OH! The good lord!! The last night dinner was extremely good considering I am not allowed to eat “Spicy and Tangy food, oils or ghee, salt and sugar” but the dinner was GOOOOOOOD.

Well here is the second part of Who are we? Please contribute if you like the post.

1) Indian Time

Rahul: Meet me at 2:00 PM (I actually mean 2:00 PM +/- 4 hrs)
Vijay: Sure! will meet up at 2:00 PM ( I will wait for your call till you reach there because I will forget)

Boss: What is the office time kishore?
Kishor: Sir, Its 9:30 AM ! (Feeling guilty)
Boss: And what is the time right now?
Kishore: Sir, its 12:30 PM (Feeling less guilty now)

and Every second such kind of incidents appear where people take for granted the +/- hrs for any INDIAN TIME. Believe me it has just gone into our roots that we subconsciously avoid making things on time, or following the punctuality (I wonder if OXFORD is launching a new dictionary in india without this word).

2) We are very flexible

In hospital where its a silence ZONE you are talking on phone on top of your VOICE and nobody seems to care about, because its the way we are.

We always try to adjust, being it adjusting on a Bus Seat where only 2 people can sit but we settle down with 4 and still try to adjust that Boy somewhere on this seat who is standing for a long time.

You board a train and realize there is no place for your luggage because the lady next to your seat has 13 Bags ad suitcases and above all she doesn’t have a confirmed seat. and there you go again by ADJUSTING and moving into a corner where either you can fit or your Bag.

Another such incidence, You have a confirmed seat in B-3, 17 No, lower berth. Some lady comes over and tells you that if you are alone can you please shift to the nearby coach B-5 because she wants to sit with her long lost friend. And being a Flexible Indian you agree only to realize that B-5 coach is 10 coaches away and you have been given a SIDE UPPER seat where your 6ft 2 inch body can’t even fit.

3) Our patented technology called “JUGAAD”
Do I need to say anything. In India every person is BORN INVENTOR, Engineer, Doctor and Scientist. You need Balloon for your party but could not find anything you do “Jugaad”, Can’t afford an antenna; you roll aluminum hanger into one and get a good reception, there is no water in your locality but you have a “jugaad”, want to go to your hometown but there is no ticket available; don’t worry there is a “JUGAAD”, a motorcycle can be used as a tractor and a tractor can be used as a crane. The list is endless though but we are proud to have this Patented Technology in our lives ;)

4) Everybody is doctor here!
You are sitting with your friends or relatives or you are traveling in a train with complete strangers, when suddenly you sneeze and cough! Alas you have open the floodgates of suggestions from every single person in that vicinity.
“Boil water and take steam”
“no no boil water and add Vicks and then take steam”
“Take a ginger tea and you will be good in no time”
“Add a little pepper and Tulsi in that tea and you will see the magic”
“Try taking a Ginger with Honey”
“Have you tried Hot Soup?”
“Try Kadhi it will melt your worries”

Blah Blah…

and you are cursing yourself why did you sneeze.