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I should probably preface this story by saying that I’m not a princess.  You can use a lot of other choice words to describe me, but “princess” would hardly be accurate.  I rarely flinch at the sight of a cockroach or moldy fruit, and if the only “bathroom” in sight is two pieces of cinderblock [...]

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“Oh right, you’re vegetarian.”  People always seem to forget this about me.  “Wait, that means you don’t eat chicken either?  How about fish?” “Nope.  Nothing that ever had a brain,” has become my standard reply.  “Eggs are cool, though.  And milk products.  Can someone please pass the salt?” Wait for it, wait for it. “So [...]

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When I arrived at Mumbai’s international airport in July 2006, I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Wait, scratch the “bright-eyed” bit.  Before leaving home, I somehow decided that half of my books were “too precious” for check-in luggage, leaving me to run through the airport with the weight of a baby camel on my back (don’t [...]

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