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Different

Posted in culture curry, lost in translation, zambia on September 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I spent my childhood in Zambia. I felt completely at home there, part of the social fabric. There was a large Indian community, both local and expat, so integrating wasn’t difficult, besides, children don’t see difference as a dividing factor, not until they are grown up enough to cause trouble, anyway. My parents decided to [...]

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Saturdays from long ago

Posted in zambia on March 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »

One of my earliest memories of a well spent Saturday is from the late 80s in Zambia. Saturday was always special because it was what we termed as ‘shopping day’. This was a time before malls and 24/7 shops, and for a long long time I thought the whole world shopped on Saturday, and usually [...]

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