20 Joys And Struggles Of Growing Up With South Indian Parents
Parents: Those people you live with when you aren't at cricket coaching, Bharatanatyam class, tuitions, badminton training, Carnatic music practice, or school.
1.This is pretty much every text you get after sundown.
2.And trying to negotiate your curfew (that's dinner time for most people) is entirely pointless.
3.When you were a kid, your parents' idea of a vacation was taking you around all the temples in the state...
4.But now that you're too old to be joining them on vacations, they go to exotic places.
5.You're always hungry during lunch because your friends get to your delicious food before you can.
6.Your parents trained you for exams the way most coaches trained athletes for the Olympics.
7.And when you weren't with your books, you were either in cricket coaching, or Bharatanatyam class, or Carnatic music training, or badminton, or... You get the picture.
8.It's pretty much their fault that coffee runs in your veins.
9.Dating was a serious challenge because it's impossible to find someone who matches your parents' standards.
10.Your clothes are always subject to scrutiny when you leave the house.
11.Compliments have not been a part of your upbringing.
12.As far as your parents are concerned, your twenties can only be spent two ways – a Ph.D, or a marriage.
13.They're aware of every detail in not just your life, but also all your friends' lives...
14.... Maybe because your parents are more active on Facebook than you are.
15.And yet, they have no idea how the buttons on their iPod work.
16.Every time you come home for the holidays, you're overfed.
17.... And then given a lecture about health, cholesterol, and the importance of fitness.
18.But somehow, whether or not you ended up becoming the Indra Nooyi / Narayana Murthy that they dreamed of...
