AirTags are a game-changer for real. No worries about misplaced luggage and enduring that mini heart attack while at the baggage counter. This tiny piece of strap pasted to your suitcase or wrapped around the handle helps you track your trolley. Recently, a viral post on Instagram claimed that 'desis' have their own version of AirTags. It was a short video posted on Instagram by dermatologist Dr Faraz Ali. In the clip, the traveller shows a well-known desi 'jugaad' Indians rely on, which can be considered a clever, homegrown twist on AirTags (although it has a different function).
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The video opens to the dermatologist recording himself at the baggage counter of an airport. The text layout poses a quirky question to social media users. It reads, "You have heard of AirTags, but have you heard of Desi Tags?" The doctor then pans his camera to a row of blue-coloured trolleys kept on the floor. If you observe closely enough, there will be no doubt that all of the suitcases belong to a single traveller or one family. How do we know? Well, the handles of each luggage are securely tied with a pink ribbon, indicating that each suitcase is unmistakably theirs. The ribbon is a symbol of ownership and identity - it doesn't allow you to track luggage like AirTags, of course. The caption of the post read, "The more colourful, the better."
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People had a lot to say about this desi practice in the comments section. Read some of the Instagram users' reactions below:
"Always bright colours. Made of strips of material from some garment alteration," agreed a user.
"I had personalised ones made for when we went to Umrah !! They're the best," shared another.
"Yeah, it's one of those 'tell me you are indian without telling me you are indian' things for us," pointed out one person.
One user claimed, "Africans do this too."
A second stated, "West Indians do this but worse. Shoelaces, Christmas tinsel, literal scraps of cloth, I can't even remember the rest.
"Knowing exactly which is my luggage is because my mom decided to cut one of her old and colourful maxis or salwar into a strip to tie around my suitcase," explained an Indian user.
"Desi tags all the way!! Mom has been using bright yellow ribbons since we were young, and I did the same to all our bags the first time I travelled with my husband," revealed an individual.
Someone else called the ribbon a "pookie tag."
"So relatable" was a common sentiment.
So far, the video has clocked over 1.8 million views.
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