NRI
n.— «A non-resident Indian (N.R.I.) is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country for various reasons. For tax and other official purposes, the government considers any Indian national who is away from India for a period of more than 180 days in a year, an N.R.I. In common parlance, Indian-born individuals who have become citizens of other countries are also included.» —“Some Reflections on Non-Resident Indians’ Proud Feelings Toward India: A Global Survey” by Prem Lal Joshi Worldpress.org Nov. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Shuba in Sammamish, Washington, grew up in India, where she heard speakers of Indian English refer to an eggplant as a brinjal. She assumed that this was a British English term, but later realized that in Britain, this vegetable is called an...
Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in today’s Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver’s family farm in Virginia, where they...