Re: Is it rude to speak in your own language when others are present?
^ This.
If someone walks up to me and starts talking to me in Urdu, I have no problem continuing the conversation in Urdu. IF there happens to be otheres around me who’re non-desi…but they were no interacting with either one of us, then I don’t see it as being rude. I have several Hispanic girls in my group who talk to each other in Spanish often in front of me…and it doesn’t bother me at all. If its a joke or something that they want to share…they always immediately translate it for me.