Before we can delve into the subject, we must define HOME.

Once we have done that it would be very easy to answer the question.

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At 10:31 PM -0500 2/21/04, [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
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