Topic started by Jennifer (@ syr-24-24-8-49.twcny.rr.com) on Wed Apr 24 23:44:48 .
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Hello.
My name is Jennifer. I am an American who lived and
studied in India. I was not a typical exchange
student as I applied directly to the college in
Chennai, and lived and studied there as the only
American student (or westerner) matriculated in the
college.
I have kept many of my experiences in India on my
homepage and hope you will share my experiences with
me. Here is my website:

http://members.tripod.com/~jennifer_polan

Thank you,
Jennifer Polan

Responses:

• From: Nisala (@ ac846a65.ipt.aol.com) on: Thu Apr 25 00:13:34
  
  Jennifer,
  
  You have a very nice website, and a beautiful family. Welcome to ForumHub.
  
  Though I am not an Indian either, I have a great amount of interest in the country, particularly Tamilnad. Hopefully, in my future career I will work there.
  
  On a side note, I was born in Buffalo, and a friend of mine here on ForumHub lived in Oman for a while.
  
  Hope to hear from you!
  
  
• From: Shakthi (@ bangdp-38-72.mantraonline.com) on: Thu Apr 25 01:58:11
  
  Hello Jennifer,
  
  Welcome to the forum!
  Your website was nice and interesting.
  
  I get a picture that u studied in MCC chennai?
  
  Near Tambram???
  
  Keep in touch! I am a chennai bred n brought up woman, though now I live else where in India.
  
  
• From: Sridhar (@ 203.94.234.177) on: Fri Apr 26 11:21:22
  
  Hi Jennifer,
  
  You have a nice website.Nice to read your views on india and hinduism.'Why india' answered your fascination for india.But why chennai ?.Looking forward to hear more from you.
  
  
• From: stg (@ 12.151.162.88) on: Sat Apr 27 09:20:52
  
  Hi Jennifer, its not diwali its deepavali
  
  
• From: Anandh (@ 61.1.208.227) on: Wed May 1 12:43:44
  
  Hi jeniffer,
  I'm an MCCian too!I didnt look at your site fully beacuse of the connection speed!I will now!Its nice to see an american dedicating her site for india.So u were at martin hall?I'm a thomasian and i did Pub admn.
  
  
• From: Arvind Pradhan (@ ) on: Wed Oct 23 15:07:54
  
  Hi Stg,
  
  Jennifer is correct in calling it Diwali. Deepavali is a sanskritised form but both mean the same thing. I grew up in Mumbai and nobody called it deepavali. It would have be considered ostentatious to call it deepavali.
  
  
• From: Piquant (@ cc102macs15.inre.asu.edu) on: Wed Oct 23 17:14:32
  
  hello jennifer.... call it coincidence.... I had chanced upon your website a long time ago.. and just last week, my roommate showed me your website once again... was a pleasure reading the "why india" stuff and also the links to other "why india"s... as an indian student in america, living with other indiain students, it is interesting to see people who have done the reverse... my friends were wondering about what could have motivated you to do so...
  
  
• From: DingDong (@ 195.208.237.213) on: Thu Oct 24 17:55:28
  
  Hello jennifer,
  You have a wonderful website.Now you see I would like to give some important information about some indians.
  1. If you see a brahmin and a snake kill the brahmin first then the snake.
  2.This fellow called nisala is a srilankan spy who is continiously denied visa entry into india,that`why he tries to come over by some boat.If i see him else where in my country I will wring his neck like a pigeon.
  3.Be care ful about this devars a robber caste which dwells in almost all places In Tamilnadu.
  
  
• From: Shekhar (@ 61.1.142.45) on: Fri Oct 25 00:21:52
  
  Mr. DingDong,
  
  What is your problem?
  Why so much of venom against brahmins and why paranoia about devars? Aren't good people and bad people in all communities. And to be talking about castes in this age reveals your arachaic attitudes.
  As for Mr. Nisala is concerned, he is one of the finest minds I have seen in FH. I keep visiting FH only because of such intellects.
  
