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Deconstructing the Dreamer Status

Posted onJune 3, 201137 Comments

Angy’s post over at DreamActivist on D-Identity made me feel really proud today. It’s heartening to know that the spaces you have established and fueled are constantly refueled with critical thought and an honest accountability that is missing from most Read More …

CategoriesDesi, Immigration, LGBTQTagsdesi, DREAM Act, DreamActivist, Fiji, Indian, LGBT, Pakistani

Undocumented, Unafraid and Unapologetic: 21st Century Girmitya?

Posted onApril 18, 20113 Comments

If you want the definition of “undocumented, unafraid and unapologetic” then this article in my school newspaper pretty much sums it up. Some straight-talk from me, with no pun intended: “I think a lot of people are angry,” Lal said. Read More …

CategoriesDesiTagsFiji, India

Is There A Difference Between Love and Hate?

Posted onApril 11, 2011Leave a comment

They say love and hate are two sides of the same coin. I seem to have the wrong currency. I’m standing trial for something I had no control over. The only things I seem to have control over are slowly Read More …

CategoriesImmigrationTagsFiji, New Zealand, Suva

Selective Persecution? The USCIS Green Card Interview From Hell

Posted onApril 9, 2011Leave a comment

I’m told that it is a sad and scary time for Dreamers since I received my “Notice to Appear.” It looks more and more like a case of selective persecution. I need a copy of my own immigration file and Read More …

CategoriesImmigrationTagsF-1, F-2, Fiji, INS, priority date, USCIS

Pani (Water), Memory and Post-Colonial Identity

Posted onJuly 1, 2010Leave a comment

Miles from a place fondly called home, a small plastic bottle of FIJI Water peers at me through the doors of a convenience store, teasing and tormenting, begging me to take it back. I reach out fondly, only to jerk Read More …

CategoriesFiji, Nationalism, PoetryTagsCanada, Fiji, Fiji Water, Travel and Tourism

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