Hindu YUVA - Youth for Unity, Virtues and Action
The shopping list below is an exhaustive list and *might* contain a few unnecessary things. However, you can surely use this list as a checklist just to make sure you do not forget anything important.
Clothes:
•
Jeans: 4 to 6 pairs
• Shorts: 6-8. Get those ones, which are,
long and go a 2-3 inches beyond knees.
• T-shirts: 6-8
•
Cotton shirts: 4-5(no multicolored patterns, they are not in vogue in
US). Cotton clothes are good in warmer places.
• Night
clothes: 2-3 pairs
• Formal suit – 1. You rarely need
them…once in a year or so on occasions like convocation
ceremony and interviews.
• Undergarments…a lot of
them…10-15 pairs we stress upon this because you may go to the
laundry once in two weeks!!
• Socks…12 pairs you can
bring even more because you would be wearing shoes most of the time.
Do not take nylon socks. Cotton ones are better.
• Get a
muffler and monkey cap and woolen gloves and windcheater.
•
Handkerchiefs-1 dozen
• 2-3 belts one formal leather belt and
others as you please. But you might want to know that one rarely
tucks in the casual dresses.
• Kurta-payjamas-These would be
good during Cultural meets etc. If you have fancy for one, don’t
forget extra naadi then.
Summarizing your clothes
list:
2 Turkish towels and two napkins.
2 thin single bed
sheets.
One air pillow
Umbrella 1 no.
Windcheater 1
no.
Under garments 18 no.
Shirts 4 formal + 4 half
sleeves
T-shirts 12 no.
Bermudas 6 no.
Trousers 4 no.
(formal)
Jeans 6 no.
Handkerchief 18 no.
Socks 15 no.
Belts
3 no.(one for jeans and 2 formal)
Sweater 2 full + 2 half
sleeve
Leather jacket 1 no.
Wallet with more pockets for credit
cards 1 no.
Thermal wears 1 no.
Ties 2 no.
Blazer / Suit -
Blazer + matching trouser
Kurta Pyjama 1 white
Chudidar 1
no.
Chudidar jacket 1 no.
Night dress 2 no.
Gloves 2 pair
FOOTWEAR:
Shoes:
Sport
Shoes: 1 pair. Sports shoes are real cheap in US. Moreover in sales
of Christmas etc. So do not spend too much money for these. Get some
moderately priced and good ones so that you need not buy them
immediately after coming to US.
Formal shoes: Bring one black
formal shoes which are useful in interviews and career
fairs.
Chappals:Get a pair of sandals or chappals.
Personal
accessories:
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Hangers for clothes,
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Wallet - one that has space for cards - you normally don’t
carry much cash with you.
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Shaving kit & Blades (get a good stock, they are costly In US).
Brush & toothpaste (these are also expensive in US).
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Soap (get a couple of bars of bathing soap till you go for the first
groceries in US).
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Combs & hair oil (if you use hair-oil get a years supply of your
favorites).
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Small mirror (just in case even if you are not a narcicist!).
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Nail cutter.
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Small scissors, Safety pin bunch. Mini-sewing kit with some
buttons.
Summarizing your Personal accessories list:
1. Soap 6
no.
2. Shampoo 3 bottles
3. Towels 2 no.
4. Napkin 6 no.
5.
Body spray 3 no.
6. Perfume 2 no.
7. After shave 1 no.
8.
Tooth paste 2 no.
9. Tooth brush 4 no.
10. Shaving tube 2
no.
11. Mach 3 razor 2 no.
12. Blades 20 no. (mach3)
13.
Blanket 1 no.
14. Duster 4 no. (for cleaning)
15. Scrub 2
no.
16. Sponge 2 no.
17. Bedsheets 2 thick + 2 thin
18.
Pillow 1 no.
19. Comb 2 no.
20. Nail cutter 2 no.
21. Rubber
band 1 packet
22. Scissors 1 pair
23. Calculator 1 no.
24.
Pass port and stamp size snaps 36 each,
25. Photos of your
family
26. CDs of songs
27. Medicines + first aid kit
28.
29. Books
30. Back pack
31. Key Chains
32.
Torch Alarm clock.
33. Camera
34.
Mirror
35. Soap box
Utensils:
Depends on
whether you guys plan to cook alone or with your housemates, since
most people don’t get time to cook daily, stuff is generally
prepared for two or more days at a go - so keep this in mind when you
buy vessels, etc.
Typical stuff you may want is:
• Glasses
•
2-3 plates
• Cups and bowls
• Forks (2 each)
•
Serving spoons
• Couple of cooking vessels
• Pressure
cooker - 3 liters
• Cooker containers and spares (rings and
valves)
• Non-stick frying pan with turner
• Tongs
and knives
• Cutting board for vegetables
• 2-3
patellas that fit into each other and that preferably have handles
•
1 pressure pan (Prestige), ask your prospective roommate to get one
too
• Utensils holder
• Plates (2-3 steel plates,
beaker size and 2-3 plastic plates of both beaker and normal size)
•
2-3 plastic bowls (katories)
• 6 spoons and a couple of steel
glasses
• Serrated knife.
• Kadhai
• Small
size plastic spoons for masala
Food
Items:
Some of the common food items that students carry are:
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Spices, Tealeaves, Masalas, Haldi, Dhania, red chilly, Instant
masalas, etc.
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Mustard packet.
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Tamarind paste
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Different dals in small quantity for initial use.
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Asafoetida powder.
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Indian instant coffee + Indian tea (it takes time to get used to the
American stuff)
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Elaichi, clove, cinnamon
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Masalas and tea/coffee powder, if you are a regular drinker (until
somebody shifts to beer.)
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Get a couple of bags each of haldi, red chilly powder, Garam masala,
Dhania, Pickle bottles (if you have enthu, but preferably get sealed
ones), rice, Moong Dal. Bring approx. 1-month supply of masalas.
Most
Indian foodstuffs are available even in small cities. Don’t
come loaded with foodstuffs as you may have problem with customs. Try
to get “instant” stuff, as people don’t have much
time for cooking in the US.
Summarizing
your Masala list:
1. Dhania& jirra 1 kg
2. Chilli powder
500 gm
3. Haldi 500 gm
4. Full jira 200 gm
5. Mustard Seed
200 gm
6. Garam Masala home made 200 gm
7. Pav bhaji masala 2
packets
8. Salt
9. Sugar
10. Hing powder one
bottle
Papad
Music:
Get all the cassettes recorded which you
might like to take with you. Though you get most of them in US, why
spend money for luxurious things. If you are leaving your beloved,
dont forget to take those kishore Kumar blues.
Stationary list:
1.
White sheets 50 no.
2. Pencils 12 no.
3. Erasers 4 no.
4.
Blade 2 no.
5. Stapler 1 no.
6. Stapler pins 1 packet
7.
Pens 12 blue + 12 black (ball pens)
8. Scribbling Pad 2 no.
9.
Glue stick 1 no.
10. Pencil Box 2 no.
11. Ruler - 12″
1 no.
12. Stick on pad 2 no.
13. Cello tape 1 no.
14. Needle 1 packet
15. Thread Black 1,White 1 reel ,
Blue 1 reel
16. Safety pins 1 dozen