You are Indian if... ;-)

You are Indian if...

Everything you eat is savored In garlic, onion and tomatoes. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil. You try to eject food particles from between your teeth by pressing your tongue against them and making a peculiar noise like, shick, tshick, tschick, tschick. You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the Airport. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think its normal. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to mark up. You recycle Wedding Gifts. You name your children in rhythms (example, Honey & Money, Sita & Gita, Ram & Shyam.) All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close to their real names. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No Food Allowed" You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house. You load up the family car with as many people as possible. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think but they won't let you do certain things because of what the other
"Uncles and Aunties" will think. You buy and display crockery, which is for special occasions, which never happen. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table. You use grocery bags to hold garbage. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible. Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (got free with some household items). You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes). You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker. You fight over who pays the dinner bill. You majored in engineering, medicine or law and now........are after Software and only Software no matter which field you
belong to. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. (And they prefer it that way). You don't use measuring cups when cooking. You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax. You never learnt how to stand in a queue. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or
plane. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of light. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight. You call an older person you never met before "uncle." When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin. Your parents don't realise phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from getting dirty. When dining out, you think Rs 10 is enough of a tip. It's embarrassing if your wedding has less than 600 people. You list your daughter as "fair and slim" in the matrimonial no matter what she looks like. You treat the NRI persons (especially from America) as if they are the only persons living in this world (including YOU). You've seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train. All your tupperware is stained with food color. You have drinking glasses made of steel. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.
1. You have really enjoyed reading this mail and forward it to as many Indians as possible.

😆

Wish u happy independence day.. 😃

Smart Indians ..... 😆 😆 😆

Read this and c how smart indians are!!!!!! 😉

An Indian walks into a New York City bank and asks to see the loan officer. He says he is goingto Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan, so the man hands over the keys of a new Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank.

Everything is checked out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. Anemployee drives the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there. Two weeks later, the man returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest,which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely,but we are little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that u are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"

The Indian replied, "Where else in New York can I park my car for two weeks for 15 bucks?"

😆

Humble request you to write your name at the bottom of this mail & forward to each & every one.

Jai Hind

Subject: RE: Kargil memories

Lt. Saurabh Kalia of 4 JAT Regiment of the Indian Army laid down his life at the young age of 22 for the nation while guarding the frontiers at Kargil. His parents, indeed the Indian Army and nation itself, lost a dedicated, honest and brave son. He was the first officer to detect and inform about Pakistani intrusion. Pakistan captured him and his patrol party of 5 brave men alive on May 15, 1999 from the Indian side of LOC.

They were kept in captivity for three weeks and subjected to unprecedented brutal torture, evident from their bodies handed over by Pakistan Army on June 9, 1999. The Pakistanis indulged in dastardly acts of inflicting burns on the Indians with cigarettes,piercing their ears with hot rods, removing their eyes before puncturing them and breaking most of the bones and teeth. They even chopped off various limbs and private organs of the Indian soldiers besides inflicting unimaginable physical and mental torture. After 22 days of torture, the brave soldiers were ultimately shot dead. A detailed post-mortem report is with the Indian Army.

Pakistan dared to humiliate India this way flouting all international norms. They proved the extent to which they can degrade humanity. However, the Indian soldiers did not break while undergoing all this unimaginable barbarism, which speaks volumes of their patriotism,grit, determination, tenacity and valour - something all of India should be proud of.

Sacrificing oneself for the nation is an honour every soldier would be proud of, but no parent, army or nation can accept what happened to these brave sons of India.

I am afraid every parent may think twice to send their child in the armed forces if we all fall short of our duty in safeguarding the PRISONERS OF WAR AND LET THEM MEET THE FATE OF LT. SAURABH KALIA. It may also send a demoralising signal to the army personnel fighting for the Nation that our POWs in Pak cannot be taken care of. It is a matter of shame and disgust that most of Indian Human Rights Organisations by and large, showed apathy in this matter.

Through this humble submission, may I appeal to all the civilized people irrespective of colour, caste, region, religion and political lineage to stir their conscience and rise to take this as a NATIONAL ISSUE?

International Human Rights Organisations must be approached to expose and pressure Pakistan to identify, book and punish all those who perpetrated this heinous crime to our men in uniform. If Pakistan is allowed to go unpunished in this case, we can imagine the consequences.

Below is the list of 5 other soldiers who preferred to die for the country rather than open their mouths in front of enemy.

