O Desi! My Desi: Get Ready for the NRIs
By Anu Chitrapu
INDIA New England News Columnist
As spring comes into Boston making our hearts lighter and our lives happier, the summer heat is spreading...
O Desi! My Desi: Back to School Blues (or Yellows)
By Anu Chitrapu
INDIA New England News Columnist
Summer is gone and we are all in the middle of back-to-school blues. Those lovely mornings where you...
Desi O’ Desi: High Maintenance NRIs and Non-Returning Indians
By Anu Chitrapu
INDIA New England News Columnist
BELMONT, MA--We can very easily be identified in India with our bottles of mineral water in our hands....
O Desi! My Desi: The Best Part of Being a Desi in America
By Anu Chitrapu
INDIA New England News Columnist
The best part of being Desi in America is we get to celebrate both Indian and American festivals.
In...
A First Look at Chennai–II: Working in relief operations gave me lessons in strategy
By Anu Chitrapu
INDIA New England Columnist
BOSTON--While in Chennai I had the opportunity to work with an amazing team of volunteers who helped with the...
O Desi! My Desi: Landing in America and Dress Shoes and Socks, Among Other...
By Anu Chitrapu
INDIA New England News Columnist
BELMONT, MA--Fall is here. That means an entire new set of desis landed in America eager to live...
A first look at Chennai-III: Truth is stranger than fiction!
By Anu Chitrapu
This is the part-III and the final recollections of my working on relief operations in Chennai.
“This too shall pass”, was something that...
Desi O’ Desi: Goodbye Kids! Hello Netflix!
By Anu Chitrapu
INE Columnist
BOSTON--Hundreds of families in the US are experiencing the ‘empty nesters’ syndrome this week. Many of us have left our last...
O Desi! My Desi: Prom Time Tales
By Anu Chitrapu
INDIA New England Columnist
BELMONT, MA--It's that time of the year when many of our teenage kids are experiencing their first prom. For...
Desi O’ Desi: What ya, WhatsApp ya!
By Anu Chitrapu
INDIA New England News Columnist
There was a New York Times article that talked about how desis love to wish each other good...