Indian Eccentricities

Things I will never understand about my family and Indian Population in general :

• How Ghee is supposedly the ultimate source of energy.
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• Why the best of way treating a guest is to feed him enough to give him diarrhea.
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• Sarees and short blouses are graceful, but cropped tops are looked down upon.
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• How possesion of gold is the best way of determining how successful a person is.
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• How marriage is supposedly the highlight of an individual's life.
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• The fact that arranged marriages are source of so much pride.
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• So is the boy from 'Amreeka'.
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• Their definition of 'Good Family', 'Khandani Log' and 'Khaata Peeta Ghar'.
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• Sympathies towards, families with no sons and only daughters. They fucking have every reason to celebrate.
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• The need to spend life savings on their children's wedding.
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• Why the most random people have to be invited, just because they're related to you, never mind that you haven't seen them in years! In a lot of cases, never!
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• Why the Bride's dress is costs more than everybody else's dresses combined. Oh wait, that I actually do understand.
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• How fairness defines value in the 'marriage market'.
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• Why it is acceptable for men to have lost their virginity before marriage but not women.
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• And why is virginity so overrated in the first place? How does it define anything about an individual's character.