The article reconciles with my experience of some older Indian relatives who considered smiling to the point of revealing your teeth showing yourself to be moro

The article reconciles with my experience of some older Indian relatives who considered smiling to the point of revealing your teeth showing yourself to be moronic. Even some phrases like ‘he/she has got their teeth out’. Of course there were exceptions for a particularly funny social joke but yeah in general standing around smiling comes across as daft to them.