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I stay loyal to the best coffee in the world – filter kaapi!

Image Courtesy: Triv.Rao Wikimedia The smell just hypnotizes me as I walk on the streets of Matunga. One can smell the bitter-sweet smell of coffee powder, almost from the distance of a couple of kilometres. As I write my mouth...

May 4, 2016
Megha Subramanian
Arts and Culture

Veda chanting by kids at Buckingham Palace – When will we do this in India?

Clipart from Clipartheaven.com I am even appalled at the question, because Vedas are from India...

May 4, 2016
The Brown Desi
Arts and Culture

How do we create confused desis?

For many young immigrants, it is an overwhelming experience of living simultaneously in two opposite...

May 3, 2016
Tarik Zia
Arts and Culture

Why do second gen desis have a problem interacting with first gen desis?

Recently I read a not-so-positive article about dating a brown girl in a white country...

May 2, 2016
KARIM
Arts and Culture

Setbacks are good, I realized, they beam with hope!

Setbacks of even a minor sort have an ability to bring us back on track....

May 1, 2016
Kalyan Sripada
Arts and Culture

When it comes to education, West is Best!

We move to the US for higher education in search of better opportunities and so...

April 30, 2016
Animesh Pathak
Buzz

All South Asian countries together can solve their economic problems!

Image courtesy: World Bank I have come across several South Asians while traveling and also...

April 29, 2016
The Brown Desi
Arts and Culture

You Speak American?

The actor Will Smith, while being interviewed on the TV show Inside the Actors Studio,...

April 28, 2016
Aparna Chintalapudi
Arts and Culture

Are Desi kids badly behaved?

Once a friend said, “Desi kids and dogs are both badly behaved!” when we mentioned...

April 27, 2016
Anonymous Desi
Arts and Culture

I know who I am, now I want the world to know – Dating a brown girl in a white country! 

Recently, I joined an online dating website and it has been a very interesting experience....

April 26, 2016
M Unknown
Arts and Culture

Aren’t we done with ‘Gurufying’ people yet?

In India the concept of Guru is very deep-rooted, guru comes before God and is...

April 26, 2016
Anonymous Desi
Lifestyle

Fun People are Everywhere

The first time I ever took a flight was when I left India to come...

April 24, 2016
Sangeetha Somayajula
Arts and Culture

In Dubai I saw a cool side to Islam

Being in Dubai for almost fourteen years, I can chart the growth of three of...

April 24, 2016
Roopali Ganacharya
Arts and Culture

They say, “Fair is the only beautiful colour.” We say, “Take them on a tour!”

Being white is everyone’s dream, especially of people from South Asia, because from the time...

April 23, 2016
The Brown Desi
Buzz

Is your refrigerator overflowing with leftovers? Here’s what you can do!

We desis have a culture of eating freshly cooked food, perhaps other cultures too have...

April 22, 2016
The Brown Desi
Arts and Culture

How I let my dream balloon fly away  

When we were kids, most of us had aspirations, some known and others; well a...

April 21, 2016
Jyothi Shetty
Arts and Culture

Divided we stand, United we fall?

When I travel from India to the US to stay with my children and meet...

April 20, 2016
Vanasri Nallamala
Buzz

Are you manly enough?

“Being a man” is quite a universal notion that emphasizes on certain ‘masculine’ traits. Here...

April 19, 2016
The Brown Desi
Buzz

Why are Indians prone to heart attacks?

Life expectancy has increased significantly in this century. Forty is the new 20, and mid-life...

April 18, 2016
Nitin Bajaj
Arts and Culture

Why it took me a long time to make good friends in the US?

Something about geography influences the nature of friendships and one always tends to compare with...

April 17, 2016
Darshan Kembhavi
Buzz

See why this brown bear from Pakistan is breaking the internet

It’s not uncommon to see cattle being hoarded in trucks to take them to different...

April 16, 2016
The Brown Desi
Arts and Culture

Heading to a better culture with Third Culture Kids ?

Growing up an expat is a part of who I am. I believe the term...

April 15, 2016
Rida Zafar
Arts and Culture

The H4 identity

A lot of effort has gone into making the word identity relevant, especially for a...

April 13, 2016
Jyothi Shetty
Arts and Culture

I know who I am, not quite where I am from

The year was 1999 and everyone was eagerly awaiting the Y2K bug to see if...

