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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How we got to Dhaka
The year was 1995, my kids were in elementary school, and I was working part-time at a tax publishing house in Northern Virginia so that I could be there for them after school. We owned a house in Falls Church, VA and visited Florida to see Lew’s mom often. We got a dog and IContinue reading “How we got to Dhaka”
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”
The View from a Broad 