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Sarita Sarvate

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Tag Archives: India

The Story of Prafulla and I: Unspoken Words from US to India

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Sarita Sarvate
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She bore the face of Nutan, the film star, and the smile of a Hollywood celebrity. With ringlets of bobcut hair framing her face, she seemed an image of abandon. I envied Prafulla. Not only for her looks but also for her chic. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged friendship, India | Leave a reply

Are Indian Weddings Too Ostentatious?

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Sarita Sarvate
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I saw Monsoon Wedding, the new musical, with a group of Indian women friends recently. We laughed at familiar idiomatic expressions, translated, at times awkwardly, from Hindi into English. We got nostalgic listening to old melodies. I even got teary-eyed … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Society | Tagged dowries, India, Indian Weddings | Leave a reply

Letter to Prime Minister Modi

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Sarita Sarvate
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Dear Mr. Modi: I am not your devotee, nor have I followed your career very assiduously. To tell you the truth, I am not even one of your citizens, having long forsaken my Indian passport. But I am writing today … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, World | Tagged India, Indian politics, Narendra Modi | Leave a reply

My Magical Vidarbha

Posted on April 26, 2004 by Sarita Sarvate
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In his famous epic novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez talks about a mythical town abutting the marshland of Colombia, where people had never seen ice and where the only source of knowledge of the outside world … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Memoirs | Tagged India, Nagpur, Vidarbha | Leave a reply

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