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Alvin Saldanha over at www.alvinsaldanha.me, on insights and telling the difference

b

etween

an insight

and a mere observation, no matter how astute.

Being in the business of insights, and being in the position where one is frequently offered an observation in place of an insight, by

someone who vocally demands insights and wouldn't recognise an insight

if it bit them in the face, I found this email very instructive, after

I finished laughing. I'd use it in a class on insights, as evidence

that these are NOT insights.

" You know you are thoroughly Indian because:

1.When the shampoo bottle seems to be over, I pour some water in it,

shake it, and use it for another couple of baths.
2.A toothpaste isn't over until I've entirely flattened it out and

started rolling it up from the back.
3.I buy broccoli and avocados for 300 Rupees, but still ask for some

dhaniya patta for free.
4.I don't just recycle gifts, I recycle the gift-wrapping paper too.
5. When a bulb gets fused we move it around trying to get the filament

to join again
6.I worry about price of gold without any intention of buying it!
7.I will beat the crap out of my TV remote to make it work but not

change the battery
8. We get cheesed off if the Gol Gappa guy doesn't give a free sukha

puri in the end when I ask for one.
9. When my T-shirt gets old, I use it as night wear, when it gets

older, I play holi in it then I use it as a pochha.
10. I ask for extra oregano and chili flakes from the Dominos guy, so

that I can use them later in my Maggi noodles at home."