Rich PIO - Person of Indian Origin.Update
Our man Rich is preparing to apply for the PIO card. Person of Indian Origin. It’s similar to the US Green card. He being a spouse of a person with Indian forefathers, is eligible to apply for it and that gives him all the privileges an Indian citizen has. He will be expected to know a bit about Indian heritage, culture, society, geography, history and economy and political scene.
He is definitely making an attempt. He is already addressing himself as “Dick Brahmin-Joshi Simpson”. He watches Indian channels on TV. He reads Indian news items carefully. He gets 24 X 7 exposure to Indian chat, culture, food and personality. He has embraced Indian herbal products for skin and hair care, beauty, health and nutrition.
After the initial hesitation and concern, he has embraced Henna for his hair. He wasn’t too happy with the first attempt as according to him, it left his hair looking red. I pointed out that it is brownish color and after multiple application, his hair will look uniformly brown. He was skeptical. After numerous positive comments from his friends and women walking by him, he is all for it now.
Since Henna leaves his hair dry, he likes his head and hair massaged with herbal oil with hibiscus and amla extract. He has fallen for hibiscus so much that he actually discussed that with my mother on the phone and now has set up a huge hibiscus flower plant in the living room.
He has somewhat picked up liking for some vegetarian cooking. He handles some of the veggies I bring from the Indian grocery store with love and affection. Here is the photo.
He does like to dress up like a proud Indian and discuss politics and economy.
Here – DIVIDE KASHMIR?? OVER MY D E A D B O D Y….
He has not objected to my burning incense sticks. What more, he somehow believes that Lord Ganapati (Ganesh) might bless our marriage. When I set up my office table, I insisted that my table face East – facing the rising Sun. He somehow trusted my instinct and moved table in his office room too. He now thinks that there is no need for religions to have anything against each other…. God is one and he is looking after the whole world.
Here – Praying to God for World peace.