April 13, 2016
Karan More
Arts and Culture

Virtual arranged marriages are a reality for NRIs

Having grown up in the age and environment of the ‘Amerikan Dream’, I always aspired...

April 12, 2016
Sravani Tirumala
Buzz

A daughter named “India”

India’s philosophy is very beautiful if we dig deep. We have all the religions in...

April 11, 2016
The Brown Desi
Arts and Culture

My banking experience in Singapore

An interesting discovery in Singapore (where I was based for most part of my stay...

April 10, 2016
Udan Khatola
Buzz

The Immigrant Vacuum

Something stirred in me when I saw this image posted on Facebook. The sculpture is...

April 9, 2016
The Brown Desi
Arts and Culture

Left hemisphere, Right hemisphere, Left…

I lived in six cities over the entire course of my school life. My father...

April 8, 2016
Aparna Chintalapudi
Buzz

Why are Indians so successful?

There are more than 14 million Indian-born migrants settled around theworld. Of those, approximately 2.8...

April 6, 2016
Nitin Bajaj
Arts and Culture

“Chiken, muton and beeef”- How ASEAN introduced me to vegetarian meat

Being born into the Tam-Bram community (originating from South India) would mean that one is...

April 6, 2016
Udan Khatola
Arts and Culture

Melbourne’s new horizons!

  Writing this makes me nostalgic. It was the Christmas of 2008 when I first...

April 5, 2016
Mansi Mehta
Arts and Culture

An Outsider’s Perspective at the JNU incident, and Freedom of Speech in India

I moved to the US when I was 22, and have been here since.  I...

April 4, 2016
Karthik Dantu
Arts and Culture

Home is where my story is

The voices of my son’s friends running around in the compound, calling out my name...

April 3, 2016
Priya Yechuri
Lifestyle

Return flights, that call and life thereafter

Saying goodbye is always unpleasant. The mind and body entangle themselves in an incredulous manner....

April 1, 2016
Jyothi Shetty
Arts and Culture

Easter-Holi and NRI Nostalgia

This story will mainly feature my friends from back home. I will be using their...

March 31, 2016
Sharanya Venkatraman
Lifestyle

My Happily Ever After

Every little girl who grew up watching Bollywood movies almost expects that one day, when...

March 30, 2016
Aarthi Dwarkanath
Lifestyle

Why being a mom is like going back to school!

We moved to US when my older one was three. I had some schooling experience...

March 29, 2016
Rajita Nair
Buzz

Go back, you don’t belong here!

When can someone say, “You don’t belong here”? In fact can someone say that to...

March 29, 2016
The Brown Desi
Arts and Culture

Why the planet needs more South-Asians?

I am known to have hipster tendencies. I follow a mostly vegan diet, I shop...

March 28, 2016
thegreenhipster
Arts and Culture

We belong together – NY and I!

Most of us wish to belong—to belong to a place, to feel belonged, to have...

March 26, 2016
Jyothi Shetty
Arts and Culture

My Indian-Irish-American-Canadian-ness

If you are an Indian reading this, then my history in India might come across...

March 25, 2016
Madhu Chamarty
Arts and Culture

Holi Haigh!

As I stare out of the balcony on a snowy, wet morning in Toronto and...

March 24, 2016
Megha Subramanian
Arts and Culture

Dissecting the man in the mirror

The renowned psychologist, Erik Erikson, once said. “In the social jungle of human existence, there...

March 23, 2016
Quiescent-Quasar
Lifestyle

Dance Little Liar

And the day has finally arrived. The one where I pen down and share how...

March 22, 2016
Sharanya Venkatraman
Lifestyle

Tri-colored Indians in America

It has been two years since I moved to San Jose, the place I had...

March 21, 2016
Srijan Magapu
Arts and Culture

Many faces of English

It was not until 2007, the year that I landed in the US, that I...

March 19, 2016
Megha Subramanian
Buzz

Desi Tribute to Eminem

Indian ragas are quite complicated and require years of training before ears can decipher the...

March 19, 2016
The Brown Desi
Arts and Culture

Where is the center?

Nothing seems to bring out the worst in people like Politics does and Politics can....

March 18, 2016
KARIM
Arts and Culture

My journey with spirits

Alcohol drinking patterns reveal a lot about the culture you are from. I would have...