  
• From: Madurai Veeran (@ adsl-66-122-61-85.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net) on: Fri Oct 25 02:03:28
  
  As for Mr. Nisala is concerned, he is one of the finest minds I have seen in FH.
  
  Amen to that!!!
  
  
• From: madhu (@ webproxy03qfe0.sbi.com) on: Fri Oct 25 13:43:02
  
  Arvind,
  "Jennifer is correct in calling it Diwali. Deepavali is a sanskritised form but both mean the same thing."
  
  Deepavali is a mixture of sanskrit and Dravidian languages. Deepam(light- a dravidian word) + avali(spread - a sanskrit word). The sanskrit word for 'deepam' is 'jyothi'. Diwali is a corrupted word used by North Indians.
  
  
• From: Killing the brahmin (@ 195.208.237.58) on: Fri Oct 25 20:11:43
  
  Hi shekhar,
  If you are a brahmin,You must tell it out straight instead of going round and round and I undestood well that you are the traitor who gives kanchi and clothing to that fellow called Nisala even though when you know that he is a spy
  
  
• From: kotiya paiyan (@ ac8d5774.ipt.aol.com) on: Fri Oct 25 21:53:19
  
  Dear Uncle Ding-a-ling Dong,
  
  "This fellow called nisala is a srilankan spy"
  
  Uncle has revealed my secret identity. What to do. I am the SL version of 007: Chulzhi-Chulzhi-Ezhu (or so I've learned from FH).
  
  I've never went to India by boat but many Indians have come to the N & E even despite the war. Maybe Uncle is not doing a good job trying to help the situation in India but I know he is doing his best.
  
  "From: Killing the brahmin (@ 195.208.237.58)"
  
  Aww don't change your name I liked Ding-a-ling Dong better. Killing the Brahmin is not as fun.
  
  
• From: Nisala (kotiya paiyan) (@ ac8d5774.ipt.aol.com) on: Fri Oct 25 22:00:11
  
  Dear Shekhar,
  
  "As for Mr. Nisala is concerned, he is one of the finest minds I have seen in FH. I keep visiting FH only because of such intellects."
  
  Ha ha!!! That was very funny. I appreciate sarcasm when it is funny, even when it is directed against myself- I can take what I dish out!
  
  Someone should tell fridge that Tamils have a great sense of humor!
  
  But seriously, it's been a long time since I last conversed with you Shekhar. I will try to find an opportunity in another thread.
  
  
• From: kumar (@ host31-122.wipro.net.in) on: Fri Oct 25 22:21:03
  
  I am sure with so nuch of hatred being spread in FH, Jennifer, will dare not visit this page to look for some decent comments.
  
  
• From: Shekhar (@ 61.1.142.52) on: Fri Oct 25 23:55:42
  
  Nisala,
  
  ** Ha ha!!! That was very funny. I appreciate sarcasm when it is funny, even when it is directed against myself- I can take what I dish out! **
  
  My statement was not sarcastic. I really meant what I said. I don't know why you took it in that way.
  
  Mr. Ding dong,
  
  ** If you are a brahmin,You must tell it out straight instead of going round and round and I undestood well that you are the traitor who gives kanchi and clothing to that fellow called Nisala even though when you know that he is a spy **
  
  No. I am not a brahmin. And I have a mind to look see people beyond the archaic barriers.
  I don't know if Mr.Nisala is a Srilankan spy stationed in States to spy on India! Any way looking at the great 'patriotic' people of India, we dont need any enemies and spies to destroy us.
  
  
• From: Puppy (@ 202.154.23.99) on: Sat Oct 26 00:30:44
  
  If you see Ding Dong, A brahmin and A snake Kill Ding Dong first without mercy and worship the brahmin and the snake
  
  
• From: Madurai Veeran (@ adsl-66-122-61-85.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net) on: Sat Oct 26 01:45:45
  
  Mr. Puppy,
  
  Stand in front of a mirror without your clothes. And you will get your revelation! Your will get to see your Ding Dong between your very own legs!
  Before you kill your Ding Dong, have mercy on the little Nisala hanging on to your Ding Dong.
  
