Being a foreigner

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tinpeeba
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Being a foreigner

Post by tinpeeba » January 17, 2010, 2:39 am

Thoughtful article about the dilemmas of being a foreigner in The Economist:

http://www.economist.com/world/internat ... d=15108690



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Re: Being a foreigner

Post by KHONDAHM » January 17, 2010, 3:53 am

This is spot on:
The funny thing is, with the passage of time, something does happen to long-term foreigners which makes them more like real exiles, and they do not like it at all. The homeland which they left behind changes. The culture, the politics and their old friends all change, die, forget them. They come to feel that they are foreigners even when visiting “home”...the experience of foreignness [in] what had once been an ordinary life [leads one] to discover that the previous life has vanished, replaced by something more complicated and demanding”.
...or as I think of it: Eventually Wonderland evolves into Life...for better or for worse. :|

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Re: Being a foreigner

Post by Aardvark » January 17, 2010, 9:38 am

Yes, I enjoyed the last Paragraph as well :D very good =D>

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Re: Being a foreigner

Post by buspilot » July 3, 2010, 8:40 pm

It's like MacArthur Park. You'll never have that recipe again.

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