We also go by “frugal” and “prudent.”
1. We’re excellent at making anything tupperware and never throwing it out, even if it’s covered in curry stains.
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2. We make sure everything in our homes stay as good as new… forever.
3. We save a lot on transportation by rickshaw-pooling.
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4. And motorcycle-pooling.
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5. And cart-pooling.
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No space is wasted.
6. We. Will. Bargain. It doesn’t matter if it’s sabzi, or gold, or cars.
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After all, paisa doesn’t grow on trees y’all.
7. We hustle shopkeepers by telling them, “Give us a good price and we’ll tell the entire gali to shop here.”
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8. We always try to get something for free. “Bhaiyya, we are buying samaan for full price, give us these bangles for free.”
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9. Jugaad is a way of life. Everything serves more than one purpose. We’re a bunch of Macgyvers basically.
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10. “Sticking plaster” is our best friend.
11. We don’t shy away from parading around our fixing skills.
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12. We spend hours, days, weeks, even months researching before we make a purchase.
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13. We save on rolls and rolls of toilet paper, because the sprinkler has our back.
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14. If we don’t like that gift that auntyji gave us, we just regift.
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See what she did there?
15. Our kids wear clothes that they can grow into. Less spending, more saving!
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16. Russell Peters said it best…
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Because if we could, we’d pay zero rupees for things.
17. We don’t need furniture when we have friends.
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18. Or hair appliances when we have home appliances.
19. Because our thriftiness means always saying, “No problem, yaar” and then finding solutions to everything!
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Which makes us Ekdum No. 1 when it comes to being frugal.
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