2.6 Million people named Desi

The term Desi is a common way of referring to the emigrants from the Indian Sub continent living in US and UK either temporarily or permanently for many generations. Primarily not an offensive term and is more used by the Desis only, the word has starting representing a culture of its own. The culture that it has established represents many aspects of a daily desi life and the life styles followed by a typical Indian immigrant. The love of spicy food at any time of the day is a classic characteristic of a Desi. Been in UK for almost an year and being in US for the last 1.5 years, I have noticed many interesting characteristics that a Desi typically exhibit, some of which are to be proud of; also equal share of shames and few embarrassing or unethical behaviors too. Here I have tried to list few of them but mostly the adverse characters seen in a Traditional Desi. As most conventional characters are similar to an Indian resident, I have pointed out only the adverse ones. Please not that all the points are my own view and is not meant to hurt anyone.

1. As already said, Love of spicy food that is "Cooked". "Cooked" food generally means food that is either fried on a Tava or deep fried in oil. Steam boiled food is not considered to be cooked except for rice.
2. A perfect Desi considers any food that has bread including Subs, sandwiches and burgers as a snack. Only "Cooked" food is considered as meals.
3. "A penny saved is a penny earned" - Benjamin Franklin
   "A penny saved is Rs.0.45 earned" - Desi
   For a desi, everything needs to be converted to Rupees. A burger for 2.3 dollars is too costly compared to 10 rupees Pani Puri in India.
4. "Please" is reserved for important occasions only and are hard to be used on normal conversations.
5. As a general rule, never talk to others unless you are questioned.
   American: "How are you today?"
   Desi: Fine. (Do I know him? Why is he talking to me?)
   
   Desi 1: "Hello" *smiles*
   Desi 2: Returns a stare. (Now what does he/she want from me?)
   
   
6. If it does not affect you, it is never a problem.
7. Bashes Indian Police for not following rules. Swears at American Police for following strict rules.
8. Can take a right turn by standing in the front of the left most lanes.
9. Complains about the low quality of the pirated movies online and the high cost of Pirated DVDs.
10. Never heard about the concept of 'buying' MP3 songs.
11. Calculates the resale price of the car before owning it.
12. Rules are meant to be bent and Contracts are made to be broken. Whether it is the internet or the mobile phone, the service must last only till the offer exists.
13. Anything that is not bought in sale is considered as over-priced.
14. Feels happy about fall in India's economy which would mean increase in US Dollar value against Indian Rupee.
15. 15-day return policy are created for renting high end gadgets for the weekend tours.
16. Girl friends are important for healthy social life. Night clubs and lap dances are modern culture. But the bride should be from a homely family brought up in a traditional society.