How to date an Indian ( advice for non-Indian)

Before getting to "how," let's start with "why.

" There are obvious reasons one would want to date an Indian, such as how successful and professionally desirable they are. Indians dominate as engineers, doctors, lawyers, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. They make up a large proportion of our graduate students -- just walk around the campuses of Harvard, Columbia or Stanford or and you will see these incredibly attractive brown people all over the place. Which leads to point number two. Indian people tend to be really good looking. According to Wikipedia*, "India holds the highest number of Miss World winners, only to be tied with Venezuela." (*That feels a little like citing The National Enquirer but I am going to go with it.)

Most Indians are innately gracious, social creatures; they highly value friends and family and have a calendar filled with various holidays and occasions to celebrate, which they typically do with gusto. Those endless jubilant dance numbers in Bollywood movies pretty much channel the Indian soul. Moreover, Indian men love to dance. If for no other reason other than you want someone to dance with you (or without you for that matter), date an Indian.

Ok, now that the stock for single Indians is up, you need to be on your game if you want to date one. If you are Indian, you can skip the rest of this post and spend the next four minutes savoring your desirability. If you are not Indian, keep reading to learn seven things that should ingratiate you with them. The first five have to do with Bollywood. Indians take Bollywood and their celebrities very seriously.

1. SRK. Two things you need to know about these initials. One, SRK is short hand for Shahrukh Khan, one of India's premiere Bollywood celebrities. Two, you must have an opinion about him. He is a polarizing figure. Indians either love him or hate him.

2. Favorite actor. If you are pinched for time, you can simply claim SRK is your favorite and move on. But, if you want to take some initiative, I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with some Bollywood actors and choose a favorite. Some safe, attractive possibilities: Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Amitabh Bachchan. Kal Penn does not count.

3. Favorite actress. See above. You need to have a favorite. You could claim that it is Aishwarya Rai, who is familiar to most Americans, although you will then be suspect as Aishwarya, while extremely beautiful and successful, is a pain in the neck. She has a reputation for being a major diva. Better options: Rani Mukherjee or Kareena Kapoor.

4. Favorite Hindi movie. It should be obvious by now that you need to have a favorite Hindi movie. If you bust out something like, "Yea, I loved Kuch Kuch Hota Hai," you are very likely to get a second date. If not something straight out of the Kama Sutra. One strong recommendation: "3 Idiots". It's a newish film with crossover appeal. Major bonus points if you suggest seeing a Hindi movie together. Most major cities have theaters that screen Bollywood films otherwise you can easily stream one through Netflix, etc.

5. Bhangra. Bhangra is the percussion-heavy music that is featured in most Bollywood films. It has an irresistible beat that will motivate even the most dance-phobic types to hit the floor. Showing an appreciation for Bhangra will score you points. Finding a place that plays Bhangra music and going there together is sure to get you something straight from the Kama Sutra, especially if you exhibit the right dance moves, i.e. patting an imaginary dog while screwing in an imaginary light bulb.

6. Food. Indians love their food. Probably more than they love dancing. Unless you are willing to take some serious initiative in the kitchen, plan to go out for an Indian meal. Although this can be tricky. Many Indians would agree that it is often tough to find a good Indian restaurant, even in major cities. If you want to be adventurous and score some points, I suggest you try cooking him/her a few Indian dishes. You can get the basic spices in most grocery stores. I'm happy to share a dal recipe that is unbelievably tasty. (Really, it is called "Mrs. B's Magic Dal.")

7. Language. Indians love when you speak their language. (Note: there are hundreds of languages spoken in India. Aside from English, Hindi is the most prevalent but not all Indians speak Hindi so you might have to determine his/her native tongue.) Before we got together, Sanjay was greatly amused by my reciting various things in Hindi to him. I got a tourist book and told him among other things, that I was missing my green socks. Now there are several iPhone apps that will give you translations. I suggest you pick up a few and break them out at an appropriate time, probably somewhere well into the second date. You don't want your date to think that if things go south, you will resort to stalking.

