Tag: #America
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Tickling the Funny Bone of Respect.
It’s been a while that I wrote something, and it was nice to be reminded recently that I should continue doing so. I wouldn’t dare to say people missed my writing, but it always is a ‘feel-good-moment’ to get asked about it. Below is the funny story that I started writing maybe couple of months…
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Metamorphic Moments
A 5-part story of ‘growing’ happened within first 48 hours in the land of free! Believe it or not, in just 48 hours (or less), I transformed from a wide-eyed dreamer with aspirations of studying in America into a self-reliant man. Who knew adulthood came with such a swift delivery service? Certainly not the curious…
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Y2K, remember anyone?
Launching into the New Year with first week of my blogging journey under my belt, it’s only fitting that I pay homage on this 12/31/2023 – reminiscing about how I navigated the Y2K frenzy during my inaugural New Year’s Eve in 1999 in America. For all you young cats who weren’t rocking the cradle during…
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Couch…that thing you sit on.
Well, I am still on Day 1. I promise I will write about something else soon, but Day 1 in America was so jam packed of events that I could never forget that day in my life. (Read Part 1 and Part 2 of my journey as I landed in Greenville and came to Clemson,…
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Welcome to America, Mandar – Part 1
On a hot summer day in August of 1999 (Aug 2nd to be precise), I stepped off the plane in Greenville, South Carolina with a mix of excitement and nervousness bubbling within me. 3 long flights, Mumbai to Paris, Paris to Cincinnati and finally, Cincinnati to Greenville, South Carolina inching closer to my final destination,…
Hyphenated-Homestead 