When I was little, I asked my Dad why Indian ladies had that red dot on their foreheads. He told me that they say Hello by putting their palms together like they're praying and raising their hands to their bowed heads so their thumbnails hit that spot on their forehead and, since people say Hello so much, it leaves that red dot on their foreheads.
A childhood belief about nationalities
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark
- I used to think Indian women had scabs on their foreheads, but it was bindi!— Emily
- I used to believe that those of Indian descent who had them were born with dots on their forehead.Anon
- I used to believe that the reason ladies had big bouffant hairdos was that their heads were shaped that way.— Bea
- When I was young I thought that a parking spot was a spot like a polka dot and not a space for a car.— Mina Tova
- I used to believe that heads of state had diferent kinds of heads on their shoulders— stupid elado