REMAINS OF THE DESI
A lost chappal, some sandy traces, Old bollywood film clips and posters, bits of music from here and there, uncanny adds, late night beer-guzzling stupidities, bad movies that made you spit out your popcorn and “never again” all-nighters writing pointless essays and/or drinking strange concoctions that make you have strange dreams about evil ponies, snakes with fur and ronald mcdonald babies… The “remains” part “of the desi” is to do with all those little traces, objects, memories and comments that, when we return to them, become a sort of popcultural history through which some of us remember who we were…why we were that way…and what made us laugh for whatever random reason.
Remember this weird Desi McDonald’s add? That child looks evil. Although he might taste good deep fried, inside a maharaja mac covered with ketchup…mmm…I’m loving “It” (looks like the spawn of that evil clown played by Tim Curry in “It”.) 
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But there are just too many of these remains for me to be able to remember them all…and the same goes for some of the guest writers at ROTD….and especially because a lot of the people writing for ROTD have been living in different cities and countries…it sort of turned into a common room to check in, have a laugh (and perhaps a smoke) 
and have a quick connect.
Remains of the Desi is where lost letters arrive at their destination. So grab your beverage of choice and open a Category at random. Let us know what you think. We are collectors, writers, chefs, academics, and cyber addicts…and we display our found and produced objects here; remains, remarks, remembered jokes, and other desi debris.
Write to us at remainsofthedesi at gmail dot com
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Very interesting site.
I have been so distanced from my roots (Punjabi) and finally motivated to look around and see where I come from. Got here looking for some desi movie reviews. Very good mix of geek, desi and cultural relativism.