A dark handsome man and his wife!!!

"Hola, cómo está, señora?" asked the waiter to the dark-haired woman sitting at the restaurant table, and "What can I get you ladies to drink?", to her blonde friend sitting with her. The dark-haired woman gave the waiter a blank stare and replied "No hablo español". The waiter looked the woman over one more time before replying in English, "I thought you were Mexican ma'am, that is why I spoke to you in Spanish. The dark-haired woman replied "Sorry, I am not Mexican".

"Ekkada pattuko vacchevu ra, ee chikkani ammayini?? Maaku evvariki theliyakunda Iran velleva enti ra??" "Ey jagratha, ee chikkani ammayi na pellam ra!!! Telugu baaga artham avuthunthi", said the dark, handsome man. He was meeting this particular friend after a long time and had not had the chance to tell him that he was married to that 'chkkani ammayi" he was with. The friend turned red in his face and apologized to the lady.

The same dark, handsome man from the above episode and his wife were traveling in Switzerland. They were on the train headed to the top of the Alps from Interlaken. A Punjabi gentleman and his family were sitting next to them in the same compartment. The Punjabi gentleman looked at his wife and whispered something in her ear. They whispered back and forth for a few minutes and finally the gentleman turned towards the dark man and said, "Saab, aap bura na maane tho aapse kuch poochun? The dark man replied,''Haan poochiye". The Punjabi gentleman suddenly became very serious, he looked up and down at the dark man's wife and asked,"Saab, ye gori kudi ko kaise pakde, saab? Ye tho idhar wali lagthi hai?" The dark man could not contain his amusement at the question, and replied, "Saab ye gori kudi meri biwi hai, aur bilkul idhar ki nahin". The Punjabi gentleman got all haughty and replied, "Arre saab kya bakwas kar rahen hain aap, yeh tho idhar ke hi hai". The dark man's wife, who was quietly listening to the conversation up until then could not hold her amusement any longer either. She burst out laughing and said, "Saab main idhar ki ladki nahin hoon, par idhar ki hi ladki thi, tho kya hua?" The Punjabi gentleman went into shock and his jaw dropped to the floor. He profusely apologized and everyone had a hearty laugh at the incident.

The dark man's wife encountered such queries all the time. She would attend Tamil and Telugu gatherings, everyone would at first greet her in English and then go back to yapping away in Tamil/Telugu and ignore her. You see, they assumed she was North Indian and that she did not know Tamil or Telugu. She would attend North Indian gatherings and everyone would assume she was from, of all places, KASHMIR!! When she attended Non-Indian gatherings, people would assume that she was from every place on earth other than India.

You have probably guessed by now who that dark man and his wife are. Well, it is all true and though it was amusing most of the time, it sometimes created an "IDENTITY CRISIS". I started to wonder, who I was. Over the years I have got accustomed to the umpteen nationalities that I am mistaken for. I now tell myself, 'It does not matter what others think'. However, when I look at pictures of myself I still cannot fathom how people can think I look anything but, INDIAN . Can YOU????

. This was when I was mistaken for Mexican!!


Here I am Iranian. How crazy is that??

Here I am Swiss, black hair and all, go figure this one out!!!