
queue in the consulate visa line. |
The
same hi-tech guy, who does Ganapati Puja everyday, and says 'This
is my last year in the US (or wherever)'every year. |
| A
Green Card holder bachelor |
the
guy can't speak Hindi, parents of good looking girls are dying to
hook him, wears jacket in summer, says he has a BMW back there. |
the
guy can't speak proper English, wears jacket all the time, works in
a Candy store at Manhattan, dreams of owning a BMW |
