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A few months ago, we up and moved the family to India. The American economy was tanking, and my husband was offered a dynamic new job in Delhi. India! How radically different that would be! And how wonderful for our two daughters, who would finally understand that there is a vast world outside the calm, tree-lined streets of Boston’s Back Bay.

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Flipping through her wedding album, a 30-page collection of glossy photos with sugary captions such as "Perfect Match," Sandeep Kaur grimaces as she recalls her wedding last year to a young man from Brampton. There was no problem with the celebration itself, mind you. There was more than enough mutton, fish and chicken for several hundred guests.

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It was easier when I was 5. Now, days pass. I grow older. And in the mind of the average Indian parent, that can only mean one thing: marriage - arranged marriage. It's no different for my parents. Years ago, when I was 10 or 11, I asked my parents if they would be OK if I married a non-Indian. Marriage was on the brain even then. They ended up spewing out a list, in descending order. Top preference was an Indian of my caste. Least preferred was a Muslim. Everything in between went like this: Any Indian, other (White, Asian, Hispanic) and lastly, black. Prejudiced much?

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My first memory of being Indian in America was being called an “injun.” This was around 1980. I was visiting my grandparents in rural Minnesota. The boy who called me an “injun” punched me in the stomach; later, his friends would call me a “communist.”

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'On the evening of July 10, Bonogit Hussain, a 29-year-old Indian man, and Hahn Ji-seon, a female Korean friend, were riding a bus near Seoul when a man in the back began hurling racial and sexist slurs at them. The situation would be a familiar one to many Korean women who have dated or even — as in Ms. Hahn’s case — simply traveled in the company of a foreign man.'

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Deepika Padukone's rise as Bollywood Star with link on CNN's front page.

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That is the Question, Isn't It? Old lady: Excuse me, are you a half Hindu? Desi girl: No, I'm a full Hindu. Old lady: Well, I just love Krishna. Desi girl: Who's Krishna?

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Sudhir Kapoor, 25, got the call from his employer late last year. It was bad news: The economic downturn meant the technology company had to let him go. .He had arrived on an H-1B visa for highly skilled workers—but the layoff left two options: quickly find another job or go back home. In a few weeks, he was on a plane to Mumbai

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Over the ad's next four installments (yes, it's a five-part skin whitener epic) the girl wins her man back thanks to her brand new pallor. Well, that and his new girlfriend was a total bitch, but it's mostly the melanin thing. We'd like to think the antagonist tries to win him back by whitening her skin even more, and the two women end up bleaching back and forth until they both look like yetis.

:: via cracked.com