Staying away from home, from your country, makes you realize the basic routine things that you miss in day-to-day life which you never thought of! No matter how fun it is and your friends find it cool, you know it is tough.
The things that I miss about living at home, living in India are the most typical Indians which you'll rarely find anywhere else.
I miss getting drawn towards the delicious aroma of homemade "daal" which maa makes, miss eating an extra roti while having a meal with family. Having meals at the neighbor's house whenever they prepare my favorite dishes has become a custom. the best part of my place is that we can go to neighbors' houses at any time without even informing prior to the visit, to chit-chat, sometimes over a chai(tea) and snacks also.
How could I not miss home where I can go anywhere just on the two-wheeler, anytime! whereas here, I've to commute using bus/metros or Uber. If you're an Indian you're so habitual with horns honking that silent roads without auto-rickshaws seem disturbing!
Nothing compares to late-night cutting-chai after dinner at tapri with a bunch of 'my' people, miss going on long-drives with them and stopping by your favorite cafes! Buoy find me a better food than Indian food and I am ready to trade anything with you. There are many Indian restaurants which are not far from my place, but it obviously cannot be the same as what we have in India. There are always specific corners and spots of the road where you get delicious food smell and can't help hunger attacking you! Oh, and how could I not miss the unmatchable pleasure of having street-food!! PaniPuri, SevPuri, Sugarcane Juice being the top-picks all the time.
The numerous vendors who know precisely when you take an afternoon nap to scream, especially sabziwala (greengrocer) and pastiwala (occasional trash collector)!! Vehicles hooting, screeching, stopping on the adjacent street, or even the current popular songs playing somewhere outside. All of these sounds of life, you will not hear it anywhere else but home.
I miss my home most when I fall short of any grocery item. I could knock the door of the flat next to me and ask for anything, be it - sugar, tea, milk, curd, water, salt or any other grocery item! Now, I change the menu if I am short of anything or decide the menu accordingly.
If a person is completely moving to some other country I don't know where the list would stop! I am away just for a few days and count these. Diwali is around the corner and I haven't heard any sound of shotguns, tikki, and poppers at my feet that children of the country would be busy bursting now. Also, missing out on Diwali 'bonus' this year 😂!
As every coin has two sides, living in the US has taught many good things. People of the US are different and nice and I've lately realized the misconceptions that we Indians have about the US and its people. Living alone makes you more responsible and matured. Next, I shall write about my experience in these few days in the US and with its people.
Happy Diwali!
The things that I miss about living at home, living in India are the most typical Indians which you'll rarely find anywhere else.
I miss getting drawn towards the delicious aroma of homemade "daal" which maa makes, miss eating an extra roti while having a meal with family. Having meals at the neighbor's house whenever they prepare my favorite dishes has become a custom. the best part of my place is that we can go to neighbors' houses at any time without even informing prior to the visit, to chit-chat, sometimes over a chai(tea) and snacks also.
How could I not miss home where I can go anywhere just on the two-wheeler, anytime! whereas here, I've to commute using bus/metros or Uber. If you're an Indian you're so habitual with horns honking that silent roads without auto-rickshaws seem disturbing!
Nothing compares to late-night cutting-chai after dinner at tapri with a bunch of 'my' people, miss going on long-drives with them and stopping by your favorite cafes! Buoy find me a better food than Indian food and I am ready to trade anything with you. There are many Indian restaurants which are not far from my place, but it obviously cannot be the same as what we have in India. There are always specific corners and spots of the road where you get delicious food smell and can't help hunger attacking you! Oh, and how could I not miss the unmatchable pleasure of having street-food!! PaniPuri, SevPuri, Sugarcane Juice being the top-picks all the time.
The numerous vendors who know precisely when you take an afternoon nap to scream, especially sabziwala (greengrocer) and pastiwala (occasional trash collector)!! Vehicles hooting, screeching, stopping on the adjacent street, or even the current popular songs playing somewhere outside. All of these sounds of life, you will not hear it anywhere else but home.
I miss my home most when I fall short of any grocery item. I could knock the door of the flat next to me and ask for anything, be it - sugar, tea, milk, curd, water, salt or any other grocery item! Now, I change the menu if I am short of anything or decide the menu accordingly.
If a person is completely moving to some other country I don't know where the list would stop! I am away just for a few days and count these. Diwali is around the corner and I haven't heard any sound of shotguns, tikki, and poppers at my feet that children of the country would be busy bursting now. Also, missing out on Diwali 'bonus' this year 😂!
As every coin has two sides, living in the US has taught many good things. People of the US are different and nice and I've lately realized the misconceptions that we Indians have about the US and its people. Living alone makes you more responsible and matured. Next, I shall write about my experience in these few days in the US and with its people.
Happy Diwali!
