Sukhwinder Singh - 'Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa (Today My Heart Desires)'

Album: Monsoon Wedding OST

I am forced to admit my personal Lunar New Year traditions of the purchase of mithāī (must haves: laddū and katli) and the application of mehndi, when the Indian man told me he was surprised to see me - a Chinese - in Little India on the eve of Lunar New Year Eve.

But, seriously, how will I survive the foisted-on and force-fed Chineseness and Chinese traditions without a generous dollop of something Indian?

Still - mujhe mār dālā!