Saturday Diary: Far from Nepal, Pittsburgh Felt Like Home

Authors

  • Deepak Adhikari Agence France Presse, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v1i2.549

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Nepal

Abstract

When I arrived in Pittsburgh in the end of March, I got a new address: 10 Allegheny Center, Apt. 115. Here, on the North Side of this bustling city, I sought to create a home away from home. A framed picture of Pittsburgh at night adorned the most expansive white wall, but I wanted to make my Allegheny Center apartment Nepali, too. I hung posters from Nepal--of Kumari, a living goddess; of Swayambhu, a Buddhist temple in Kathmandu; of Nyatapola, a temple in the ancient city of Bhaktapur. I uploaded Nepali songs to my laptop and hummed them as I cooked Nepali food.

Author Biography

  • Deepak Adhikari, Agence France Presse, Nepal

    Deepak Adhikari worked at the Pittsburgh PostGazette as an Alfred Friendly Press Fellow in the summer of 2008. He is currently a Nepal correspondent at the French newswire Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu, Nepal. 

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Published

2011-07-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011): Journal of International Students

Section

Cross-Border Narratives

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How to Cite

Adhikari, D. (2011). Saturday Diary: Far from Nepal, Pittsburgh Felt Like Home. Journal of International Students, 1(2), 35. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v1i2.549