ABAD

I used to be an ABCD (american born confused desi). And honestly, I totally dissed FOBs. That was before I went to Bangalore where I was so forcefully stuck in their shoes and became a FOB (fresh off the boat)myself. So I came back as a veritable amalgam of both worlds. I am neither one or the other. Just a lovely concoction. Since everyone is into creating new classifications (refer to LTOB (long-time-off-boat-desi article at www.littleindia.com)I though I'd come up with a new one too. ABAD: American Born Again Desi. Born again in the sense that love of desiness and desi-land was revived. So far, I only know of one other ABAD personally. A very rare species I guess. Most ABCDs who end up in India either stay in India (desi land) and become a full-fledged desis or come back to the USA and revert back to ABCD-ness.ABAD's are actually quite lovely people; able to balance and love both cultures and have a fantabulous time doing it. Of course, there are some FOBs and ABCDs who can do the same. Unlike some hostile desi purists, ABADs embrace the diversity that characterises India and Indians, no matter where the heck they were born or how long they lived anywhere.