Ridiculous Notions
I had to write these out. This are some questions and notions - ridiculous or no - people asked me /had about India. Being the only Indian in a small part of Okinawa, and being the only Indian some people/students of my town have or ever will see, is a big responsibility! (and task too!)
- What are the multiplication tables students have to learn?
- Indian are very intelligent.
- Do you eat curry-rice everyday?
- All Indians have elephants as pets, right?
- There are more people in America than in India.
- Do you have radio in India?
- Indians are overtaking in IT.
- Do Indians use cell phones?
- Why do you speak English?
- Do you have trains in India?
- Head bobbing sideways with hands joined over the head.
- Indian food is very hot and spicy.
- What is the red dot on the forehead for?
- Indians eat naan everyday.
- India is blistering hot.
- There is snow in India???
- You have beaches in India?
- Where in Indonesia are you from?
1 comment:
Interesting Juhi, although I haven't been asked any such questions (cuz a lot of people still think that I am from America)
Here are some questions that I can remember we used to think about Japan and Japanese people( am also listing the answers from my own personal experience):
1. Do Japanese people wear Kimono everyday? Answer - No
2.Are Japanese people perverts?
Answer - Yes and no, but perverts are there in every country
3. Do Japanese people eat anything except sushi and rice? answer - yes, they do.
4. Is Japanese food land/tasteless compared to Indian food? Answer - hell yeah it is!
5. Are Japanese women the most polite/beautiful/graceful women in the world? Answer - NO, NO and NO
6. Is bowing too much a reason for the many elderly people with hunchbacks you see in Japan?
Answer - still don't have a clue.
7. Is Japan the cleanest country in the world? Anwer - YES and YES
(except for Mt. Fuji)
8. Are Japanese people really boring/unimaginative/reserved/xenophobic? Answer - well mostly yes with some exceptions.
9. Is there transportation system the best? ANswer - Yeah, probably
10. Are they Pachinko freaks?
Answer - Oh yes
High time the Indians started taking an initiative to ask questions about othe countries/cultures/customs. In short, start looking for what is worng/right with the rest of the world rather than being introspective all the time.
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