What's your social status?

As Pawan Varma very aptly put in his book, we Indians like to judge a person within the first few seconds of meeting them. This is usually done by looking at the car they drive, the clothes they wear, whether they speak in English and then lastly, with a more direct Q&A session regarding what their father does, where they live and what they do for a living.

In the case of women, I have realized that the Q&A is limited to only one thing: "Do you cook?"

Apparently, this question single-handedly makes a lot of others non-essential. Either that or they are embarrassed to ask anything else!