Letting Go Of Umreeka
Mar 12, 2007
Nimbu talks about a friend:
His dad was hell bent on him becoming a doctor and figured if he paid enough dollars, a Pakistani med school would grant him admission and boom, a doctor! Now the problem here is that this mutual friend was born and raised in the US. Although he had visited Pakistan a few times on family trips, he was 100% American. He loved skateboarding, Depeche Mode, New Order, had long hair, loved computer games, just like me.
While we were sad to see him go, we were happy that he was becoming a doctor; the Holy Grail for any Pakistani parent. A few years passed and when he returned, he looked like a Taliban Mulla.
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