Word: chai
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Tealuxe’s Chaider—Mostly consisting of apple cider, this drink is made much more interesting by the extra spices in the chai. Some might be overwhelmed by the combination of so many flavors, but we found it delightful...
...full, and how they will take in anybody, no matter how distantly related, if they need a place to stay or a meal. I've learned which "hotel" sells the best chapati-and-beans lunch, and made friends with a shopkeeper who now invites me in for chai. I've spent hours teaching in the primary schools, laughing as our students yell "semen" in Swahili at the top of their lungs while we teach about HIV transmission. I've walked around town wearing a paper hat and cape, spitting memorized Swahili phrases through a megaphone to encourage people...
...keep a low profile with a decaf chai latte and eye potential biddies. High school hasn’t gone so well for me with women. Sure, I once reached first base on a balk, but I got out by a fielder’s choice. [4] College will go better now that I’m reinventing myself. I strut over to a girl, hit her book out of her hand and say, “Do you have any idea how many free t-shirts I got today?” She doesn’t respond...
...country's poverty. The outside world's supposed interest in seeing "the ugliness behind [India's] glittering façade" is akin to the sadistic and hypocritical concern of the game-show host for Jamal, our slum-residing protagonist, while rudely referring to him as a call-center chai wallah; the objective is to humiliate. Reality exists at many levels. Just look at your skin under a microscope if you want to see filth and ugliness. Neelam Sridhar, Secunderabad, India...
...picked Peet’s Coffee for #6 and #7. No, not at the same time. #7 didn’t order anything, and #6 ordered the same drink as me, a Masala Chai Latte. Since Peet’s is usually packed, I walked over both times to the Forum at the Kennedy School to hang out. I had never met or seen either of them before. #7 was cool and confident. When she told me she wanted to be a screenwriter, I asked her a million questions because I love movies, so it ended up being more like...