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    20 Signs You Were Raised By Indian Immigrant Parents

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    All the kids at school thought you had a disease when you went to school after a wedding.

    19.

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    While your classmates dressed up as witches, vampires and ghosts for Halloween, you were an "Indian Princess." Every. Single. Year.

    18.

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    Your parents had "home remedies" for every ailment.

    17.

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    Chai was served at least twice a day...and every time you had guests.

    16.

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    You owned at least a couple of these.

    15.

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    You don't know why people complained about Titanic being too long. Three hours is standard Bollywood movie length.

    14.

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    To this day, whenever you enter someone's home, you automatically do this.

    13.

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    You knew all major life decisions were made by consulting an astrologer.

    12.

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    Even if you hadn't seen them in months, all the aunties knew all your business.

    11.

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    You had a closet/room/corner/section of your house dedicated to the Gods.

    10.

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    There were only two career options...doctor or engineer.

    9.

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    While most of your classmates travelled to Florida or the Bahamas during the summer, you were taking 20-hour flights to India.

    8.

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    As a kid, you spent many of your weekends performing in or watching dance shows.

    7.

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    Every time you had to explain why you can't eat beef, you got laughed at.

    6.

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    You knew the exact amount of baby powder needed to get the right shot.

    5.

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    You couldn't cut your nails at night or get haircuts on certain days because of superstitions.

    4.

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    You knew Nabisco had nothing on that Parle-G!

    3.

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    Once your family got hooked up with the Indian channels, it was a lot harder to steal the TV from your parents.

    2.

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    Your mom could haggle and get a discount like no one else!

    1.

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    You can't help but love being Indian and learned that no one gets down quite like us!

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