indian-american guy here - i nor my brother nor my dad has ever been to one and don't care to go. |
preach! i 2nd this statement. this is the truth! |
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What? A housekeeper is pretty much a servant. They just have specific servant roles. Lots of rich Americans have household help. They used to be called... servants. Just not PC to call them that anymore. |
Nope . Totally wrong. |
And you know this because...? |
Grammar Police are always needed in the Indian related threads! |
Pretty sure a servant is really a slave in the old-fashioned way in India. They have no chains, but chains aren’t needed. I read a few books that said a servant cannot: • Eat the same food that the family eats, unless there is food left over • Eat from the same vessels • Sit on families furniture • Sleep on a bed (they sleep on the floor) • Use air-conditioning • Use the toilets family does. Pretty sure this is NOT the norm in American households for maids or nannies. See the difference?! And most middle-class families in the US take pride in taking care of their own house ![]() |
Sure but then many Indians speak the Queen's English and think you speak like a hillbilly. See how that works? |
This conversation is so weird to me. I am white, married to a white man, and for various reasons to do with my career and my early interests, I have spent a great deal of time in India. One thing that has always amazed me is that of all the places across the world I go, no foreign culture feels as familiar and comfortable to me as that of middle-class India. There are so many commonalities, I think, between (upper-)middle-class Indian culture and middle-class American culture. I really do feel much more at home among middle-class Indians than I do, say, among middle-class British people, or Italians, or really anyone in Western Europe. |
Well you're in American now jackass so learn the language. |
hahah this makes NO sense considering middle class Indians all have servants. TROLL |
Just to add onto my earlier comment (18:56), there are obviously religious differences, and differences in manners and customs. But the warmth, sense of humor, family feeling, conversational styles, and general friendliness of the Indians I've known remind me more of my fellow Americans than any other folks I've met abroad.
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Yes, most m/c Indians do. So what? Do you think that's the defining characteristic of the culture? I've got a housekeeper and a nanny. What's the difference? |
You sound delusional . India is like a totally different planet and every American/ European person I have known agrees . Extremely different culture and way of thinking . A culture that doesn't accept irrational marriages feels at home to you?! Your post is is clearly fake. |