rinu
April 30th, 2003, 09:33 PM
01 Mother-in law:
In Des- A women capable of making your life miserable.
In Pardes- A women you never fight with, because where else you will find such a dedicated baby sitter for free?
02 Husband:
In Des- A boring human species, who listens more to his mother than you, and orders you around to serve him, his parents and siblings.
In Pardes- Still boring, but now a useful human species that comes in handy when the house needs to be vacuumed.
03 Friend:
In Des- A person who's house you can drop into any time of the day or night and you'll always be welcome.
In Pardes- A person who you have to call first to check and make sure he is not busy.
04 Wife:
In Des- A woman who gives you your underwear and towel when you go to take a shower.
In Pardes- A woman who yells at you not to leave tub dirty when you go to take bath.
05 Son:
In Des- A teenager, who without asking will carry your grocery bags from the market.
In Pardes- A teenager, who suddenly remembers he has lot of homework when you start mowing the lawn.
06 Daughter:
In Des- A lovely doll, who brings tears to your eyes when her doli is about to leave.
In Pardes- A lovely doll, who brings you to tears long before any doli time.
07 Mother:
In Des- A woman who defends you and cares for you, but would not dare to goagainst your father's orders.
In Pardes- A woman who is a sucker for anything you want, especially if dad's against it.
08 Father:
In Des- A person you are afraid of, and who is never to be disobeyed.
In Pardes- A person to whom you pretend to obey, after all he is the one paying your college tuition.
09 Desi Engineer:
In Des- A person with a respectable job and lots of upper ki kamai.
In Pardes- A person without a secure job, who always dreams one day he will be rich.
10 Desi Doctor:
In Des- A respectable person with reasonably good income.
In Pardes- A money making machine, who has a money spending machine at home called "doctor di biwi".
11 Bhangra:
In Des- A vigorous punjabi festival dance.
In Pardes- A desi dance you do, when you don't know how to dance.
12 Software Engineer:
In Des- A high-tech guy, always speaks in American accent, always anxious to queue counsulate visa line
In Pardes- The same hitech guy, who does Ganapati puja everyday, and says 'This is my last year in the US (or where-ever)' every year.
13 A Green Card holder bachelor:
In Des- the guy can't speak hindi, parents of good looking girls are dying to hook him, wears jacket in summer, says he has a Cadillac back there.
In Pardes- the guy can't speak English, wears jacket all the time, works in a Candy store at Manhattan, dreams of owning a Cadillac
In Des- A women capable of making your life miserable.
In Pardes- A women you never fight with, because where else you will find such a dedicated baby sitter for free?
02 Husband:
In Des- A boring human species, who listens more to his mother than you, and orders you around to serve him, his parents and siblings.
In Pardes- Still boring, but now a useful human species that comes in handy when the house needs to be vacuumed.
03 Friend:
In Des- A person who's house you can drop into any time of the day or night and you'll always be welcome.
In Pardes- A person who you have to call first to check and make sure he is not busy.
04 Wife:
In Des- A woman who gives you your underwear and towel when you go to take a shower.
In Pardes- A woman who yells at you not to leave tub dirty when you go to take bath.
05 Son:
In Des- A teenager, who without asking will carry your grocery bags from the market.
In Pardes- A teenager, who suddenly remembers he has lot of homework when you start mowing the lawn.
06 Daughter:
In Des- A lovely doll, who brings tears to your eyes when her doli is about to leave.
In Pardes- A lovely doll, who brings you to tears long before any doli time.
07 Mother:
In Des- A woman who defends you and cares for you, but would not dare to goagainst your father's orders.
In Pardes- A woman who is a sucker for anything you want, especially if dad's against it.
08 Father:
In Des- A person you are afraid of, and who is never to be disobeyed.
In Pardes- A person to whom you pretend to obey, after all he is the one paying your college tuition.
09 Desi Engineer:
In Des- A person with a respectable job and lots of upper ki kamai.
In Pardes- A person without a secure job, who always dreams one day he will be rich.
10 Desi Doctor:
In Des- A respectable person with reasonably good income.
In Pardes- A money making machine, who has a money spending machine at home called "doctor di biwi".
11 Bhangra:
In Des- A vigorous punjabi festival dance.
In Pardes- A desi dance you do, when you don't know how to dance.
12 Software Engineer:
In Des- A high-tech guy, always speaks in American accent, always anxious to queue counsulate visa line
In Pardes- The same hitech guy, who does Ganapati puja everyday, and says 'This is my last year in the US (or where-ever)' every year.
13 A Green Card holder bachelor:
In Des- the guy can't speak hindi, parents of good looking girls are dying to hook him, wears jacket in summer, says he has a Cadillac back there.
In Pardes- the guy can't speak English, wears jacket all the time, works in a Candy store at Manhattan, dreams of owning a Cadillac