1. Sep. Arjun Ram s/o Sh. Chokka Ram; Village & PO Gudi. Teh. & Dist.Nagaur (Rajasthan)
2. Sep. Bhanwar Lal Bagaria h/o Smt. Santosh Devi;Village Sivelara; Teh. & Dist. Sikar (Rajasthan)
3. Sep. Bhikaram h/o Smt. Bhawri Devi; Village Patasar;Teh. Pachpatva; Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan)
4. Sep. Moola Ram h/o Smt. Rameshwari Devi; Village Katori; Teh. Jayal; Dist. Nagaur (Rajasthan)
5. Sep. Naresh Singh h/o Smt. Kalpana Devi; Village Chhoti Tallam; Teh.Iglab; Dist.Aligarh (UP)

Yours truly,

Dr. N.K. Kalia (Lt. Saurabh Kalia's father).
Saurabh Nagar,
Palampur-176061
Himachal Pradesh
Tel: +91 (01894) 32065

Please sign in by writing your name and then copy and paste it again to forward it to your friends and relatives. Let us give some supporting hand to Dr. Kalia in his efforts to get justice. Remember, Lt Kalia and his colleagues died on the front so that we could sleep peacefully in our home.

PLEASE DON'T BREAK THE ONWARD MOVEMENT OF THIS MAIL. WE SEND ANY SILLY MAILS TO OUR FRIENDS HICH COMPEL ONE TO FORWARD BY SAYING HAT IT MAY HARM YOU IF YOU WON'T DO SO. BUT HERE IT IS NOTHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL ONLY BE YOU WHO WILL FEEL SATISFIED IF YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE.

