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Holi daze

Mar 20, 2003 – 7:22

Holi came and Holi went. I’ll be honest by saying I have no idea why this festival is celebrated or what greater significance the throwing and smearing of colored tikka powder is.
I don’t even understand why Holi is called Falgun Purnima on my calendar. I can say, though, that it was a lot of fun.
Basically, [...]

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Collected stories, part 1

Dec 16, 2002 – 8:01

Let me tell you, some days when I make the first morning appearance in Birganj just outside of my flat the three-year-old kid half-naked, covered in the black muck of Birganj, yells at me, Hello seto! Hello seto, and, finally, Hello whitey!
I think to myself, Gee, was he talking to me? I think I’ve abandoned [...]

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