Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Rome and romans

I don't think this makes me a racist, probably just a dumba** but I can't get used to seeing Whites in India. Other than at work, where I generally pretend I'm in the US, I behave like any other Indian when I see Whites, I gawk! This inspite of the fact that I spent the last nine years in a predominantly White country.

Of course, it was even worse in the US. I was extremely allergic to seeing Indians in the US. In particular, Indians I didn't know and outside of Indian events like "Melas" and "Indian movies". Like at NASA, I always tried to walk away from the saris. And pretty much like any other Indian I tried to avoid all eye-contact with any Indian I saw on the street.

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