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People are quite used to the Indian Stretchable Time in the IT industry. By people, I mean folks outside India, who have to deal regularly with colleagues in India. A good example - my boss, whenever he sends out our frequent global call invitations, always mentions (NOT IST) against India time. So invite will look something like 7:30 am ET / x:xx pm singapore / 6 pm India time (NOT IST).

This is not about the IT industry. This is about some folks whose closest encounter with IST is dictating medical case summaries into a software, which is transcribed by other folks in bangalore. Basically, folks who dictate, sleep, and wake up to find everything ready, and think "this is neat !" - folks who have no clue what IST is. 

So, we get invited to this Indian wedding reception in Atlanta. Invite says 7 pm onwards.......(dots are mine). We start(read "the wife starts")  getting ready around 7, leave home at 7:45, and get to the venue around 8:15. What do we find there? No bride, no groom and a hall full of the groom's american colleagues who have been waiting since 7 pm. Their kids are dreary eyed, its past bed time. Most of them dont look good - its waay past dinner time. Some of them actually went to get dinner at the restaurant across the street. 

To the rest of them willing to listen, prowe started explaining the great concept of IST and its intricate workings.....