Desi attitude in Brampton sucks!
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Originally posted by morning_rain
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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
Problem is not saying thanks/sorry but when u say it too many times in a day and for anything. U pay to the cashier and formal communication starts. It is too much.
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Posted on: 10-11-10 14:44:10
Location: British Columbia
Posted on: 10-11-10 14:44:10
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
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
lol...
Thanks TK..for a post that nearly made me laugh out loud.
your description is very...vivid. Thanks for the visual.
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
We tamils have to use only one hand (right) when eating.
What do you do with the other hand (left) while eating with may be right?
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
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 thatPeace
I guess most of the Indians do the same not only Tamils..
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
you will be rediculed if you use your naked left hand for eating.
Peace
so you will not be ridiculed if you use that left hand with a cover on it..
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
since I did not care so much for tamil traditions never made a huge fuss about it
Peace
So did you mean that whatever you described above about left hand and cleaning, you do not care? Man good luck with the Rasam....
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
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
Peace
This is common to any Indian/Hindu culture for reasons you mentioned.
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
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
Now I know ... why they eat lots of Rice in Southern India. Tearing Roti with both hands is tabooo ...
Thanks TK
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BTW, is it still taboo to use left for eating if cleaning with right? May be that's why we don't see too many left handers from Southern India (at least in cricket)
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Originally posted by meghal
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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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We Indians are also very polite, its just that we have different words to express the gratitude. My father says "Jeetay raho" or bless you when offered a glass of water, we use, "khush raho", "tera bhala ho", "Jiyu putar, "Haanji", "Auntyji", "Uncleji", all the elders call beta, beti to everyone. This is from Punjab and Delhi, all delhites will understand what I'm saying.
Recently in Mumbai the first time I noticed that a guy knocked my 6 yr old daughter by mistake, he turned and did touch her knees (the gesture not exactly...like you touch elders feet) which was a way for his saying sorry, the same happened with my mom in law at airport and my husband said Bombayites (i think maharashtrians) do that, its a way for them to say sorry to ladies, young girls.
I'm sure other Indian states, languages will have their own way, language of expression, but politeness exsists in India too and its not only in Canada!
Jona
