#3.1415: Maths

Indians, or more specifically Indian parents, love maths. For the uninitiated, maths is not the same as math.

Math is what you do at the grocery store when you try to quickly give the cashier 3 pennies on a $4.98 charge so you don't have to get more Lincolns to carry around in your pocket.

Maths, on the other hand, are high-level, epileptic fit-inducing mental acrobatics. Like the kind involving linear regression, time series and multivariable calculus that your cousin is studying at the Milwaukee Area Technical College as part of the deal he struck with your parents to sponsor his student visa.