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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are all you Indians who were allowed to eat in their rooms?  I'm Indian and I can't think of any Indian child I was friends with (or related to) growing up who was allowed to take food anywhere in the home but the kitchen or dinning table.  My parents were always very concerned about crumbs, and messes, and bugs, not to mention that they insisted we had all meals at home as a family.

Even now that it's just the two of them at home, my parents will literally NEVER eat in front of the TV - even if it means pausing a show or movie they are in the middle of watching to sit at the table for 20 minutes to have a meal.[/quote]

+1. Indian American here -- same for us. You would NEVER eat in your room; maybe it's different if you grew up in India and have maids cleaning up after you?? Though even my upper middle class cousins in India do not eat all of the house -- it's a hot/humid climate, bugs everywhere. In my parents' home I can only remember eating in my room 1-2 times in the decades I lived there -- times when I was really sick and in bed. Even now, I wouldn't bring food upstairs in their home -- maybe a cup of tea at most but even that feels odd.[/quote]

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