WEST OF DESI

I yam udderly - budderly and toattally konfused.  Wot it ees beople are syaying dat I yam velly velly Westernized eh?  yactually it was a friend of mine -  we were talking and she suddenly said "You have been Westernized"

duh - uh!!!!!

"What do you mean?" I asked her and she said "Eggsactly What I meant, you have been influyenced by the West". 

"Wohkay, then, give me some incidents, eggsamples, or to simblyfy - what is meant by being Westernized?"

"Forget I said it", she said "Drop the Subject" .

How could I drop it - after that Komment. She would not give me a reason for making that statement nor would she
point out as to what made her say what she said. 

Was I upset?? He he he -  No I was not.  I was kind of laughing when she said that

What in the werld does that mean?  Is it having an aggsent when ispeaking in Eengleesh? or wayaring non-traditional clothes? or eating with a fork and knife? or the inability of the kids of those who have migrated overseas to speak their mother tongue?  Honestly I do not know.

I asked her how she could say that :-

 - when in India and other parts of the world people wear clothes that are non traditional,
eat food that is considered "Western" ,
 - inability of  children, born to folks, who have moved from one state to another within the same country to speak their  parent's mother tongue?
 - Watching movies and shows that are non-traditional or have no connection to the culture of their country?.

So if folks in India watch TV shows that are non-Indian or movies that are non-Indian, ate in restaurants or fast food joints such as TGIFs, McDonald's,(all that grease yiiiiiiiikes)

 Pizza Hut( all that cheese)  and such other non-Indian eateries - and people here, overseas, go to Indian restaurants to have their fill of idli, sambar, naans etc - how can I and others here be called "Westernized"?

We are told that we have lost the or rather forgotten the glorious Kulture of ours - To this day I am befuddled by that - what is the Glorious Culture(other than Agri-Kulture- even now dat is also gone) we are talking about when in our own country no one does that. 

I am toattally lost.  If she had called me a Konfused Desi or my kids as ABCDs (American Born Konfused Desis) - I can understand - cause that is what we too call them  -but I am still Konfused by the term "Westernized"

Many Indians and their children here attend and participate in Indian festivites, shows, take Indian dance and music lessons, go to temples, churches and mosques, eat traditional Indian meals, wear traditional clothes to functions. Many of them attempt to learn their mother tongue - some successfully and others not so successfully  -but they all understand the
language.  So I am toatally lost by that terminology "Westernized"

HELP ME DECIPHER THAT WERD KOLLED WESTERNIZED!!!