1 post tagged “chaat”

in the past few weeks, three friends from nyc have told me independently that they are coming to cleveland to campaign for obama. (edit: make that four. my old co-worker in ny just told me she is taking a leave of absence from her job in belgium to spend a month in ohio with me campaigning.) and i am sure there will be more. more people who've never been here before that i get to show around! and hopefully foil some notions about the you-know-what on the lake.

i realized that it's kind of like when i was back in ny, where i worked with a girl from delhi. she was sort of my personal ambassador of india, always taking me out for chaat at holes-in-the-wall in midtown, teaching me hindi words and about indian mythology, describing bombay, calcutta, goa, the tea plantations of kerala. she looked so happy whenever i spoke positively about india or mentioned how much i wanted to visit. and i do. i think i know how she feels, at least a little bit anyway.