Desi attitude in Brampton sucks!
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Posts: 2873
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 10-11-10 11:59:59
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 10-11-10 11:59:59
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Originally posted by Maharaj
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Originally posted by meghal
Noisy kids in desi restaurant is an annoying factor me...
In desi restaurants its not just kids ... everyone is talking loudly.
I tell you what was quite intriguing for me.... a lady in front of me at Udipi off Burnhamthorpe took 1 poori, then another, another, another.....you get the point....stopped after heaping about 10 or 12. Was quite interesting to watch
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Dimple2001
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Originally posted by dimple2001
I tell you what was quite intriguing for me.... a lady in front of me at Udipi off Burnhamthorpe took 1 poori, then another, another, another.....you get the point....stopped after heaping about 10 or 12. Was quite interesting to watch
Intriguing
You caused stomach-ache
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Mumbai Maazi Ladki ...
Posts: 1920
Location: British Columbia
Posted on: 10-11-10 13:24:33
Location: British Columbia
Posted on: 10-11-10 13:24:33
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Originally posted by dimple2001
We left the knife and fork to the daycare and trained our son on the "mission impossible" - tearing roti with one hand
Im impressed. I have a hard time doing that with one hand
i use both.can u send me a copy of the desi etiquette manual?
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~ Morning rain
Posts: 1920
Location: British Columbia
Posted on: 10-11-10 13:37:06
Location: British Columbia
Posted on: 10-11-10 13:37:06
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Originally posted by meghal
4. Why should I say thank you/sorry millions times in a day.
It is a common courtesy in Canada. I have seen people getting offended if I do not reciprocate them with sorry/thank you. This is a part of so called "Canadian experience".
Is gratitude or kindness not part of desi culture?
how do you show appreciation in India? Last i heard "shukriya/dhanyawaad" are hindi words. Not just Canadian experience
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~ Morning rain
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Originally posted by morning_rain
Is gratitude or kindness not part of desi culture?
how do you show appreciation in India? Last i heard "shukriya/dhanyawaad" are hindi words. Not just Canadian experience
Hindi is very rich language - we have words for everything ... but they are just words ... you don't really have to say it.
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Mumbai Maazi Ladki ...
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Originally posted by morning_rain
how do you show appreciation in India? Last i heard "shukriya/dhanyawaad" are hindi words. Not just Canadian experience
Saying "Thanks/Sorry" during each and every conversation in India is judged as too formal and denotes an absence of intimacy in relationship. In job - yes, but between friends or in near family, people do comment as being too "foreign", if you say thank you when somebody offers you a glass of water.
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Im impressed. I have a hard time doing that with one hand i use both.
Something to do with the texture of "roti". It would be difficult to tear a "naan" using just one hand.
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Location: God's own country
Posted on: 10-11-10 14:13:15
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 10-11-10 14:13:15
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Originally posted by meghal
Something to do with the texture of "roti". It would be difficult to tear a "naan" using just one hand.
I guess Dimple is a tamil.
We tamils have to use only one hand (right) when eating. Using the left hand is a taboo and a no no , since tamils use the left hand for "cleaning" and though they wash their hand with soap after that, you will be rediculed if you use your naked left hand for eating.
So we are left with the right hand for tearing roti to eat as will as mix rasam with rice and suck it into our mouth with the right hand. when rasam drips on the right hand we are free to lick it with our tounge even if decent people are around.
While I was in Gujarat, I use to see people use both the hands to tear the roti apart and since I did not care so much for tamil traditions never made a huge fuss about it
Peace
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