Mississippi happens to also be home to the Gulf Resort Classic on the Champions Tour, which I played in this past spring, with Hall of Famer Tom Kite as my partner.

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Middle Easterners: Different cultures, petite, my friends, scarves, The Kite Runner, big eyes, New Wave, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Alicia Keys and bagels.

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That moment, the kite saw fit to swoop down and take my toast away from me, leaving, thank God, my eye whole, but a deep, bleeding gash just under it.

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Indians: Bhangra, The Namesake, Shantaram, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Bollywood, residency, The Kite Runner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Indian food and my passport.

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