Great issue to bring up - so very different from the usual ones that we regularly talk about with exactly the same points of view dished out by the protagonists!!
I went to the local BlockBuster store today to find that it not only stores Hindi movies by the dozen but is manned by a long haired, ponytailed, bindi clad and very clearly FOB woman alongside well fed American teenagers of different hues. Even as Indian ghettos in places such as Silicon Valley start making these places look more and more like India, can we say we are really home? The answer is no. But the answer to that question would still be no, probably, if one was staying in Mumbai or Bangalore, wouldn't it? What about the one that moves, say, from a village near Kampur to a metropolis such as Guwahati? But here is the converse question. The one who stays back "home" - misses the opportunities to see the world and make new relations; watches his own relations with his family members or with those in his community change, and in some cases fall apart; experiences the changing landscape and the complexities of leading daily lives - is he really at "home"? Rajib --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I happened to come by a short essay written by an > Indian woman, an emigre to > this country,in which she describes how she was > culture-shocked during her > first couple of years of stay in this cuontry and > the adjustments she had to > make in her new surroundings.She concludes that she > has now finally come to feel > completely at home in her adopted land.Her > conclusion of " completely at > home" has left me feeling a bit unsettled.It set me > on a different train of > thought.Are we really home,away from home? I am > talking about first generation > Assamese diaspora,popularly called Fresh Off the > Boat immigrants ( FOB),who > eventually do not remain fresh,though( ABCDs and > FOBs are two different kettle of > fish). > > Gentle netters ( USA and UK)----are you really home? > Is that simple to feel > completely home,away from ancestral home? Please > share your thoughts. > Regards > KJ Deka. > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
