I got a little homesick this Fourth of July weekend when I knew family and friends were getting together to bar-b-que, enjoy a little apple pie, and watch a parade and fireworks show. Since I've been in India, I've never missed America so much as I did that day.
We had our own little party to celebrate America's independence. My American friend, Lynn, and Indian friend, Roopa, came down for the weekend from Mumbai, and we celebrated the weekend together. Steve got us a VGA cable so we could hook up the computer to the t.v.,and he got us some decent speakers, then we got on Youtube and cranked up "Star Spangled Banner" sung only the way Whitney Houston could. Then we searched Grooveshark for some John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen to help us miss home more. Sweet Roopa was a trooper and tolerated our patriotic revelry. India's day of Independence is celebrated in August so she can pay us back then.
After singing at the top of our lungs and sharing our tunes with the neighborhood, we headed to a 4th of July party near UB City. It was a nice condo (worth about 2.5 million USD) in a hip part of town. We met a lot of Americans from all over the country and had good ol'fashioned American food, potato salad, cole slaw, hamburgers, and hotdogs. I brought instant pancakes and American style syrup which was a hit.
This party had an agenda, a Democratic one. Apparently, the party was hosted by the "Bangalore Democrats", at the condo of the country head for the "Indian Democrats". After polling us to make sure we were registered and knew how to vote overseas, he put in a plug for the "Obama 2012" posters, 100 rupees each (around $2). However, no pressure to buy because no one really cares what party you're affiliated with, in India we're all just Americans who are proud of our land of the free and home of the brave.
We had our own little party to celebrate America's independence. My American friend, Lynn, and Indian friend, Roopa, came down for the weekend from Mumbai, and we celebrated the weekend together. Steve got us a VGA cable so we could hook up the computer to the t.v.,and he got us some decent speakers, then we got on Youtube and cranked up "Star Spangled Banner" sung only the way Whitney Houston could. Then we searched Grooveshark for some John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen to help us miss home more. Sweet Roopa was a trooper and tolerated our patriotic revelry. India's day of Independence is celebrated in August so she can pay us back then.
After singing at the top of our lungs and sharing our tunes with the neighborhood, we headed to a 4th of July party near UB City. It was a nice condo (worth about 2.5 million USD) in a hip part of town. We met a lot of Americans from all over the country and had good ol'fashioned American food, potato salad, cole slaw, hamburgers, and hotdogs. I brought instant pancakes and American style syrup which was a hit.
This party had an agenda, a Democratic one. Apparently, the party was hosted by the "Bangalore Democrats", at the condo of the country head for the "Indian Democrats". After polling us to make sure we were registered and knew how to vote overseas, he put in a plug for the "Obama 2012" posters, 100 rupees each (around $2). However, no pressure to buy because no one really cares what party you're affiliated with, in India we're all just Americans who are proud of our land of the free and home of the brave.
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