Comments on: Why is the Goat Wearing a Sweater? Six Unspectacular Quirks Meme

By: TwinklePet

TwinklePet — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:32:56 +0000

The goat is wearing a sweater because it lost one of its legs.

By: Gori Girl

Gori Girl — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:21:05 +0000

Hi Ms. Kumar, and welcome to the blog! I know exactly what you mean regarding the “barrage of questions.” My favorite: “You don’t find Indian food too spicy?” said in an incredulous tone of voice. Little do they know that they’re talking to the girl who grew up eating onions raw and dumping wasabi onto everything.

By: Ms. Kumar

Ms. Kumar — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:34:01 +0000

I do love the look on people’s faces when they see my last name.. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve been in a line at the bank or store and an Indian clerk will hold up the line to start a conversation with me about how I ended up with such a name! They always seem so excited about it when I explain I married an Indian… then they start in on the customary barrage of questions.. Have I been to India? Do I know Hindi? Do I cook Indian food? Do my inlaws live with us?

I usually answer all the questions politely, but I’m sure the people in line behind me want to pull their hair out!

By: Gori Girl

Gori Girl — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:20:37 +0000

@ Sachin: I love twenty20′s! Was super happy when India won the World Cup there. I haven’t been following the IPL that much, though.

@ D: that’s a great story!

@ Mirchi: awwwe, don’t hate on the TastyBite. Some are pretty icky, but some (Madras Lentils) are SOOO good. And it’s a healthier quick meal than fast food.

@ NeoKalypso: glad to hear about the progress with the parents.

Aditya just bought me Unaccustomed Earth – gotta read it before the new job starts up.

By: CaliforniaTransplant

CaliforniaTransplant — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:08:15 +0000

Wait – no one’s allowed to discuss UE until I get my hands on it! And I know her short stories are often sad, but “The Namesake” had a happy ending (at least to me it was happy). Definitely pangs of deep sadness, but also a lot of hope and appreciation for the complex beauty of life.

NK – Good luck with the parents! I think you are well prepared and will surprise them. My future sis-in-law just told me the story of how she and her white husband came to be together. I always thought my future-in-laws were open-minded from the get-go, but they weren’t happy that she was dating him and urged her to break it off with him multiple times. They couldn’t imagine how he would fit into their community and into Indian culture. But he won them over and now they adore him. The story of his proposal and what he went through to get her to agree to marry him is amazing (and funny too). I should type it up sometime and share it with you guys.

By: NeoKalypso

NeoKalypso — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:55:32 +0000

(Ha…I have enough other things to be angry about in life anyway…maybe I should write a post on it ) …but in general, the Indian parent stuff hasn’t riled me all up (even though they aren’t too keen on the *idea* of me still).

By: NeoKalypso

NeoKalypso — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:53:57 +0000

OMG D…ditto. R and I both read it and were like GEEEEZ can you just ONCE give us a happy ending?! Though always illuminating, her stories tend to be very dense and filled with pangs sadness.

Little update: R’s going to ask his parents when they want to meet me this week . I’m game for whenever and I have no anger to report about the process so far …. who knows maybe things will turn out really…well?!

By: D

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:31:09 +0000

Just wanted to report back that I finished Unaccustomed Earth. I liked it, but have come to the realization that Lahiri just does not write stories with happy endings. I wish she would on occasion!

By: D

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:46:21 +0000

P_D – The Lahiri book we’re referencing is Unaccustomed Earth, which is her new one. If you haven’t read her others (Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake), you really should! The movie of The Namesake was very good, but you really get a lot more out of the book. Both IoM and UE are short stories, so they’re pretty easy reads. And, IoM won the Pulitzer, so you know it’s good. I’m 10 pages into UE and it’s just as great as the others, so far.

By: Quick Indian Cooking » A minor setback and unspectacular quirks

Quick Indian Cooking » A minor setback and unspectacular quirks — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:44:51 +0000

[...] appropriate, then, that I get tagged by Gori Girl for my six unspectacular quirks! Despite being somewhat quirky generally, I figured mine had to be Indian cooking-related here for [...]

By: Mirchi

Mirchi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:38:22 +0000

Im just surprised you ate 100 lbs of Tastybite and lived to tell the tale…. {Gag}

By: Quizman

Quizman — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:13:55 +0000

Oh, I’ve been tagged. Will update my blog in 1 or 2 days.

By: Pale_Desi

Pale_Desi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:29:57 +0000

@ NK Oh.. yay! I’ll post my six your site then!

I think its a great idea to do an online book club… but which Lahiri book are we talking about? I’ve not read any of her books. I’ve just seen namesake.

By: NeoKalypso

NeoKalypso — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:26:04 +0000

Pale-Desi I was totally thinking of you when I listed my six…yes PLEASE do the little meme thing!!! You can go over to my blog and list yours if you like!!!

I think we should all read Lahiri’s book and have an online book club…hehe

By: Mallika

Mallika — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:33:59 +0000

Loved that. Typical Calcuttans – the weather turns pleasant and out come the monkey caps and sweaters… I am on the quirks. Mine would have to be quick Indian cooking themed – Natch!