  
• From: Nisala (@ ac987b9f.ipt.aol.com) on: Sat Oct 26 13:25:26
  
  Shekhar,
  
  "My statement was not sarcastic. I really meant what I said. I don't know why you took it in that way."
  
  My apologies!! I think FH has gotten me too jaded...
  
  These days I'm not saying anything great- I'm just making fun of people who strike me as silly. That is why I thought you were joking.
  
  
• From: kotiya paiyan (@ ac987b9f.ipt.aol.com) on: Sat Oct 26 13:27:41
  
  Dear Uncle Madurai Veeran,
  
  "Stand in front of a mirror without your clothes. And you will get your revelation! Your will get to see your Ding Dong between your very own legs!"
  
  Uncle Veeran is sharing his wisdom of these affairs for all of FH. I wonder if this is the same Uncle Veeran who is gripped by fear when his Dravidian wife brandishes a pen-knife in his general direction.
  
  
• From: Rohit (@ webcachem05b.cache.pol.co.uk) on: Sat Oct 26 16:42:58
  
  It is really mind blowing to see people not missing a single opportunity to show their great sense of being Indian even when the time and situation barely obligate for that kind of grand demonstrations. Jennifer would be even more overwhelmed with amazement about India and her people.
  
  
• From: Cutting nisalas throat (@ 195.208.237.99) on: Sat Oct 26 17:59:31
  
  Hi Mr. kotiya paiyan,
  So you do these kind of dirty jobs in US.If you have told me before I would have allowed you to clean my toilet.By the wayWhy do you have to go so far to clean toilets,when you would have just minked once,So sekhar is your new assistant.
  
  
• From: Cutting nisala`s throat (@ 195.208.237.99) on: Sat Oct 26 17:59:40
  
  Hi Mr. kotiya paiyan,
  So you do these kind of dirty jobs in US.If you have told me before I would have allowed you to clean my toilet.By the wayWhy do you have to go so far to clean toilets,when you would have just minked once,So sekhar is your new assistant.
  
  
• From: kotiya paiyan (@ ac944a68.ipt.aol.com) on: Sun Oct 27 20:13:42
  
  Dear Thambi Secter lover,
  
  I am glad you had wonderful experiences with a younger boy as shown in MMC's friendship thread. And you accuse me of having a dirty job! After reading your posts I would be afraid to get even close to you let alone your toilet.
  
  
  
• From: puppy (@ 202.154.23.99) on: Mon Oct 28 00:52:49
  
  Mr Madurai Veeran :
  
  "Stand in front of a mirror without your clothes. And you will get your revelation! Your will see that you dont have a Ding Dong between your very own legs!"
  I dont know how you call youself a "veeran" without that
  
  
  
• From: S H I T K I C K E R (@ 203.200.205.6) on: Mon Oct 28 11:24:16
  
  Poor Jennifer. Her thread has been hijacked by the shouting brigade.
  
  
• From: mundaz mohammed (@ proxy.aaanet.biz) on: Mon Oct 28 18:11:44
  
  Dai nisala,singala pig go and have a good bath first before accusing others,If you come to my house to clean my toilet i will give you a present but first bathe nicely with some antiseptic soap,bce I heard you go around very dirty
  
  
• From: Jennifer (Jayanthi) (@ cache-dr10.proxy.aol.com) on: Mon Oct 28 20:13:07
  
  This is the person who posted the first post! (Jennifer)
  Thanks for your comments regarding my site. Others, don't worry, had been disregarded going off topic! :-) Maybe others can start their own threads. Sorry I haven't come here for some time. If anyone would like to contact me directly, click my name (New email ID)
  
  
• From: peri ucca fridge (@ netcache6.is.co.za) on: Tue Oct 29 09:52:08
  
  When I read these threads I often wonder whether you guys are sitting at your PC's drinking Toddy, Cos the more i read, it seems like you guys get nice and drunk on weekends.
  Please please, next time you get drunk and want to play on F.H then post a nice tamil song or something remember, girls also visit these threads, so keep the boys talk for the locker rooms.
  
  

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