You may be missing India, when you ......

fredjican · Aug 17th, 2006, 22:20

....start going for a thali or a dosa every single day, like i've been doing in the last 5 days.

....start spending time on the web looking for best flight options to Delhi or Mumbai, although you'd said to yourself and everyone around you that next time, you'd be going somewhere else.

....start spending a lot of time on IM, when you should be doing something else.

....start brushing up your poor Hindi...etc...

I guess i need to back!

jan99 · Aug 18th, 2006, 03:34

I knew a friend of mine was missing India when he got me to bring him back a bottle of Limca from my last trip. The guy on security at Delhi airport thought I was crazy.

agoraphobe · Oct 21st, 2006, 08:48

-when your rice comes at the same time as your paneer masala

-when the waiters don't stare at you while you eat

-when the merchandise is in front of the counter instead of behind

-when you ration the use of your last bar of medimix

-when your taxi driver doesn't pull on an old hockey stick on the floor to turn the engine over

-when he puts on the meter without you having to ask

-when you don't find three identical shops selling the same thing side by side

-when you don't get a holiday for Diwali

-when you drink straight from the tap 24 hours a day

-when noone asks you if you know their cousin brother in Toronto

-when noone asks you if you can help their cousin brother in Toronto gain employment

-when you try and burn your trash outside on the street

-when it just isn't the same as Haldirams

Nick-H · Oct 21st, 2006, 11:21

Quote:

-when you drink straight from the tap 24 hours a day

That's one of the very few things that can make me wish I wasn't in India!

steven_ber · Oct 21st, 2006, 11:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by jan99

I knew a friend of mine was missing India when he got me to bring him back a bottle of Limca from my last trip. The guy on security at Delhi airport thought I was crazy.

There is a shop close to me in Ilford where I can buy Limca (and many other Indian things.

There will be similar shops in Southall and other areas with a high Indian population, these places are great to check out when you have the time.

TimMakins · Oct 21st, 2006, 15:15

http://www.mapability.com/travel/indian.html

I've just added a new compilation page to my site.

Tim in England

sirensongs · Oct 21st, 2006, 16:34

Quote:

-when you don't find three identical shops selling the same
thing side by side

-just as curious as five or six identical shops selling identical items side by side, is the way the shopkeepers give jealous, resentful glares at you for picking one of them over the other. Come on man, what did you expect? should I buy one tiny thing from each shop to keep you all happy??!

Yes, when you miss the smell of Medimix....or Chandrika seems like an exotic commodity. (At my US health food store, Chandrika is $1.00 a bar!)

Nick-H · Oct 21st, 2006, 17:13

Medimix still reminds me of my Indian holidays --- even though I live here now!

CliveG · Oct 21st, 2006, 20:30

You may be missing India when..

You find you are not sharing a swimming pool with a flock of dead crows.

When the A/C unit is attached to the wall rather than being in the middle of your room surrounded by some iffy looking wiring.

When the ceiling fan is silent and not revolving in an eccentric way that suggests it might just embed itself in a wall or take your head clean off.

When your taxi driver doesn't make an emergency stop and rush off to the nearest chemist to get some medication for an eye infection which has prevented him seeing the road for the past 20km.

Great thread - just spent the morning reading it instead of re-grouting the bathroom - thanks!

Nick-H · Oct 21st, 2006, 21:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by CliveG

You find you are not sharing a swimming pool with a flock of dead crows.

I love Indian crows. We have feeding time for thirty or forty every day.

... When you fit an AC unit ---in the British climate!

... When you fit a ceiling fan!

and

... When you give up the idea of grouting the bathroom and just let the gaps fill with mould

CliveG · Oct 21st, 2006, 22:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

I love Indian crows. We have feeding time for thirty or forty every day.

... When you fit an AC unit ---in the British climate!

... When you fit a ceiling fan!

and

... When you give up the idea of grouting the bathroom and just let the gaps fill with mould

Haven't you heard with have had the hottest and longest summer since records began. We are coming to India for 3 months in December just to cool down!
Too late for the grouting - the tiles just fell off the wall!

lez · Oct 21st, 2006, 22:27

Clove you should have got the boy to do the grouting

Nick-H · Oct 21st, 2006, 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by CliveG

Too late for the grouting - the tiles just fell off the wall!

Never mind: gives you the opportunity to refix the shower taps so that the hot tap is half an inch higher than the cold!

Yes, I heard about that weather, and was really annoyed. My wife and I had just got back to india after being frozen in UK, and suddenly it was hotter in London than Chennai

Nick-H · Oct 21st, 2006, 22:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by lez

Clove you should have got the boy to do the grouting

Child labour has just been made illegal here!

CliveG · Oct 21st, 2006, 23:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by lez

Clove you should have got the boy to do the grouting

I would have done but he was busy trying to rewire the boiler - he will be sadly missed! It was not my fault he was colour blind.

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Aug 18th, 2006, 03:34	#347
jan99 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 34	I knew a friend of mine was missing India when he got me to bring him back a bottle of Limca from my last trip. The guy on security at Delhi airport thought I was crazy.

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agoraphobe Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouger, BC Posts: 61	-when your rice comes at the same time as your paneer masala -when the waiters don't stare at you while you eat -when the merchandise is in front of the counter instead of behind -when you ration the use of your last bar of medimix -when your taxi driver doesn't pull on an old hockey stick on the floor to turn the engine over -when he puts on the meter without you having to ask -when you don't find three identical shops selling the same thing side by side -when you don't get a holiday for Diwali -when you drink straight from the tap 24 hours a day -when noone asks you if you know their cousin brother in Toronto -when noone asks you if you can help their cousin brother in Toronto gain employment -when you try and burn your trash outside on the street -when it just isn't the same as Haldirams

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CliveG Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: PORTSMOUTH U.K. Posts: 636	You may be missing India when.. You find you are not sharing a swimming pool with a flock of dead crows. When the A/C unit is attached to the wall rather than being in the middle of your room surrounded by some iffy looking wiring. When the ceiling fan is silent and not revolving in an eccentric way that suggests it might just embed itself in a wall or take your head clean off. When your taxi driver doesn't make an emergency stop and rush off to the nearest chemist to get some medication for an eye infection which has prevented him seeing the road for the past 20km. Great thread - just spent the morning reading it instead of re-grouting the bathroom - thanks!

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