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  • March 11, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Empathy in an Outrageous World

    Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to

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  • February 14, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Here’s to the Maybes

    Here’s to the Maybes, the Almosts, the Ones told “I can’t”, the Ones busied away. Do you ever think about where they must go Once you’ve relegated them to a footnote?

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  • February 13, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    A Single Guy’s (Positive) Take on Valentine’s Day

    If you’re in a good relationship, celebrate that today. Don’t patronize your single friends. Don’t act like you forgot the day. Even a bog standard date on Valentine’s Day ain’t a horror show.

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  • December 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    My Empire of Hurt

    I’ve been in bit of pain for the past few months. I’m starting to come out of it. And I hope everyone in the same boat can do the same too.

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  • Eliza Morse/Bleecker Street
    November 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture

    India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.

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  • November 11, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Inclusivity of Sport

    There are few avenues in life where I have felt more welcome and included than as part of a sports fandom. For a few hours, I didn’t have to be The Muslim representative or wasn’t seen as The Brown Guy.

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    October 23, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Model Minority Myth and Maher

    The Model Minority Myth bolsters the idea that Asians experience less hate & prejudice because $$. And explains lack of empathy with our struggles.

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  • Sitakunda park, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
    October 16, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Where Are You REALLY From?

    Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…

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May 22, 2007 Correspondence

London – Trip back to Pittsburgh & SF

Pgh.  I’m combining two entries into one because I’m so bloody tired of travel!  We got back from Granada around midnight, didn’t get back

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April 23, 2007 Correspondence

Córdoba, España

I finished the major tourist sports in Sevilla and ate my fill of paella in just over a day and two nights.  So on

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April 23, 2007 Correspondence

Granada, España

I came here with my friends Sara & Casey.  Most of my travel is cathartic and done solo so travelling with friends was actually

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April 22, 2007 Correspondence

Sevilla, España

Invariably wherever I go, one of my evaulations is whether I feel I could live there, if only for a year or tow or

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April 15, 2007 Correspondence

Amsterdam – Annefrankhuis

When I was a freshman in high school, I played the part of Mr Dussel in a stage production of The Diary of Anne

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April 14, 2007 Correspondence

Amsterdam – sunlight

I just spent some time walking around Amsterdam during the day. Given my disinclination to living in a hazy state – my mind’s naturally

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April 14, 2007 Correspondence

Amsterdam – red light, green light

Greetings from Amsterdam. I got in last night around midnight, checked into my hostel and promptly went out to survey the city at night.

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April 8, 2007 Correspondence / Demosthenes

Avert thine eyes, good brown man

Among desi’s who don’t live in the motherland, there is sometimes a sort of pre-emptive hate-hate dynamic between strangers of the different sexes. The

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March 23, 2007 Correspondence / Demosthenes

London – Throwaway Friends

Women tend to put aside their platonic male friends quite easily, I think.  We’re easily dispensed with, you see – a shoulder to cry

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February 13, 2007 Correspondence / Of cabbages and kings

London – Breathtaking Mundanity

Life does not cease to be mundane when you live in a fab place any more than it ceases to be fabulous when you

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