Monthly Archives: June 2003

Back in the saddle, again

Jun 20, 2003 – 8:03

I’d only just passed through customs in San Francisco (SFO) when I heard a page for a “Kumar Shrestha.” First impulse was to go to the Delta counter that had paged him and sit around to wait for him, shouting, Bala du?.
I didn’t. Instead I bought a newspaper and a coffee to pass the three-hour [...]

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Diversity Visa odyssey

Jun 8, 2003 – 7:28

I met Roshani at her sister’s wedding under rather strange circumstances. Matt and Shana had phoned and said they were coming from Narayanghat with the Godmother, our codename for the elderly didi who oversaw everything at Shana’s home, like when fans could be turned on or just passing through Shana’s kitchen to collect a couple [...]

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