Mother-in-law
In India: A woman capable of making your life miserable.
Outside India: A woman you never fight with, because where else you will find such a dedicated baby sitter for free?
Husband
In India: A boring human species, who listens more to his mother than you, and orders you around to serve him, his parents and siblings.
Outside India: Still boring, but now a useful human species that comes in handy when the house needs to be vacuumed.
Friends
In India: A person whose house you can drop into any time of the day or night and you'll always be welcome.
Outside India: A person whom you have to call first to check and make sure he is not busy.
Wife
In India: A woman who gives you your underwear and towel when you go to take a shower and also cooks for you.
Outside India: A woman who yells at you not to leave tub dirty when you go to take bath.
Son
In India: A teenager, who without asking will carry your grocery bags from the market.
Outside India: A teenager, who suddenly remembers he has lot of homework when you start mowing the lawn.
Daughter
In India: A lovely doll, who brings tears to your eyes during her marriage.
Outside India: A lovely doll, who brings you to tears long before her marriage.
Father
In India: A person you are afraid of, and who is never to be disobeyed.
Outside India: A person to whom you pretend to obey, after all he is the one paying your college tuition.
Doctor
In India: A respectable person with OK income.
Outside India: A money making machine, who has a money spending machine at home called 'doctor's wife'.
Bhangra
In India: A vigorous Punjabi festival dance.
Outside India: A dance you do, when you don't know how to dance.
Software Engineer
In India: A high-tech guy, always tries to speak in english in an American accent, always anxious to queue in the consulate visa line.
Outside India: The same hi-tech guy, who does Ganapati Puja everyday, and says 'This is my last year in the US' every year.
A Green Card holder bachelor
In India: The guy can't speak Hindi, parents of good looking girls are dying to hook him, wears jacket in summer, says he has a BMW back there.
Outside India: The guy can't speak proper English, wears jacket all the time, works in a Candy store at Manhattan, dreams of owning a BMW.
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ReplyDeletenice comparisons man.this is an eye opening fact that must be know to all those who tries to go abroad from India.i think it is true and make laughter of those people whose heart is betting speedily when they talk about going abroad.
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