NRI

The first time I heard this, I had no idea what it meant, and I was almost offended. I asked the girl I was talking to, a student at the college where I was working, “What is an NRI?” “Oh, it just means non-resident Indian.” It took me a good minute to process that. I guess that is exactly what I am. I told my friend, “You know when I first heard you say that, I thought it had a bad connotation or something!” She laughed and said, “Oh no, it’s literally just someone who is Indian but doesn’t live … Continue reading NRI