OUR PLAN FOR NSW

any recommendations? (170 replies) n I want to buy this product (ABC kitchenware), any recommendations? (200 replies) n I want to buy Rotimatic – reasonable price – any suggestions? (‘reasonable’ is Indian-speak for cheapest possible)(150 replies) n Where can I buy kurtis/velvet sari blouse/ lehenga/Indian outfits for my kids (50 replies – all spruiking their own homebased business that they run after hours or on weekends) n Does anyone else feel good when you get home and unhook your bra? (800 replies, plenty of emojis) n Anonymous post: I’m having such-and-such problem with my husband. (200 replies: 100 saying ‘He’s an ass**le you need to get out of the marriage call me I’m a counsellor’, 100 saying ‘Don’t be so ungrateful learn to support him think of your kids’) n Look, I made this paneer dish for dinner. (500 likes, some asking for recipe) n My lovelies, I wrote this poem today. (Attach senseless drivel) (900 likes, a lot of GIFs, some replies that are also poems) n My baby has a skin rash (attach sickening pic), someone tell me what to do. (Er, maybe take him to doctor?) 50 replies (apply cucumber juice; wash with chandan; put multanimitti; say this mantra 25 times) n In-laws are visiting: which Indian TV should I subscribe to? (so they won’t pester me) n Looking for caterers for dinner party – reasonable price (Translation: I want cheap food that tastes like Michelin star level food) n Good lady doctor in Westmead/ Blacktown/Harris Park/Quakers Hill/ Altona/Point Cook/Truganina/Wyndham n Want to start kitty group in Westmead/ Blacktown/Harris Park/Quakers Hill/ Altona/Point Cook/Truganina/Wyndham n Does anyone else miss Hindi TV soaps? (200 replies, many discussing plots) n Birthday party ideas for 5-year-old? n Eggless cake/halal cake?? n Please help with this problem in today’s maths homework, Year 5.

BUT SERIOUSLY, Facebook communities, thank you for doing such a great job. Please don’t block us because we wrote this. How else will we know how to make home-made dahi like back home in India, see your pics of autumn leaves (which you like to call “fall”), discuss options for our kids’ schooling, and hear your opinion on why Abhinandan’s moustache is such a big hit?

With contributions from Indian Linkers in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide