Here’s the famous 25 random things tag; Some about amreekandesi – the blog, and some about amreekandesi – the writer. Enjoy!
- The first choice for the blog name was americandesi, but it was taken. amreekandesi turned out to be so much cooler.
- Ultrabrown (Manish) was the inspiration for this blog. I didn’t even know about blogs before i came across UB.
- This blog has had three lives since it started last year. There’s usually been a burst of a few months before work catches up, then silence for a few months, followed by another rebirth. In the current life, this blog is about three months old. Hopefully the current burst will last a while.
- For the newer readers, amreekandesi started off on wordpresss. By a quirk of fate, Google still ranks that site higher than this one!
- When this blog started the idea was to write stories related to India and Indians. The original tagline was Stories about India. Since those early days, we have diversified.
- Sometimes i pat myself on the back for the current tag line “India…from the eyes of a Non Resident Insider”. Its sheer genius.
- For the folks who cant sleep at night wondering what the hell this site’s name means – amreekan is a play on how punjabis might say ‘american’, and please tell me you know what desi means. amreekandesi is a desi in amreeka.
- The first big feature on amreekandesi was the coverage of the Incredible India event, held in New york in 2007. That was some fun stuff.
- Those elephants up there – aren’t they nifty?
- It is hard to make me do something i don’t want to. Except for, maybe god. He finds a way, when he is not showing one.
- My name (the real one) has been mutilated in pronunciation and spelling, over and over again, for too many years now.
- I used to be a dork, before i became all smart and cool.
- I am left handed.
- I am not sure if i am introverted or extroverted. I am a curious mixture.
- I have to write a book, someday.
- I was born on India’s Independence day.
- Slumdog may have won awards by the boatload, but Chak De is my movie.
- I completed graduate school with a perfect 4.0 GPA. I am such a geek!
- Someone offer me a job as a journalist. I might just accept it.
- Finding 25 random things to write here is proving to be quite the challenging task.
- The first person to blogroll amreekandesi was prerna. Forever grateful for that act of kindness!
- I am a grammar geek. Many times i find myself restraining myself from pointing out grammatical errors on people’s blogs. That’s just plain rude.
- I have been on wall street for a bit too long now.
- I wish i had Chandler‘s sense of humor. But then, where will i throw the existing excess?
- There’s many great things coming up on this site. Subscribe to the feed if you haven’t already, and stay in the loop. Could it…get any better?
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Amreekandesi is way cooler than Americandesi, but then, like you said, you are all smart and cool!
And I’m waiting for the great things you have promised!
Lage Raho, ADBhai.
Cheers,
Quirky Indian
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Left hander, born on independence day ! Wanting to be a journalist ! And ofcourse, keeping the blog going. Quite well too..
Hmm ! Thats an interesting mix !
Indeed.
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yes, amreekandesi is cooler…and how many of us on blogopshere want to write a book, some day..I hope that some day comes for all of us.
I never edit my posts, its full of typos at times, I am sure you itch to point it out there.
And this was 25 random things baout your blog (and not you), very effort-fully done
and yes, that reminds me I have to blogroll you too. :shamed: Blogroll is most ignored part (by me) of my blog, but you are in my reader.
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#15, Inch-pinch
#16, Lucky you!
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@amreekandesi is way cooler
Man
isn’t that the most shameful plug ever.
buy you are welcome to correct it.
@used to be a dork – LOL
writing a book – ahha one of my dreams, dude, i hope you’ll be able to help me with my open source book then
@grammar geek: Opps, I must be on your hit list then. most of the time my fingues will be faster than the brain and before I know the post is published
I am Subscribed and you are on my blog roll
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@QI – ‘AD Bhai’ gave such a warm, fuzzy feeling! Thanks Quirky Bhai
@Kavi – Thanks. Unfortunately, i cant list any of these super cool attributes in a resume
@Poonam – I did notice some little things a few times in your post…but the content is so good that a few mistakes can be forgiven
Thanks for subscribing to this blog…you are one of the most regular readers, which is much appreciated! Also, thanks for blogrolling me, whenever you are able to
@Shivya – Yes, i am quite proud of that little achievement of my parents. ‘Inch-Pinch’ sounds like a cool expression, even if i am not quite sure about the meaning
@Chirag – Sure, i am in on your ebook idea – its a nice initiative you started there. Thanks for subscribing and blogrolling
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4.0 GPA. Wall Street! You are pretty impressive!
“Could it…get any better?”
haha…i see the friends/Chandler reference there. Clever!
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Less about you and more about the blog
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@Vijay – Thanks dude!
@Reema – I tried mixing them up. I told you i am left handed – thats a big deal!
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They say every man (woman) has a book in him (her). So there’s scope yet;)
amreekandesi’s cool, man and so’s the dream of being a journo:)
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@naperville mom – Welcome to Amreekandesi! And thanks for the encouragement
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Amreekandesi is a really cool name! I liked your 25 random things, I am also tagged and will be doing this soon. Chandler’s sense of humour is something that I would also like to have
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@Dinesh – Thanks!
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Aww… thanks! So glad you stumbled across it!
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Amreekan is way cooler. You were a dork? I was a nerd.
):)) All changed now.
I sometimes skip this 25 tag thing but yours was simple and made an interesting read.
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Thanks for mentioning me AD. Amreecan sounds definitely more cooler than American. Actually Amreekan seems so Indian
Your blog is quite interesting and I love reading it. Keep writing!
Chandler’s sense of humour is amazing. I absolutely agree.
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Nicely done tag! Loved your last line
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You a Chandler fan too??
I agree Amreekan is way cooler.
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Punjabi touch can be put to so many words to make them funny – Salaad, Englaind, landan, Amreeka and so many others! I just love it!
And, yes, I do wish that I had Chandler’s sense of humor too. Although I try my best but I could never reach that level!
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@Manish – Wow. Great to see you stop by. Welcome to Amreekandesi!
@Solilo – Life has a way of changing us…doesnt it? Thanks…glad you liked the post!
@Prerna – You’re welcome! Thanks…i am happy you enjoy reading my blog.
@Rads – Thanks! Glad you liked the friends’ reference!
@Shail – Thanks! And yes, i find Chandler very witty..though maybe a bit too sarcastic at times.
@Amit – Yes, Punjabi is such a fun language! I am Punjabi btw
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Late to comment here but please Blame Life(NOT ME) for not letting me get on for over a month now.
Thank you for letting me in on a little about you
. Now, I already had a feeling you would have had a 4.0 GPA, dont ask me how. As for the sense of humour, thats what brought me here, you dont need Chandler to teach you how. When you write a book let me know 
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@Mysoul – Aww…thats such a sweet message! Thanks for making my day with the compliments
I did notice that you haven’t been writing on your blog for a while. Hope all is well.
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Chandler Bing! interesting.
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“before i came across UB.”
the UB stands for?
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Ultrabrown.com. One of the first desi blogs i knew of. Shut down recently.
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