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By: Suresh prajapati

Suresh prajapati — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:02:37 +0000

Ram nam

By: Maya Gavaskar

Maya Gavaskar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:38:43 +0000

Sammie! Very well written. Hehe. Hot samosas on club day.

By: Spandana

Spandana — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:51:36 +0000

hey sammy!!!
loved your speal! i can totaly relate consedring the fact that i go to the same school and everything! lol.
but i really do like it. and all the best for college =D

By: suresh

suresh — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:57:25 +0000

hi your sammy is very beautifully expressed.Excellent self realisation at this young age.please keep writing

By: Sapna

Sapna — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:30:06 +0000

Hi. Yo. What’s up dude???

By: Subha Barry

Subha Barry — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:57:02 +0000

Beautifully expressed Sammy. Embracing who we are allows each of us to be the best we can be. If we are trying to be like someone else, we can, at best, be only second best. By taking the risk of opening ourselves up to other cultures, we enrich ourselves and become transformed by the experience. Keep on being open and please keep on being yourself.

By: Sharda Krishnamurthy

Sharda Krishnamurthy — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:55:58 +0000

Nice work Samyukta. You’ve not just found a peer group to fit into outside your “comfort zone” but you’ve been honest about the journey that brought you here and about the soul-searching involved in the process.

By: Pavani Kaushik

Pavani Kaushik — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:54:36 +0000

Samyukta – wonderful to see an honest portrayal of your experiences growing up straddling two cultures. Funnily enough, I’m one of many who can attest to similar peer pressures in our cultural ideals of ’success’. Barring the age difference and the fact that I grew up in India, in the end it amounts to the same thing. ‘Finding yourself’.

Please continue writing. Would love to read more of your thoughts!

By: Gita Mohan

Gita Mohan — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:47:27 +0000

Lovely article, Samyukta.It comes across as being extremely honest. And as far as reaching out to other cultures is concerned, go ahead and you’ll realise how much we have to learn from each ethnic group. Retain your essential Indianness, yet imbibe what is good in other cultures. As someone who grew up in India and only interacted with other cultures (incl. Arabs) in the last five years in the UK, all I can say is you have nothing to be ashamed of or feel inferior about.Go for it, girl…

By: Deepa Krishnamurthi

Deepa Krishnamurthi — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:46:34 +0000

Sammie,

Sammie. Very well written article. Kudos to you for being so honest. I can totally relate to the pressures you felt from the Asian community to excel at Science and Math, despite being a generation apart. It’s wonderful that you have found your identity now. Keep yourself open minded always. U’ll be amazed at how much you grow as a person. You are obviously a gifted writer. Please keep the articles coming.