Today my brother, who is studying at the same university where I did my MBA from, asked mum for permission to go on a university trip to a historical location in a different city. Naturally, mum agreed. Five minutes later, I asked her for permission to go the SAME trip. Her response: “Are you crazy? NO”! What is also so typically “desi” about this: both of us needed to ask our parents for permission. My brother is 22, I am 27. Funnily enough, if I tell my friends I couldn’t go because I didn’t get “permission” from my parents, they … Continue reading Random Desi Household Life