Comments on: Kumail Nanjiani on the Comic Life http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/10/10/kumail-nanjiani-on-the-comic-life/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pavani http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/10/10/kumail-nanjiani-on-the-comic-life/comment-page-1/#comment-286910 Pavani Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:16:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6972#comment-286910 <p>My dad's first experience of the US was going from his small village in India to a large state university in Iowa. He did brave a much colder winter than he had ever experienced but he also found a few desi grad students to room with while he was there. We met one of his roommates on a trip to the midwest a couple of years ago!</p> My dad’s first experience of the US was going from his small village in India to a large state university in Iowa. He did brave a much colder winter than he had ever experienced but he also found a few desi grad students to room with while he was there. We met one of his roommates on a trip to the midwest a couple of years ago!

]]> By: Razib Khan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/10/10/kumail-nanjiani-on-the-comic-life/comment-page-1/#comment-286903 Razib Khan Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:57:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6972#comment-286903 <p><i>That’s…brave? Crazy? Both?</i></p> <p>brave? seriously, it's iowa. and why are white people so terrifying? this guy apparently grew up a shia in pakistan, so likely he'd have been less targeted in the states than over there in terms of possible physical violence. interesting that he's an atheist. perhaps we should send more pakistanis to grinnel :-)</p> That’s…brave? Crazy? Both?

brave? seriously, it’s iowa. and why are white people so terrifying? this guy apparently grew up a shia in pakistan, so likely he’d have been less targeted in the states than over there in terms of possible physical violence. interesting that he’s an atheist. perhaps we should send more pakistanis to grinnel :-)

]]> By: Reading (and chickens) http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/10/10/kumail-nanjiani-on-the-comic-life/comment-page-1/#comment-286897 Reading (and chickens) Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:11:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6972#comment-286897 <p>I know this bypasses the content of most of this post but...I cannot get over the idea of going from Pakistan to possibly the whitest place in the US for college. That's...brave? Crazy? Both?</p> I know this bypasses the content of most of this post but…I cannot get over the idea of going from Pakistan to possibly the whitest place in the US for college. That’s…brave? Crazy? Both?

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