Don’t get too carried away with the title of this entry thinking that if you know a desis’ name you can easily track them on Orkut. Two major problems lie : a. Their name on Orkut is actually “HAPPY…….HOLI EVERYONE” or b. There are hundreds of other desis or communities with that name.
At the core of orkut is a vast trading network of testimonials and “fanhood”.Since desis excel at trade of any kind, they find orkut the perfect way to hone their trading and bargaining skills further.
The “Personal” profile brings out the best in desi humor with guys openly proclaiming “chests” as their best feature(!!!!) and “india versus australia” as their ideal match. Also note the subtle touch with the claim that “in my bedroom you will find” a “bed”.
Desi women usually have warning signs like “don’t scrap if you don’t know me”…..(you cheap, perverted, desi voyeur dude….). Married desi women usually put up a picture with their husbands as their profile picture or better yet of them with their babies . Single desi women are usually “here for” “friends” and have some warning sign in addition (like locked pictures). Single desi men (the suspected voyeur community) usually play it cool either with humor or with forthrightness or a combination thereof (“can’t live without:” – “food, air,water,sleep….& mom”…a dash of emotion goes a long way). If they are a rich testimonial trader, they play it ultra cool by just having the testimonials on their profile (also applicable to women).
Desi scraps on Orkut can be multilingual, single lettered, smiley based or even have some animation for that special touch. Not replying to scraps is probably the most hurtful thing you could do to a desi. In such cases, desis will not hesitate to email or call you reminding you to reply to their scrap. The only other possibly more hurtful act you can do is not join the orkut community started in their honor.
Given the desi population, it is logical for desis to believe that desis rule Orkut ( a potential source of national pride of course). But there’s a shocking twist to this tale for desis because they’ve discovered that there are more Brazilian users on Orkut than desis. This fact becomes even more disturbing when desis realize that they don’t have any of the Brazilians in their network.
and the inevitable countdown to India and “No Orkut for X days” !!
What about all the desis who have salman khan, arjun rampal or aishwarya as their profile pic?
and also people who have a laundry list of favorites books, movies, people and everything….they dont realize they are no more favorites..X-(
And consequently gmail accounts. All desis have one. Even the multimillionaire business owners’ professional e-mail account is gmail.
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amazing stuff
this blog is as good as the original and rather more personal
keep it coming
velleyaan nu kaam ni
have some daruu
brrrrrrrruuuuuuaaaaaaa
You forget to mention the one reason most desi bloggers still hold on to their orkut accounts – for having the link featured prominently at the top of their profiles, and to have some message like ‘—- Updated My blog !!—’ or ‘—New post!! See my blog!!—’ as their profile name every time they make a new post
Hilarious site, you’ve found yourselves a regular!
- Randomizer
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Few other names
1) Popular Hindi song like ..Jaane tu
2) My cell # in India is 8!@#$%^&*(
3) Got a new DABBA car
4) Got a new DABBA phone
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Desis on any social community kind of websites sucks.
good times
VERY TRUE! Desis( FOBs and Indians living India) are all on Orkut…but surprisingly there are rarely any ABCDs on orkut.
@Jay Desi
Oh that’s coz ABCDs are on Face Book.