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While killing time at the Kathmandu airport (and paying 60 Rs. for a tiny plastic cup of boiled milk with a teabag sunk into it), I came across this sign: Important Notice, Kathmandu Airport Please ke… more »
A Total Imbalance
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Desi Italiana wrote 2 weeks ago: While killing time at the Kathmandu airport (and paying 60 Rs. for a tiny plastic cup of boiled milk … more »
Time is Up
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Desi Italiana wrote 1 month ago: My visa for Nepal is running out soon, and so is my time in Kathmandu. Some of you know that I … more »
Some Belated Pictures
Desi Italiana wrote 3 months ago: Let me just truthfully point out that I am, sadly, not a good photographer, as much as I try. Not on … more »
Shame on Foreign Policy
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Desi Italiana wrote 4 months ago: I read Foreign Policy from time to time, but the latest issue has an article titled “The List: … more »
Down and Out in Patan
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Desi Italiana wrote 5 months ago: This weekend, I scoped out my new surroundings as I made my way through the labyrinth called Patan. … more »
12 Hours in Hong Kong
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Desi Italiana wrote 5 months ago: I was contemplating the random quotes of Michael Corleone from The Godfather juxtaposed with Albert … more »
Refugees of Time and Space
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Desi Italiana wrote 5 months ago: There are times when you want to hear a voice other than your own; you’d rather listen than ta … more »
Going, Going...and Gone
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Desi Italiana wrote 5 months ago: Places I want to go to while I am in Kathmandu: All around Nepal (obviously) Lahore and Karachi, Pa … more »
If You're a Poor Immigrant, Stay Out of These Walls!
Desi Italiana wrote 6 months ago: Via Al-Jazeera, we come to find out that the mayor of Cittadella, who is a member of the right wing … more »
Guest Workers in Iraq
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Desi Italiana wrote 7 months ago: I have a love/hate relationship with the New York Times. Sometimes, I really despise them, especiall … more »
Headed To Nepal!
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Desi Italiana wrote 7 months ago: I have made a decision: I am going to take the job in Nepal! I’ll be in Patan, a.k.a. Lalitpur … more »
Treated As Dogs
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Desi Italiana wrote 7 months ago: “[My employers] badly hit me. My hair was down to my knees. [The lady employer] cut off my hai … more »
Dayamani Barla's Transborder Lessons
Desi Italiana wrote 8 months ago: By Cesar Love Last Friday, Dayamani Barla, activist and journalist from the Jharkhand region of Indi … more »
Balochistan: Another Hot Spot on the Map
Desi Italiana wrote 9 months ago: Balochistan is continuously referred to as one of the fronts of the “War on Terrorism” i … more »
What a Poop...I mean, Pope
Desi Italiana wrote 9 months ago: La Repubblica tells us that the Pope sternly criticized the unstable employment rate in Italy by arg … more »
Welcome to the United States of Latin America!
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Desi Italiana wrote 11 months ago: Lately, I’ve been coming across so much talk on religion, that I made a promise to myself to n … more »
Time to Go “Home,” Afghans
Desi Italiana wrote 1 year ago: When I was 15 years old, I moved to Orange County. In the city where we lived, there weren’t m … more »
Indian Workers in the US Protest “Slave Like Conditions”
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Desi Italiana wrote 1 year ago: Here’s another exploitation story that perhaps the proponents of globalization want to defend. … more »
Revisiting the Past
Desi Italiana wrote 1 year ago: I’m of Gujarati origin, but I have a fictive clan which is Punjabi, Sikh, and from Fiji. And s … more »
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