- Mother-in law: In Des - A women capable of making your life miserable.
In Pardes - A women you never fight with, because where else you will find such a dedicated baby sitter for free?
- Husband: In Des - A boring human species, who listens more to his mother than you, and orders you around to serve him, his parents and siblings.
In Pardes - Still boring, but now a useful human species that comes in handy when the house needs to be vacuumed.
- Friend: In Des - A person whose house you can drop into any time of the day or night and you’ll always be welcome.
In Pardes - A person who you have to call first to check and make sure he is not busy.
- Wife: In Des - A woman who gives you your underwear and towel when you go to take a shower.
In Pardes - A woman who yells at you not to leave tub dirty when you go to take bath.
- Son: In Des - A teenager, who without asking will carry your grocery bags from the market.
In Pardes - A teenager, who suddenly remembers he has lot of homework when you start mowing the lawn.
- Daughter: In Des - A lovely doll, who brings tears to your eyes when her doli is about to leave.
In Pardes - A lovely doll, who brings you to tears long before any doli time.
- Father: In Des - A person you are afraid of, and who is never to be disobeyed.
In Pardes - A person to whom you pretend to obey, after all he is the one paying your college tuition.
- Desi Engineer: In Des - A person with a respectable job and lots of upper ki kamai.
In Pardes - A person without a secure job, who always dreams one day he will be rich.
- Desi Doctor: In Des - A respectable person with ok income.
In Pardes - A money making machine, who has a money spending machine at home called “doctor ki biwi”.
- Bhangra: In Des - A vigorous punjabi festival dance.
In Pardes - A desi dance you do, when you don’t know how to dance.
- Software Engineer: In Des - A high-tech guy, always speaks in American accent, always anxious to queue consulate visa line.
In Pardes - The same hitech guy, who does Ganapati puja everyday, and says ‘This is my last year in the US (or wherever)’ every year.