You are a hardcore Manipuri if...

1. Everything you eat is savored in ngari, nga_akang_ba and Red/Green chillies.

2. You have Haofis at every conceivable item in your bedroom.

3. You try to eject food particles from between your teeth by pressing your tongue against them and making a peculiar noise like, tshick, tshick, tschick, tschick.

4. You think Moreh is the best place to do shopping.

5. You arrive one or two hours late to a function - and think its normal.

6. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to mark up.

7. You keep leftover Sareng_thongba in your fridge and saying it is a Sareng_Ngaren.

8. You name your children in rhythms (example, Tomba & Chaoba, Homba .)

9. All your children have pet names at home , which sound nowhere close to their real names.

10. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No Food Allowed"

11. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.

12. You load up the family car with as many people as possible.

13. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch.

14. Your parents tell you to not care what your friends think but they won't let you do certain things because of what the other "Khura or Indomcha" will think.

15. You buy and display crockery, which is for special occasions, which never happen.

16. You take your meal before going to office.

17. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

18. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.

19. Your kitchen shelf is full of Nga stuff - anything starting with Nga-.

20. You know that "Tapta" is not a name of an animal.

21. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.

22. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.

23. You majored in engineering, medicine or law and now........are after Software and only Software no matter which field you belong to.

24. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. (And they prefer it that way).

25. You don't use measuring cups when cooking.

26. You think that there is only one place to go for work - that is the Government ofice.

27. You never learnt how to stand in a queue.

28. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane.

29. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in knowing whose daughter has eloped with whose son and feel proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of light.

30. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m.

31. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.

32. You call an older person you never met before "Taada." or "Tamo"

33. You think education can be only done outside Manipur.

34. Your parents don't realise phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.

35. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from getting dirty.

36. When dining out, you think Rs 10 is enough of a tip.

37. It's embarrassing if your wedding does not have a side "Yu" party.

39. You've seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train.

40. You know the actual meaning of having a "programme" today - and that is having a "date"

41. All your tupperware are brought from Moreh-bazaar.

42. You have drinking glasses made of steel.

43. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.

44. You always look for 'Kanana Haijilibano' first in Poknafam and 'Sengdokchaba' in other 'khabars'.

45. You have really enjoyed reading this Wathi and still thinks that you could write better even though you have not even cared to reply your best friend's (e)mail.