Have a Rupee, Leave a Rupee
Niti Bhan tells a story, about coinage and an awkward kindness, in her posting The Karma of Brown Folk that I find amusing.
Apparently, she’s been off to India. Apparently that’s home. There’s quite a travelogue, with flickr photos of family and essays on the effects 8% growth, Indian innovation, and life in the call center.
A lot of good writing. What are you doing here?
December 17th, 2005 at 11:59 pm
I’m here thanking you for your kind words? :P
Reading your words made me think about what “home” is, the next book I was going to write about is called “Being Indian” and I’ve been thinking about what that means, I’ve only lived there (in India) for 12 years. Anyway, I’ll philosophize on my own blog, thank you again for your encouragement, as always :)
Niti
December 18th, 2005 at 12:31 pm
I’ve often thought that someone needs to write a book along those lines for the place where I come from. I guess I could call it “Being Michigan”. When I came back from New Orleans, it hit me hard that a lot of my behavior is cultural, as I watched an easy going demeanor dissolve into stand-offishness.
People don’t think the fly-over states have much personality, but we do, bitter and jaded though it may be.