--- Begin Message --- In a message dated 2/22/04 4:49:49 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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. <<
Excellent point,Rajib.This is exactly why we have things like--Balti-Chicken,Bhangra-Rap,Hanif Kureshi or what have you.I often marvell at the nationalism of the Indians abroad,which is so strident.Indians in US or UK gradually develop an intense sense of emotions about India--at times more Indian than those in India when observing rituals ( sometimes more hateful of India than a combination of senator Dan Burtons or Chandandas,,just kidding.These are the Indians that make a trip back home,perhaps once in every two years,only to wear an irritable look just one step into the airport and these are the same ones that go to the local temples here in the US in period costumes to make it a point to their kids).
Looks like---we are engaged in a battle with some invisible monster and not letting on---as far as the feeling of " completely at home" is concerned.
KJD
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