JAI HIND .......Victory to India

1.Sudhir Singh ( Pune, India)
2. Neha Sarode (Pune, India)
3. Sanjay H Shrotriya, Pune India
4. Vivek Apte Bangalore, India.
5. Virendra Mantri, Mumbai, India
6. Jayant Sardesai, Nagpur, India
7. Pratap Shinde, Nagpur , India.
8. Jaisingh Dhumal, Mumbai, India
9. Umesh Gaikwad, Mumbai, India
10. Mandar Aryamane, Mumbai, India
11. Santosh Sawant, Mumbai, India
12. Prashant Pandya, Mumbai, India
13. Dilip Gurav, Mumbai, India
14. N.V. Santosh, Mumbai, India
15. Sameer Narsapur, Mumbai, India
16. Rajeev Mahajan, Mumbai, India
17. Siddharth Lohia, Mumbai, India
18. Bibhash Jha, Mumbai, India.
19. Dhirendra Jha, Pune, India
20. Gaurav Nagpal, Pune, India
21. Sachin Mehrotra, Pune, India
22. Sanjay, Bangalore, India.
23. Jothi Krishnan, Bangalore, India
24. PSB Bharath, Chennai, India
25. Vijeesh S, Chennai, India
26. Nimeesh, Chennai, India
27. Iqbal Ahmed, Kolkata, India
28. Sanchita Chanda, Chennai, India
29. Kaushik Borbora, Chennai, India
30. Priyanka Mishra, Bangalore, India
31. Amit Kumar Sinha, Bhubaneswar, India
32. Joydeep Mondal, Bhubaneshwar, India
33. Kaustubh Krishna Srivastava, Pune, India
34. Shatrughan Tamaskar, Pune, India
35. Manjul Chawda, Pune, India
36. Vinit Puri, Pune, India
37. Vivek Goyal, Pune, India
39. Rajesh Kumar, Bangalore, India
40. Pramesh Mandraha, Bangalore, India
41. Indrajeet Singh, Hyderabad, India
42. Amit Kumar, Mumbai, India
43. Ashish Agarwal, Pune, India
44. Supriya , Pune, India.
45. Atul Jain, Indore, India.
46. Tanmay Singhal, Indore, India.
47. Ankur Agarwal, Mumbai, India
48. Murtuza Shiyaji, Mumbai, India
49. Murtuza Rohawala, Calcutta, India
50. Arti Syal, Chandigarh, India
51. Sheeja Bhaskaran, Bangalore, India
52. Homa Roy Choudhury, Bangalore, India
53. Soumya Nanda Mohanty, Bangalore, India
54. Capt Abhilash Sahoo
55. Rajat Madhok, UK
56. Himmat Singh, Delhi, India
57. Anuja Gill, Delhi, India
58. Brig. (Retd.) A. K. Sanyal, VSM, Pune, India
59. Abhishek Amal Sanyal, Pune, India
60. Sudhir Jatar
61. Rahul Bhajekar, Thane, India
62. Atul S Pathak, Mumbai, India
63. S. Narayanan, Chennai, India
64. Capt. Suman Banerjee
65. Arjun Wallia, Delhi, India
66. Vivek N Gour, Gurgaon, India
67. Nidhi Sekhar, New Delhi, India
68. Priyanka Ray, Mumbai, India
69. Pragya Dayal, Delhi, India
70. Soumya Dayal, Delhi, India
71. Vandana Sehgal, Bangalore, India
72. Pooja Raswant, New Delhi, India.
73. Pronita Roy, New Delhi, India
74. Neeraj Gupta, New Delhi, India
75. Rajesh Sharma, Mumbai, India.
76. RS Anand, Mohali, India.
77. JR Sharma, Mohali, India
78. Manmohan Singh, Mohali, India
79. Ram Chet, Chandigarh, India
80. GS Bakshi, Chandigarh, India
81. Parminder, Chandigarh, India
82. JS Sethi, New Delhi, India
83. Navtej Singh, Kota, India
84. SS Dulat, Sangrur, India
85. Sudeesh Kumar, Kerala, India
86. Leelamma Jose, Kerala, India
87. Abilash Kumar, Kerala, India
88. JS Pannu, Amritsar, India
89. Lt.Col KS Sidhu, Retd, Amritsar, India
90. GS Dhaliwal, Ludhiana, India
91. Nitu Marwah, Germany
92. Ravi Sharma, Bottrop, Germany
93. MS Pannu, Chandigarh, India
94. Deepak Mehan, Chandigarh, India
95. Lt. Col GS Dhillon, Chandigarh, India
96. Lt.Col K C Singh, Chandigarh, India
97. Brig. Bhagwant Singh (Retd), Panchkula, India
98. Lt.Col Gurdev Singh (Retd), India
99. Lt Col Sudesh Sharma, Chandigarh, India
100. NS Aulakh, Chandigarh, India
101. Gursimran Sandhu, Sacramento, USA
102. Sukhbir Singh, Sacramento, USA
103. Manjit Sandhu, Sacramento, USA
104. Inderpreet Sheina, Antioch, USA
105. Shalu Suri, Parwanoo, H.P, INDIA
106. Ashwani Sabharwal. Chandigarh, India.
107. RK Kakar, Bhopal, India
108. Anuradha Manna, Kolkata, India
109. Neha Nigam, New Delhi, India
110. Mamta Meena, New Delhi, India
111. Nalini Singh, Ranchi, India
112. Capt Malay Mishra , 4 JAT
113. Ruchi Mishra, TCS Gurgaon.
114. Neetu Mathew, TCS, Gurgaon
115. Nishtha Dwivedi, IBM PUNE
116. Shailesh Pandey, QA InfoTech, Noida
117. Prashant Gour NIC Pune
118. Narendra Singh Rajput NIC Pune
119. Rishi Sohaney, Quark, Chandigarh, India
120. Gagan Chawla
121. Rohit Kalia, Quark, Chandigarh
122. Sukhendra Rai, HCL Technologies, Noida, India
123. Swati Agarwal, GE Capital, Gurgaon, India
124. Rahul Shanker Saxena, CMC Ltd, Delhi.
125. Ashish Tonk , CellNext Solution Ltd.
126. Bhupesh Pant, Pune, India.
127. Lokesh Malik, Delhi, India
128. Vijay Kr Rajput
129. Shubhangi Mishra, Noida
130. Nitin Goyal, Noida, India
131. Tavish Malhotra, Chennai, India
132. Anoop Chaturvedi, Chennai, India
133. Avdhesh Sharma, Chennai, India
134. Krishna Kumar, Noida, India
135. Savita K B, Bangalore, India
136. Sandeep Singh, Delhi, India
137. Jaikishen Singh, Delhi, India
138. Amol Batra, Delhi, India
139. G Adityakiran, Delhi, India
140. H Natarajan, Mumbai, India.
141. Ruchi Srivastava, Mumbai, India.
142. Anju Sharma, Mumbai, India.
143. Nisha Chaube,Missouri,USA.
144. Frany Shah,Missouri,USA.
145. Alka Dharsandia, Surat, India.
146. Ketan Mandani, Mumbai, India
147. NARESH GURNANI,MUMBAI.
148. Ashish Bhageria, Mumbai.
149. Chirag Shah, Mumbai.
150. Kateel.Ajay.Kumar,Kampala,Uganda.
151. K.V.Udaya Prakash, Wipro Bangalore, India
152. Yogesh B Kale - Wipro Bangalore - India.
153. Major AR Satish, Wipro Technologies, Gurgaon
154. Major Gaurav Arya, Wipro Technologies, Gurgaon
155. Disha Gutam, Wipro Technologies, Gurgaon
156 Shilpy Mittal, Wipro Technologies, Gurgaon
157 Shivani Katoch, TCS, Noida, U.P.
158 Nitin Saxena,TCS ,Noida
159 Lakshmi Narayanan K,TCS,B'lore
160 Kavitha S.Patil, TCS,B'lore
161 Amit Mohanty, TCS, Bangalore.
162. Vishnu.S, TCS-Bangalore
163. A. Krishna Kumar, TCS-Chennai
164. Rahul Gupta, TCS, Bangalore
165. Jayakrishnan K R, TCS , Bangalore
166. K.Balu, Satyam Computer services, Bangalore
167. P.K.Sakthivel, TCS,Chennai.
168. S.P.Karthik, HTSL,B'Lore
169. Deepak V.M, Honeywell, Bangalore.
170. Senthil kumar.S,Chennai.
171. Vinoth, Chennai
172. Sindhu Chander, Chennai
173. Kaivalya Prasad, Chennai
174. Amalthiya Prasad, VT, USA
175. Praveen Varghese Isaac, Muscat, Oman
176. Thomas P. Varghese.
177. Koshi Thomas, Mumbai
178. Ajit Dabholkar, Mumbai
179. Padmakar Rao, Mumbai
180. Ravindra Sarawate,NYK Mumbai,India
181. pradip upadhyaya, Mumbai, INDIA.
182 Bhadresh Bhatt , Mumbai . India.
183 Ajay Rathod , Mumbai India
184 Vivek Kotai, Mumbai , India
185 Arindam Datta, India
186 HOMI J. TREASURYVALA, MUMBAI.
187 G.Sethi, UAE
188 Sanjeev Sharma, Singapore
189 Mohinder Pratap Rattan, Tokyo
190 Alok Kumar, Tokyo
191. Capt SL Mohapatra
192. Mr J Phaneedra
193. Capt S Dash
194. Lalit Balchandaran
195. Amit Vira
196. Ashish Kumar, Mumbai, INDIA
197. Sunil Gambhir, New Delhi
198. Mahinder Nath, Pune, India
199. Salil Nath, Baroda, India
200. Sayanee Basu, Baroda, India
201. GC Abhimanyu R Vaid
202. Janak M Agarwal, Surat.
203. nilabh nishchhal,surat,INDIA
204. Mohit khokhar,SVNIT,SURAT,INDIA
205. Prashant Gopalan, Shanghai
206. Ratikant Santpure,Mumbai
207. Jitendra P. Medhekar
208. Atul B.Shirwadkar
209. Madhusudan Rao
210. Lata Pillai- Mumbai
211. Jyoti Raut - Mumbai
212. Sukanta Dey - Mumbai
213. Pallavi Ghosh, New Delhi, India
214. Pradeep Narayan, New Delhi, India
215. Sharad Deep
216. Rajib Bhattacharya,New Delhi
217. Shashikant pawar, Mumbai
218. Preet Suri - Mumbai

