interesting observations … eating with your fingers has its own joys … its just habit for most people. while i grew up … i never ever used a fork or a knife … just spoons and that too only for anything that could “flow” (think dal, yoghurt, curry etc). but for everything else like rotis, samosas, sandwiches, salad even … fingers work best. only when i came here, did i start using forks and knives.

thats another big difference i noticed … indians can never ever have any kind of meal and not want to wash their hands. (ofcourse there are those yucky people everywhere that’ll never see the need to wash their hands but i’m talking about the average hygenic person) out here often most people never let their food touch their skin. something i’m still getting used to.