I don’t want to make other races feel left out or anything and I am sure a lot of you could relate to the following traits, but there are just some things that really let you know you are desi.
You know you are desi when…
“We are out of groceries” looks like this. Desi people have this insane fear in the back of their cranium somewhere that when the apocalypse comes we won’t have enough groceries. So we should always be prepared with a surplus, no amount of groceries are ever enough.
You know you are desi when…
Your freezer is full of containers that are highly misleading as to their contents. For example you will not find yogurt, ice cream or cream cheese (who keeps cream cheese in the freezer?) in any of these containers. Surprise! If you are desi you will know that they all contain some type of curry. You can never have too much curry, never know when the zombies might come.
You know you are desi when…
This is something you use for an earache.
You have used these for toothaches.
This solves every gastric trouble in medical history.
And this…
…is the solution for every other ailment under the sun.
You know you are desi when…
…every cupboard contains a bag …that contains countless bags. Every. Cupboard.
When the zombies come we will have plenty of bags to tie them up in. Of course up here in Canada we won’t have a zombie apocalypse, that kind of stuff only happens in America. We will of course send the bags to our American neighbors. Polite Canadians.
You know you are desi when…
This bin is overflowing every two days. I fear the day when garbage pickup will be scheduled for every other week.
You know you are desi when…
…you still think the kids are feeling cold.
khaula Siddique 
LOL…fantastic memories stacked up in your post…:)
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This was super hilarious…. loved every bit of it…especially the end was epic…had a good loud laugh 😀
By the way how garlic helps in earache??
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Happy you enjoyed it!
When I was little I got these really bad colds with earaches. My dad would roast a garlic clove and put it in my ear. It actually gave a lot of relief. I did it with my kids when they were little. Garlic has a lot of antiseptic properties and the heat eases the pain.
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I can relate to the grocery thing.
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You can never have enough groceries! Thanks for visiting 🙂
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Thank you for this post. I had such a hearty laugh after a long time. Yes, I am a Desi, and I relate to this. You ended it beautifully: I’d love to meet the mom whose children these are, or is it the mom standing in the middle.
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Thanks for visiting 🙂 Mom was the one taking the picture.
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It may surprise you to know that my German family has similar characteristics. (I´ve had this discussion with my Indo-Canadian friends before)
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Isn’t it great that we will all be well prepared for the zombie apocalypse? That will of course, only affect America 😉
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It is great!! We will all be ready.
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LOL! I’m not sure what desi is, but I can relate to a lot of that. The grocery thing, yeah. I have so many cans of soup…
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Desi actually means “native” in urdu. People from the sub continent refer to themselves as “desi”
(Indian/Pakistani). Plastic bags, how many plastic bags do you have stashed away?
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I will take a picture and show you. My mother says I take after my Grandmother with hording plastic bags.
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The garbage bag thing is something totally relatable! haha
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Can never have enough plastic 🙂
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