How Indian are you? Twitter users tell you
Indians may be many things — a lot of them bad — but it is, at the end of the day, our idiosyncrasies and peculiar habits that make us feel one. IPL teams, political or religious beliefs, food, language, caste, clothes and cultures may divide us. But it is little things like discovering thread and needles in a cookie box or being scolded for scoring 98 per cent instead of 99 in exams that makes large numbers of Indians relate to each other.
So when Twitter user Sai Sailaja Seshadri asked the question “How Indian are you?”, the answers came in overwhelming numbers. And without a doubt, all responses will make you go, “That has happened to me!”
The most essential
WATER >>>>> TOILET PAPER https://t.co/uxBxQPLlMf
— Arun Yogesh (@deArunized) March 21, 2018
Conditioning
I bend over to reach the feet whenever i see older people, even if they're white lol https://t.co/41yiXkKkIs
— Aman Singh (@notaman77) March 21, 2018
In being “economical”
I judge anyone who skips the hotel's complimentary buffet breakfast https://t.co/mbHpwC2xG5
— Priyal (@priyal) March 21, 2018
We don't buy oregano or chilly flakes from the store, instead we order Domino's on a monthly basis. https://t.co/bTGmJ9QrN5
— pozzy (@ABeeShakeG) March 20, 2018
I store more rubber bands to tie opened packets than rubber bands to tie my hair https://t.co/WMwDU6oxYr
— rohini ???? (@lesqueerables) March 22, 2018
Even after the fuel gauge says "E", I won't fill petrol in my bike right away. https://t.co/xzzkgDj3K0
— Adi Na Dhin Dha (@Brewkenstein) March 21, 2018
when I watch a movie at the theatre I do not eat anything there because it's so fucking expensive and sit throughout the interval awakwardly looking at my phone pretending I've got messages https://t.co/W08gNlenq0
— Saurabh (@SparklyBarkley_) March 21, 2018
Skip dessert at the restaurant and go to supermarket and buy two tubs there because, cheaper. https://t.co/MaUKuDsz7l
— Rehna (@Rehnak) March 21, 2018
I have a plastic bag full of plastic bags in my kitchen https://t.co/89zlhiKmPh
— Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration. (@FergiesChild) March 21, 2018
Bargaining and pretending to walk away knowing the shopkeeper will agree to our price and call us back https://t.co/c99yTdOEuC
— Haz (@outzayned) March 20, 2018
i know what sharma ji ke chachaji ke bacche ke bacche are doing in their life thanks to my parents https://t.co/sgoGwHPypa
— manvi (@flickeredhopes) March 22, 2018
Roll up toothpaste to squeeze and use for one more week https://t.co/zweGNcxorF
— RS (@AwaraRish) March 20, 2018
Religion
I'm an atheist but prayed to bappa before visa interview. https://t.co/Gf5eNUVpX2
— Amey Wagh Official nln (@ruudyroon) March 21, 2018
I doodle "Om" on my CV before handing or sending it to any company https://t.co/KPGgZ3ppkv
— S H E E N ???? (@SuchAMisfit) March 21, 2018
1. My car has a little Ganesha chilling on the dash on my parents' insistence.2. My parents play Indian tv on the big ass tv at their home errday.3. I make the best curry in Australia probably.4. I have eaten all kinds of food but nothing quite hits the spot like biryani.
— Carlson Carlyle (@RahulNuthakki) March 20, 2018
I have a mini shrine in my dorm room
— Utkarsh (@Utkarsh1Sharma) March 22, 2018
My mum without fail will send me those good morning messages on WhatsApp even though we live in the same house pic.twitter.com/ncydFMa7p3
— Jatinder Kailey (@JatinderKailey) March 21, 2018
And every other kind of desi-isms possible
I read the abbreviated 'because' (bc) as the other variant. https://t.co/ztszeRGHUd
— πrg (@pi_alize) March 21, 2018
I don't read bc as because ???? https://t.co/hS4JQqahFS
— Mostly Sane (@Crichipster) March 20, 2018
Never read bc in a sentence as because :') https://t.co/DNabl0Ix6I
— A happy army (@2035Shivi) March 22, 2018
Spices are a necessity, not a luxury. https://t.co/AxRhvra7rD
— Nash Vinn (@NashVinn) March 20, 2018
disappointed grandpa by not scoring 90+ in XII boards (i scored 89%) https://t.co/4nuDkadawL
— amrtsh (@floydimus) March 21, 2018
Say goodbye and leave someone's house, then stand at the doorway and talk for 20 minutes more. https://t.co/RKRhBAya23
— Vaishnavi Prasad (@livetimefe) March 21, 2018
I avoid my mother at all costs if I lose her Tupperware. https://t.co/LxgaKgxWCP
— SK Jega (@JohnDewars) March 22, 2018
Still staying with my parents. https://t.co/66T7ODCFbW
— ???? (@kronosVB) March 22, 2018
Stomach ache ? Omum water is the cure no matter you're having cramps or gastric :) https://t.co/X9uANc41lY
— Sam pucket (@yoshivness) March 21, 2018
I have a plastic cover for all remotes in my house https://t.co/yVrPogKT9V
— Boob Radley (@boobradleyblog) March 20, 2018
my mother once slapped me for getting my knee skinned while playing lol https://t.co/Os6Q7O3tXS
— satakshi (@yikesyouthought) March 20, 2018
i bathe using balti mug. fuck showers.https://t.co/Fo1cODJrkJ
— Namelass (@DilliBelle) March 21, 2018
My cookie box at home has wool and needles. https://t.co/YjO5AoW4N1
— Sumedh Natu (@sumedhnatu) March 20, 2018