Category: on indian roots
excerpt from Shantaram
| November 12, 2007 | Posted by caroline under on indian roots, storytelling, Uncategorized |
“I looked at the people, then, and I saw how busy they were—how much industry and energy described their lives. Occasional sudden glimpses inside the huts revealed the astonishing cleanliness of that poverty: the spotless floors, and glistening metal pots in neat, tapering towers. And then, last, what should’ve been first, I saw how beautiful…
Freeform: Migrant Workers
| October 16, 2007 | Posted by caroline under freeform, on identity, on indian roots, storytelling, travels, Uncategorized |
it’s been some time since i’ve felt the urge to rip out a pen and paper in public. —- I remember the streets Throngs of men Who hadn’t seen their wives in years I remember the wooden stairs Women with the same stained and crooked teeth Scraping away at my heels Roughened by poolside tiles…
ghadr
| January 20, 2007 | Posted by caroline under on identity, on indian roots, storytelling, Uncategorized |
The South Asian Radio News Collective…which I’ve *just* started working with, and will keep you updated on—is thinking of throwing the following word into its name. I just kinda like the meaning:) “The word Ghadr is commonly translated as mutiny. The Ghadr party was formed by Indian migrant workers on the west coast of North…
Identity Clauses
| December 26, 2006 | Posted by caroline under on identity, on indian roots, Uncategorized |
My mother is Goan, my father is Anglo-Indian.. but i have some issues with the goan identity. first, let me state that i love goa—’despite’ all the ‘dirty’, not-as-authentic ‘indians’ moving in, ‘despite’ all the mix ups where people think I’m ACTUALLY just plain, old, nasty smelly Indian…and yes, i love the Portuguese twist on…
