Indian diaspora
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New England’s terrible Desi Food scene
After a month in New England, the author finds its Indian restaurants disappointing, with Madras Dosa Company in Harvard Square the exception, and compares them unfavourably with the regional variety…
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A Sojourn to Swades
A diaspora Hindu recounts his visits to India, from early shame at the filth around temples and a sense that India was hopeless, to hope sparked by Modi’s politics and…
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Open Thread – 08/04/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread for 4 August 2021, asking readers about a Twitter claim that ‘Indian American’ culture is basically Punjabi culture, and noting that podcasts go to patrons early.
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Moving out of India: The bigger picture
The author, who moved to the US two decades ago, offers young Indians a big-picture view of emigrating now that India’s growth has narrowed the material gap, weighing career and…
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Browncast episode 75: Indian in Suomi
BrownCast episode 75: Razib talks to Sagar Dubey, who lived in eight countries across the Americas before settling in Finland, about being a cosmopolitan world-traveller, his impressions of India and…
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On being Indian
A guest reflection by The Living Lakshmi, born in Madras and living in Britain, on why expatriates stay tethered to India and what being Indian means: a country of many…
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Browncast Episode 54: Sojourn in India as a international Parsi
A Brown Pundits podcast conversation with Iona Italia, a Parsi raised in Europe, about her experience of returning to the Indian subcontinent; she hosts the Two for Tea podcast, edits…