March 17, 2016
Animesh Pathak
Arts and Culture

When a desi is not an engineer? The desi gets f’ed!

Most Indians choose the US to establish themselves in the field of technology, but that...

March 17, 2016
Darshan Kembhavi
Lifestyle

A jealous girlfriend

My french course in Paris consisted of a group of foreigners from different parts of...

March 15, 2016
Papabear
Lifestyle

A Kind of Detailed Guide to The Fauna of Durham University (Collingwood Edition): Part 2

As promised, this week I give you the second and as of now, final installation...

March 14, 2016
Sharanya Venkatraman
Lifestyle

My identity, a spectrum

I have struggled with who I am, for as long as I have known. In...

March 13, 2016
Amrutha Sivakumar
Arts and Culture

My India, but I cannot recognize it

Is India my home? No one else has to ask me this question, because I...

March 11, 2016
Rameet Sayal
Lifestyle

US: A breath of fresh air

I moved to the USA from India after getting married in 2009. I thought life...

March 10, 2016
Anonymous Desi
Arts and Culture

My Japanese mind gets hammered inside my head when I deal with Indian maids and drivers!

“Oh, you have a “maid” and a driver? What a luxurious life you have! What...

March 9, 2016
Ayako
Arts and Culture

Rediscovering Myself in Amsterdam

As a girl growing up in India – more specifically, small town South India –...

March 9, 2016
Ranjani Mahajan
Lifestyle

US sowed the seeds for my entrepreneurial journey

I don’t see how I would have become an entrepreneur if I had never been...

March 9, 2016
Rajiv Jayaraman
Lifestyle

A Kind of Detailed Guide to the Fauna of Durham University (Collingwood Edition): Part 1

“I will not be the person who only hangs out with other Indians”, I said...

March 7, 2016
Sharanya Venkatraman
Arts and Culture

Nuances of my culture keep me rooted

“Wow, your mom’s hair is such a cool color, how’d she do that!” a friend...

March 3, 2016
Thanmayi Palegar
Lifestyle

The economic vagabond

Every time I have to travel for an extended period, or move apartments, as I...

March 1, 2016
I. Haque
Relationships

The Diary of a Grumpy Grandad

Day 1: Skyped with Grand Kids 1 & 2. The brats are growing up real...

February 25, 2016
anon anon
Lifestyle

Thank you, come again!

Chok, AB and I were placing our order at Taco Bell. Our systems were whacked...

February 24, 2016
Somesh Chakrabarti
Lifestyle

My morning gaga!

Fiddling with his mobile, X impatiently waited for the elevator to reach his floor. Finally...

February 21, 2016
micky
Relationships

Some realizations of the heart in Amsterdam!

“What are you two going to do there? Neither of you smoke nor drink, let...

February 21, 2016
Madhuri Vaidya
Lifestyle

I live in the “Little Red Dot” – No, not the one on my forehead please!

Welcome to the Red Dot -A melting pot of cultures, a lush green garden city,...

February 20, 2016
Mansi Mehta
Lifestyle

Understanding Plurality : My lessons from India and France

Being an Indian and a student, although in France, I feel it pertinent to write...

February 20, 2016
Papabear
Arts and Culture

I understood spirituality when I was away from India

When I was in India my understanding of spirituality was limited to reading the Autobiography...

February 20, 2016
Jayanthi Hari
Arts and Culture

When I first landed in LA!

I came across some thoughts I had registered in the past when I first landed...

February 12, 2016
Harshavardhan Mylapilli
Arts and Culture

Lingua Inter Mingua – A peep into my linguistic adventures

I made an amusing discovery about myself while talking to my girlfriend’s family over the...

February 11, 2016
Kiran Varanasi
Lifestyle

The Price I Pay for a ‘Better’ Life

Every year, a time comes when I have to decide whether to make that trip...

February 11, 2016
KARIM
Lifestyle

My tryst with American football

It was September of 1996. I had been at Michigan State University (MSU) for about...

February 10, 2016
Satish Krishnan
Lifestyle

How France relegated me to a vegetarian

Familiar food makes us feel at home. So I feel that getting acquainted with new...

February 10, 2016
Papabear
Relationships

How I understood the meaning of family

Family – we are born into it. It gives us a sense of belonging and...

February 9, 2016
Megha Subramanian
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