An interesting article about an Indian-American who moved to India to live and work.
If our parents left India and trudged westward for us, if they manufactured from scratch a new life there for us, if they slogged, saved, sacrificed to make our lives lighter than theirs, then what does it mean when we choose to migrate to the place they forsook? My firsthand impression of India seemed to confirm the rearview immigrant myth of it: a land of impossibilities. But history bends and swerves, and sometimes swivels fully around.
We learned new expressions: “He is on tour” (Means: He is traveling. Doesn’t mean: He has joined U2.); “What is your native place?” (Means: Where did your ancestors live? Doesn’t mean: What hospital delivered you?); “Two minutes” (Means: An hour. Doesn’t mean: Two minutes.).
From The New York Times
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November 25th, 2008 at 11:47 am
2 mins = 1 hour… lolz anih duh hmel khawp mai…
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November 25th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
‘2 mins = 1 hours’
ek minute = ?
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November 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
vai restaurant a arsa i order a, ek mnute an tih chuan… darkar 1 deuhthaw nghah angai tih hriat atha. “An ar talh tur kha an um/talh turin an um buai dawn chauh thin,” an ti. A sa a fresh zia sawi nan an hmang lova, an rei zia sawinan a hman a ni!
Indian apartment = iiuuuu curry smell
(spicy)
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November 25th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
“What is your native place?” (Means: Where did your ancestors live? Doesn’t mean: What hospital delivered you?)
DIK CHIANGKUANG.. lolzz…
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November 25th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
dunno how many times dat i’ve asked dis Q for wer my origin is?? disgusting!
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November 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
i’ve been asked..
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