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...contrast, we almost have to shed our national character to fit in with Americans. Many I have spoken to have asked me about India, and I am only too happy to talk about it then—but my “Indianness?? only seems interesting up to a point. Each conversation lacks genuine curiosity, a desire to learn about things people don’t already know something about. Once I no longer fit into the framework of “Indian,” my nationality isn’t interesting anymore. (It?...

Author: By Siddhartha Sinha, | Title: From Some Countries Far, Far Away... | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...with my parents and ate Indian meals. Family occasions and religious festivals were, among other things, excuses to get dressed up in my favorite ghagra outfit. I was raised strictly Indian, with the standards and cultural values to match. But among my high school friends, my “Indianness?? was, more than anything else, a source of amusing stories about strict parents and endless weddings, and the justification for sitting through a four-hour Hindi movie...

Author: By Ishani Ganguli, | Title: Different Shades of Brown | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

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