So here she says when I wear special Indian clothes, it makes me happy because it's a festival, I have been celebrating since I was a kid clause, clause, clause, like four or five clauses together, that is wonderful complex grammar.
Now all right let's talk about this for a minute because we're talking about a present condition right but we're using the past simple tense in the 'if' clause but that's not a real past right.
Like with the question " when do you usually go on holidays" , and she starts with the dependent clause, " since I am a student, I usually go on holidays during the weekends and during vacations."
If it is correct, how can we understand the following rule: As a general rule, you should use " while" in a clause with a continuous action, using a verb in a continuous tense.