Good luck and let me know how these suggestions work out. I hope Laxmi, Goddess of Prosperity, smiles on you as you endeavor to date one of her people.

Oh yea, I almost forgot to mention: one more big bonus when it comes to dating an Indian: communication with cabbies. Think I'm kidding? New Yorkers: Just imagine if you could stop a taxi during the 4pm transition time and your date could say, in Hindi, "Hey brother, will you please take us to Spring and 6th?" You'd find Laxmi did indeed smile upon you.

Source -> Huffing Post

Of coincidences !

2^nd week Feb 11

There is a website associated with Berkeley institute that has a compilation of many riddles. Discovered it yesterday, it was like the hottest thing going on in our group, solving those puzzles. Morning session, computer networks, and I was discussing with Seagate about the website and hence about Berkeley. I just happened to look up at the slides put up by the prof. It was about some sockets. Now, the Berkeley institute doesn’t have any sort of connection with computer networks, nor does its riddles. But, still the 4^th type of sockets happened to be Berkeley sockets! We hadn’t heard or seen the word Berkeley till day before yesterday!

12 Feb 11

It was going to be a particularly boring lecture, so the moment Ma’am stepped in, the class started demanding an ‘off’. The Ma’am, living up to her tedious, wearisome image, began wailing that she shouldn’t accept such behavior. She suggested that before commencing, you can tell her how much time would we want to just while away, she would allow the same, but once she starts, no interrupting. So she asked how much we need, and waited for a non-existent answer. It was then that it happened. Raj was sitting to my right, Seagate to my left. I, and Seagate, both said the amount of time we required, only that we weren’t talking to each other; I was murmuring to Raj, and Seagate was just saying out loud to no one in particular. Neither were we on the same topic previously. But somehow, we both suggested 47 minutes, and then looked at each other, astonished.

13 Feb 11

I had just woken up. About 7 a.m. I had a dream about her, first time that she had taken the efforts to come in my dreams, that I had received a facebook message from her, saying (I remember word by word), ‘’I have a noobish question about……. and the question followed”, which was perfectly in context and was valid, but not important here. I was colon capital D. I was going through my morning routines, when I wondered, could it be at all plausible (I had many previous instances of déjà vu), and wanted to check fb immediately. But it then it hit me, she doesn’t use the word ‘noob’, and so dismissed the possibility. 15 minutes later, I logged in to my fb account. Don’t worry, the message wasn’t actually there! Good lord, that would have been an extremely astounding story. Aso. I was going through the news feed on my wall, when I stopped abruptly at my friend Salmon’s status update, which was put up 4 hours ago, about time when I was maybe having the dream. The status, unconcerned about the person reading it, preached: ‘ Did you know that when someone appears in your dream, it’s because that person misses you. –Psychological fact.’ I was colon capital O!

Geek Valentine's Day gifts

Geek Valentine's Day gift: LED Flashing Heart

While I won't be giving this first product away as a Valentine's Day geek gift idea, it is pretty clever:

Geek Valentine's Day gift: A Girl's Guide to Dating a Geek

Next, I'm beginning to think that many girls are as geeky as guys, and maybe a book like this isn't necessary, but if you're a non-geek woman terribly attracted to geeks, this book may be for you:

Geek Valentine's Day gift: Geek Babydoll Tee

This geek gift t-shirt idea is a perfect gift idea for your significant other:

 

Geeky Valentine's Day Gift Ideas: The "Ex"

I'm not sure this actually fits with the overall "Happy Valentine's Day" theme, but it is a cute idea, especially if your relationship with a significant other didn't end on a very positive note:

Snarky Valentine's Day Cards for Geeks

Getting to the fun ones, these geek Valentine's Day gift cards are hilarious. You can only see a couple on the Think Geek website, but they are good for a few laughs:

Geeky Valentine's Day gift: Geek Love Poem T-Shirt

And finally, I haven't seen this poem before, and it's a perfect fit as a Valentine's Day 2011 geek gift idea:

I hope you like some of these Valentine's Day 2011 geek gift ideas. They've definitely been fun to research.

-- You can buy them at thinkgeek.com