Are you a DESI by heart? Find Desi living desi way

Desi living in America Or person of Desi origin have some unique ways of leading life. If you have any doubts about how close you are to your desi roots the following would help you to find out the real desi in you. See how close you get to some of the hard to change habbits.

• If your friends locate your house from a block away by the smell of curry, you are still an Desi.
• If you expect dowry from your would be Korean daughter-in-law, you are still an Desi.
• If you carry more than five people in your favorite sedan, Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla, you are still an Desi.
• If you skip a meal and two before you go for all-you-can-eat-buffet, you are still an Desi.
• If you turn off all the lights and pretend you are not home on the Halloween night to avoid buying candy, you are still an Desi.
• If you invite your white boss for all the pujas at home, you are still an Desi.
• If you love a restaurant only because they have free tea, you are still an Desi.
• If you avoid shopping online because you cannot bargain, you are still an Desi.
• If you think every store with ninety day return policy is a sucker, you are still an Desi.
• If you have one or more idol of Ganesh on dashboard of your car, you are still an Desi.
• If you ever tried to inaugurate a new car by cracking open a coconut on the hood, you are still an Desi.
• If you went to only Desi restaurants for the last six months, you are still an Desi.
• If you worry a lot about people thinking you are black, you are still an Desi.
• If people frequently ask you to talk slowly, you are still an Desi.
• If you spend more than an hour trying to convince the quality of Walmart to a reluctant friend, you are still an Desi.
• If you think it is unfair that Americans call Native Americans Desis, you are still an Desi.
• If you ever saved hair to offer to god later, you are still an Desi.
• If you feel offended that your neighbor is not familiar with the town or city you are from, you are still an Desi.
• If you consult the epics or Vedic texts to name your kid, you are still an Desi.
• If you kid’s name has more than four syllables, you are still an Desi.
• If you do not see anything wrong with beating your kids in public, you are still an Desi.
• If you think everyone who was ever mean to you is a racist, you are still an Desi.
• If you think other Desis are ruining your image, you are still an Desi.
• If you use aluminum foil to wrap your kitchen, you are still an Desi.
• If you keep the packaging for everything you buy, you are still an Desi.
• If at home your supply of paper napkins comes from your favorite fast food chain, you are still an Desi.
• If you wash your plastic spoon for reuse, you are still an Desi.
• If you think horoscope is a better substitute for birth certificate, you are still an Desi.
• If you forbid your daughter to cut her hair short fearing that would damage her chance to get married, you are still an Desi.
• If you think it is stupid to pay the same price for fat free milk, you are still an Desi.
• If you deactivated fire alarms because they interfered with your cooking, you are still an Desi.
• If full set of Ramayana DVDs are part of your collection, you are still an Desi.
• If you end the dollar amount with the word only to every check you write, you are still an Desi.
• If you save money on tips in a restaurant, you are still an Desi.
• If you consider the telemarketers from India amongst your friend circle, you are still an Desi.
• If never pass up free wine in the airplane, you are still an Desi.
• If instead of the name tag you use colorful fabric or ribbon to identify your luggage, you are still an Desi.
• If you have more VCDs than DVDs in your collection, you are still an Desi.
• If you throw a party every time there is an Desi miss universe, you are still an Desi.
• If you insist everyone takes their shoes off before they enter your house, you are still an Desi.
• If you ask about vegetarian hamburger at a fast food restaurant, you are still an Desi.
• If you never refer to your wife by her name, you are still an Desi.
• If you think stopping for pedestrian is a sign of weak driver, you are still an Desi.
• If you think every stranger who says hi to you is flirting, you are still an Desi.
• If in response to the lady at the airport counter wishing you a good trip you say “you too”, you are still an Desi.
• If your gold jewelry at home is worth more then your total assets in bank, you are still an Desi.
• If your cost of calling India is the largest part of your monthly budget, you are still an Desi.
• If you wear sneakers with sari, you are still an Desi.
• If you scold your teenage daughter for talking to the white boy, you are still an Desi.
• If you take your whole family to the temple just for the free food, you are still an Desi.
• If you have more cousins than colleges and friends, you are still an Desi.
• If you bought a wall clock as wedding gift, you are still an Desi.
• If you refer to your neighborhood as posh, you are still an Desi.
• If while traveling to India you have to carry extra suitcases to fit all the gifts, you are still an Desi.
• If you bought a stick shift car because it was cheaper but cannot drive, you are still an Desi.
• If you use rope to tie you luggage while traveling, you are still an Desi.
• If the only reason you love visiting India is to feel superior to all your relatives, you are still an Desi.
• If you stopped talking to your son for marrying a non Desi, you are still an Desi.
• If you find it curious to see non Desis people in your favorite Desi restaurant, you are still an Desi.
• If you go out for dinner on Thanksgiving and wonder why the restaurant is closed, you are still an Desi.
• If you ever scratched the date of an expired coupon to use it, you are still an Desi.
• If you keep your Desi coins and use in the vending machine, you are still an Desi.
• If your bathroom has toiletries from all the hotels and motels you have stayed in, you are still an Desi.
• If you think July is the wrong month to waste firecracker instead of October, you are still an Desi.
• If you watch Oscar hoping for your favorite Hindi movie to win even if it was not nominated, you are still an Desi.
• If you cannot believe that your colleague never heard of Diwali, you are still an Desi.
• If you know all the Desis in the neighborhood and no one else, you are still an Desi.
• If you convert dollar prices to Rupees as a habit, you are still an Desi.
• If you bemoan the lack of a good priest in your state, you are still an Desi.
• If you drive more than a mile to use a 30 cent coupon, you are still an Desi.
• If you miss having servants to do your house chore, you are still an Desi.
• If you think it is fashionable to arrive at a dinner party more than hour late, you are still an Desi.
• If you think it is not copyright violation since you paid for the blank CD, you are still an Desi.
• If you have a large collection of airline headphones, you are still an Desi.
• If you got an extra dish antenna just so that you can watch Desi TV, you are still an Desi.
• If you think Hollywood movies are too short for the money, you are still an Desi.
• If you own a sports car but cannot parallel park, you are still an Desi.
• If on your luggage you use name sticker big enough to be seen for a block away, you are still an Desi.
• If you try to strike up a conversation with every Desi you see, you are still an Desi
• If your gold tooth filling is your only dental expense, you are still an Desi.
• If you put your ears on your digital wrist watch to make sure it is working, you are still an Desi.
• If you wait for rain to wash your car, you are still an Desi.
• If you ask your Desi waitress which part of India she is from, you are still an Desi.
• If you ask a stranger whether they are married within five minutes of conversation, you are still an Desi.
• If you asked for horoscope from any of your dates, you are still an Desi.
• If you ever walk up to a young single colleague and suggested he should meet your niece, you are still an Desi.
• If though you drink coffee you still get excited to see the word chai on Starbucks menu, you are still an Desi.
• If you cover your car seats with towels for protection, you are still an Desi.
• If you think at dinner parties it is friendly to ask your guests how much they earn, you are still an Desi.