You raise a fascinating point, which is of how different Anglo-Indian and just generally how different anglo south asian culture is from the norm. The subthread author (or a commentator) mentioned that one thing you'll see a lot is when folks don't know the answer to your question, they'll answer a different unrelated question and hope for the best because not knowing something is seen as weakness. Of course, that is generally not the case with any of the anglicized south asian diasporas.