‘Living The American Dream’ has been rooted in the hearts of every ambitious, middle class Indian kid who had seen around the perks of having a job ‘abroad’ (parallel word for USA for most of them). But the time which gave rise to this fascination was somewhat different in the beginning. It was an era when scholar kids with strong financial background used to go abroad for higher education because of less education opportunities in our own country. Here is a story from that time which encapsulates a year in the life of a scholar kid, Gopal, from a small town in India who goes to America for higher studies. Barely able to speak English but carrying high appetite of knowledge, Gopal reaches the American university & struggles to understand the American culture. Fortunately (or unfortunately), he meets this friend-classmate-helper weirdo, Randy, who introduces him to an intriguing new world of American way of life. Gopal then meets various kinds of people there – Ananda,