1997, We were new to Bangladesh, but we had already been allowed to join the ‘American Club’ just because of our passports. There was another member, a South Asian American, who was promoting their home region of Shillong as a tourist destination. One of the joys of this forgotten northeastern province of India was thatContinue reading “Moderately Important People”
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Dhaka Dowry
Something about my own baby girl’s 35th birthday has made me remember an episode that she didn’t understand back when I was 35. It’s another true tale from our time in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1996 when my daughter Sadie was seven years old. Sadie was often as tall as grown-up Bengali women. I have troubleContinue reading “Dhaka Dowry”
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