But now, the ABCDs are no longer huts and farms and gray dust (Most of what they know they know from National Geographic and a two-week trip to great-grandmother’s deathbed ten years back.). The great Indian mall is an absolute shock — Indians in silks with swagger and Adidas and Rado watches and haircuts they’d never be bold enough to try.
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creative non-fiction: What Starbucks Gave Us
But in the suburbs, in the 90s, in the great American Midwest, where could a youth go to act out the beat life? Enter Starbucks with her siren call, replete with mismatched armchairs, almond biscotti, and warm piano jazz, a glimpse into the archetypical metropolis.
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