Nikita(6 yrs old): Mama, are u Indian?
Mama(confused): Yes, I'm Indian
Nikita: No you are not, we are Indians...you are not.
Mama(has various answers but none she can express in front of children): So ok if I'm not Indian, then what am I?
Nikita: You are from Bangalore so u r Bangalorean.
Mama(heaves a sigh of understanding): Aaaah like that.
Mama(puts doubt in child's mind): But then you and papa are from Chenngannur*, so are u all Chennganoorians?
[last heard.....]
Nikita: Come Naina, lets go ask papa if we are Chengannoorians or Indians?
*Chengannur is a district in Kerala.
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He he he ! But what I did not get was why they thought they were Indians and u a bangalorean?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I miss the kids. Wonder when I can see them again. I am sure that it will be a riot when the three girls meet again.
hmmm...is much confuuusing...
ReplyDeletei was a coimbatorean first, then a mumbaiian, then a kochiian and now a trivandrumian
i think my brain's going to implode :|
bins: They think that Kerala is India and anyplace outside Kerala is outside India:-P. I've tried many times to make them understand India is a big place & kerala is just one of the states. That moment they'll nod in understanding but 2 days later they go back to their old understanding.....that Kerala is India(typical frog in the pond syndrome;-D).
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that the concept of Country & state is still not clear in their minds(tho i take pains to give egs like how Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi are states(they r known as emirates here) in UAE).
g-man: heehee. and God knws how many more 'iians' yet to follow.
ReplyDeleteSo you are a Dubain now? :P
ReplyDeleteCute one, it must be real fun to be around your girls.
i posted a comment some time back and it got dc :/ did it get posted
ReplyDeleteISH: Nope, didnt see it anywhere. post it again:-)
ReplyDeleteSunshine: Its fun some of the time but mostly its a tussle :-P
ReplyDeleteHey Nance..(as they used to call Nancy Drew)... thanks for checking up on me while I was missing! It was work and an Oman trip! Back now.. :)
ReplyDeleteAbout your post here, my daughter and her friend say 'my India' and 'your India'..for their respective states..
LOL abt your India & my India.
ReplyDeleteSo, was the Oman trip business or pleasure? I just went 3 weeks back to a place called Khurram in Oman..that was a pleasure trip. Loved the place. Wht abt u?
yep some friends call me Nance and in school they used to call me Nancy Drew:-P.