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)

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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

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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!

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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...

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