The "hillarious firang gang"

Almost about a week ago i was at the House-warmimg of my maternal aunt in Saket. Now any event from my maternal side would almost definately imply a house-full of people(my mother has 11 siblings!!). So here was another one of the parties i agreed to attend on the insistence of my dearest mother(puppy faces and emotional blackmail included). After the usual round of hugs and kisses(which in itself was a 30minute affair) everybody decided to settle down for food(100% fat),drinks(read alcohol) and general family gossip. With the rest of the family engaged in conversation, me and a few cousins retreated into one of the rooms to engage in some hard core gaming on the X-Box360.

After about an hour or so, during which we cousins were busy trying to kill each other on the Halo3 battleground; my aunt entered the room with a huge smile on her face in the company of three firangs i had never met before. She tried introducing each one of us(10 of us) to them and they tried in vain to remember the names..oh well-they left and we returned with undivided attention to killing one another! Now i would have definately won if my dearest mother did'nt keep popping her head in between me and the plasma screen(playing on a plasma is bliss i tell you), forcing me to eat something. Now i was almost on a killing spree when i detected a human head fast approaching the blissful space between me and the plasma..i almost screamed MOM LEAVE ME ALONE, when i realised it was my sister-in-law. She wanted me to accompany her to drop the firangs at thier hotel..i was reluctant and almost refused when my mom appeared again armed with a puppy face and some serious supplication. And so with much sulking(in vain) i agreed.

Now in the car i expected some silence since me and my sister-in-law were not well accquainted with the firang gang(two men and a lady..all well over 40), instead i ws greeted by laughter as i sat in the passengers seat in front. Ha ha ..so many people..ha ha..what a crowd in one house..ha ha ..amazing India is so amazing. Not catching the sarcasm in their tones i smiled as we exited the colony and drove down the main road towards their destination. After a short interval another round of loud laughter followed..this time they found the honking habit of Indians funny..i did'nt smile this time. My sister-in-law who by now was perturbed by the high pitched laugh of the lady placed right behind her; tried to make polite conversation:
Sis-in-law: So is this your first time in India?
Old man:Iv bin here before,infact i studied here and left for England in the 1970's.
Older man:It's my first time darling!
Lady:Iv been here before..ha ha..It's so funny..ha ha..

Sis-in-law:So, what do you think?
(loud round of laughter follows)
Old man:Personally im petrified darling..the traffic..there are so many people on the roads..If i were to drive like this in England i would have been in police custody.
Sis-in-law:Well we're used to it now..this is how we drive i guess!
Lady:Darling are you serious..i might just get killed on such roads..you are so courageous(at this moment she breaks into fits of laughter and the conversation takes a back-seat for a while)

Lady:Oh my god..no street lights..are people also used to walking around in the dark over here(by this point of time im getting uneasy in my seat-being highly patriotic it was my common sense that prevented me from turning around and pushing the 'hillarious' firang gang out of the car)
Older man(suddenly awakes from deep slumber):People don't even care to use dippers or indicators over here i suppose(just then a car passes by with it's right indicator lights turned on-quietens the three of them for a while)
Soon afterwards they get off at the hotel and bid farewell with numerous hugs and salivary kisses(especially from the older men-GROSS).

Ha Ha Ha Ha..me and my sister-in-law burst out laughing. We're red faced with the comments made by the firang gang but at the same time both of us are in full acceptance of our Indian status. We love the crowds,the honking, the roads and everything else that was criticised. We go back home discussing the 'hillarious firang gang' on our way. Yes we do believe that there are changes that can be implemented for the better and are also aware of our many shortcomings but we definately dont need a couple of firangs telling us this through thier sarcasm and negative remarks. We reach home with a whole new experience to share with the family and as we climb up the stairs leading home we say in unison-'better than salivary kisses any day'..Ha ha ha ha ha..We had the last laugh!