keninabu!

Indians: The Italians of Asia?

Well, I know at least one beautiful Indian girl who has been mistaken for an Italian/Portuguese/Spanish lady umpteen times... it so happens I'm also in love with her.

But that's a digression of this topic which I want to discuss. Are Indians the Italians of the East?

Language: The respective languages are both extremely sweet sounding to the ear. Both come from the same Indo-European roots.

Body Language: Italians are not the only ones to gesticulate wildly with their hands while speaking. Indians have a tendency to do that, in addition to wobbling their heads and saying "har, har..."

Both cultures are relatively unabashed, and very demonstrative of emotions. Extremely verbal.

Well, of course such a comparison is completely flawed and meaningless. But who said it had to have meaning? I just thought it was fun to think of Indians as the Italians of Asia, that's all.

posted by keninabu @ 12:43 AM