From time immemorial the Arabs have invaded India through Khyber Pass & Bolan Pass. earlier our
boundries were from Kabul to Kanjivaram which are reduced to Kashmir to Kanjivaram. Resultantly, millions of people have laid their lives for protecting our motherland. I distinctly remember the torture these 5 martyrs had undergone & share the sorrow of their families & at the same time
humbly request everyone to remember that

'If one forgets the history of the nation, he will lose its geography'

😆 😆 i am nearly a pure indian! lol! 😆

Originally posted by: mikagurl23

😆 😆 i am nearly a pure indian! lol! 😆

😉me too 😆😆😆

almost 😆 😉 that tthird part was very despairin 😭

my parents sceam into the phone too when they're talking to relatives in india..lol 😆

OMG....i am a 100% pure Indian!! 😛 MY mom is the most desi pure indian you can ever fidn in teh U.S 😳 ....lol...

Originally posted by: KiRaN_K

OMG....i am a 100% pure Indian!! 😛 MY mom is the most desi pure indian you can ever fidn in teh U.S 😳 ....lol...

loooool kiran

im pure desi material too, front, back, up, down everywhere......my mom dad bro sis granpas granmoms everyone...ad the list goes on....😆

Thanks Preet!

Never knew I and my entire family spanning generations fitted the bill of being a pukka Indian this accurately!

Whoa Whoa

MERA BHARAT MAHAAN!

BTW, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY EVERYONE!

I truly feel free now that I'm off the tyrant JJKN that ahd been running my life, bullying me,torturing me in every way possible...

VANDE MAATARAM!