Some of us are lucky enough to have those special relatives that live abroad. And if you are one of the lucky ones, you can relate yourselves to these.
You get gifts, lots of gifts.
Gifts!
Whenever they come around, you can be sure they have something for you. Be it a gadget or chocolates or some speciality of their area.
Skype!
Skype!
Admit it, if you are close to your relatives living abroad, they will be your most frequently contacted person on your contact list.
Maximum excitement when they are in town
Being Tagged Along Everywhere
If they are in the country, you get to go to more evenings out and visit places you normally wouldn’t go because they will take you with them. And they have more money because they earn is a stronger currency.
Buying a lot of masalas
Bring Masalas
You will find yourself going to the wholesale market to buy a lot of different masalas, in large quantities.
Putting their accent to use or not
Hilarious Accent
How you tell them to not speak in street markets where bargaining is required. Their accent is bound to get the initial asking price to go up significantly. Teaching them local abuses and then going into splits hearing them say it.
Dealing with their amazement at the filth in our streets, public defecation and littering
Why is it so dirty?
Every time they come they are surprised all over again at how dirty India is. They will exclaim when they see public defecation, littering, spitting and now they start asking whats going on with Swacch Bharat?
Puffing up with pride
Feeling of Patriotism
When they tell us about how much Indians are respected wherever they may live, we feel a sense of pride and a ‘damn right!’ moment.
Author: Aayushi Jain
