Conservative Indian parents

Ugh, they are the WORSE things to deal with. They love you, you love them back, but alas, they are like all parents... Except Parents Squared. Yes, it truly is, THAT BAD. I can't even go out with a girl to a somewhat Indian Populated place, without them freaking out about losing their reputation. As an Indian, you are technically not supposed to go out with anyone, unless you're getting married to them. So going out with someone is a comodity, something I am willing to give my children, unless I have a daughter, of course. But the fact that they are too afraid to put me out into public, is saddening. I feel like they want to control ever aspect of my life. Where I go to school, high school and college. I can understand that they want me close by, like every family wants for their children, and I don't necesarily wanna go away. They even want me to marry someone I want to marry, good, but they still wanna go through the whole "Parents meet Parents and ask for the girls hand in marriage" BS. I didn't care about it until, no joke, today. They want me to get good grades, I do it for myself, they want me to be happy, I'm normally a happy person! But when they try to control and affect everything I do any normal person would get as pissed off as I am. I some times worry what they'd say if I said I don't wanna cut my hair. Oh, that too... They want me to have short hair, because apparently long hair is, no joke, I mean in the sexual prefrence, gay. Yes, my parents think having long hair automatically makes you look indecent and gay. Great. Ugh, they want me to marry an Indian chick, and have Indian babies! I'm not against marrying an Indian chick, just, way to cut down my search preferences.