Fuck David Kleinfeld

My uncle and I were in Jackson Heights yesterday eating Dosas, talking about Slumdog Millionaire. My mom was there too, and as an aside, she talked so loud about the movie that the other patrons don't have to see it now.

We talked about the blind boy in the movie. My uncle said that scene where he meets with Jamal was uplifting. I disagreed.

He said, "In the East, we believe that you are to make do with what you are given and to be happy with what you have. In the West, you believe that it's all in you, and that you can become whoever it is you want to become."

I listened to what he had to say. Indeed, being happy with who you are and what you have certainly sets you free. But if what he said was really true, why do Indians emigrate to the West?