#howtobehindu

Adapted from my personal Twitter page. Please note some #howtobehindu tweets are also applicable to non-Hindu South Asians. This is a growing list - feel free to add to it in the comment section.

Name your first born son Arjun. #howtobehindu

Your pet name (daaknam), or worse, your real name is Pooja #howtobehindu

Make as much noise as you possible can during any and every ceremony. Quite literally, wake the gods. #howtobehindu

Test the limits of Febreeze every year during Durga Puja season #howtobehindu

Invite a million people over and almost set the house on fire #howtobehindu

And on top of that, do not keep a fire extinguisher #howtobehindu

Throw random things into the fire. #howtobehindu

Throw a banana in. #howtobehindu

Throw your phone in, too. You don’t need it. #howtobehindu

Your parents stop texting you for the entire month of October. They threw their phones in, too. #howtobehindu

Be an ululu auntie #howtobehindu #ifyouknowyouknow

Be the girl who gets turned on by sherwanis #howtobehindu

Wear a sherwani #howtobehindu honestly they're so hot

Have a coming of age moment of silence when you wear a sari for the first time #howtobehindu