is tamil/tanglish the language of your house?
do you meet other iyers and iyengar, only to find that you're related through your cousin's father-in-law's brother's nephew?
is your dad's first name your last name?
do you have an americanized version of your name?
is thayir saatham with narthanga urga part of your staple diet?
does your mom yell at you "etcchal pannathae"?
do you go to family reunions and all the men are wearing veshtis or to the temple and everyone is wearing panchagachham?
is "koushalya supraja....." on your family's regular playlist, and does it wake you up better than ANY alarm clock?
Are your parents' idols Rajini and Kamal (second only to Sivaji and MGR)?
Everytime you meet another Iyer/iyengar of the opposite sex, are your parents thinking "what a cultured boy/girl...marriage potential?"
does your last name exceed the spaces allotted for standardized tests?
does your family attach the words "di" or "da" to the end of every sentence for the added emphasis?
do you know your gothram offhand?
did you learn to sing or play carnatic music or bharthanatyam before you were 5?
does your family rant and rave about aviyal?
did your parents emphasize the importance of "Maths" every time you did your homework?
does your name have some deep-seated religious connotation?
have you phoned Uma on Pepsi Ungal Choice?
does your family have a crush on Uma from Pepsi Ungal Choice?
do you drink horlicks out of a tumbler?
do you HAVE to "apply" thengaai yennai to your hair on "velli kazhamais?"
I SAY YESSSSSSSSSSSS TO ALL THIS AND PROUDLY DECLARE THAT IM BRAHMIN :))))))))))and im lovin it lol
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