Comments on: F.O.B.

By: The Fob

The Fob — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:52:10 +0000

OH MY GOD!

I felt like I was reading about myself! Shite! Especially these parts:

A starving Akhil went to get a coffee and was horrified to find a cup of coffee priced at 4 dollars.

he asked the cute girl to put some capsicum on his sandwich, and she looked at him like he had just flown down from some other planet. (This actually happened to me!)

It was a different world alright, but not all that different from where he was coming from.

Then there’s the chai bit. Except that I packed enough tea to last me 10 years here.

Also, I think I’m the proud fob, with the Punjabi accent.

Sigh, like you said – once a desi, always a desi

P.S. Love the illustration

By: All About Returning To India | AmreekanDesi

All About Returning To India | AmreekanDesi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:52:25 +0000

[...] The good news is that they don’t travel by boats anymore. No one in India will be able to call you a FOB. [...]

By: amreekandesi

amreekandesi — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:46:12 +0000

@RDB – Thanks!

By: R.D.B.

R.D.B. — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:33:29 +0000

loved this post. …
its prim n cliched’ n very 2 d pt.
am sure evry FOB wll identify wid this ..

By: Desi Confused by America | amreekandesi.com

Desi Confused by America | amreekandesi.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:34:16 +0000

[...] she comes to New York, her Americanized husband starts feeling uncomfortable about her FOB-iness. Then when she tries adapting to a western lifestyle, he expects a traditional Indian wife. [...]

By: Fast Track American Dream | amreekandesi.com

Fast Track American Dream | amreekandesi.com — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:58:29 +0000

[...] about 10-12 years you could hope to get citizenship, which makes you superman. You still remain a FOB [...]

By: Kiran

Kiran — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:33:46 +0000

Great post! Never too late to comment I guess

By: Its a Small World | amreekandesi.com

Its a Small World | amreekandesi.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:34:08 +0000

[...] AJ was Indian. Kind of. His real name was Ajay and he was born to parents who had left India over 30 years back. He was an American citizen. He despised the link to India. It kept him down. It was stopping his progress. He was smarter than most kids his age, but he was exotic. Never really there. As much as he hated the expression, he was an American Born Confused Desi. An ABCD. Akhil, on the other hand, was a FOB. [...]

By: all talk and no action

all talk and no action — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:53:21 +0000

I took time to get used to the amazing network of sky-walks and bridges…

Also, people in Mumbai would kill to get their feet on to buses/trains…

In HK I was a part of queues consisting of 20+ people

Maybe you could have written on Indians abroad rather than the shops and roads…coz India too is on its way to getting there…

But it would be more interesting to track how Indians changed when they changed shores…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:30:19 +0000

Short Story: FOB…

Short story about the F.O.B. experience for people new to America……