About gradus desicus

I guess some explanation is needed on the term gradus desicus*.

This is a species of the family of homosapien desicus (named by Ramesh Mahadevan). This species is the Indian graduate student in US.

Usually the gradus is summed up as one of the following and then dismissied without further exploration.

1) Lucky creature enjoying life in US - by other species of the homosapien desicus family
2) A poor creature working hard in US while missing and being missed by people in India - by self and similar gradus desicus creatures
3) Clever predator who speaks in some strange lingo even when other species are present - by homosapien nondesicus

But the gradus desicus is quite the complex organism and merits a complete investigation into its life - which is the reason for this site. Events and thoughts in this gradus' life will be posted here.

*Desicus - comes from the hindi (Indian Language) word Desi meaning of same country. So Indians - especially students - refer to other Indians as desi. This is considered hillarious by some desicus because - well if this needs to be explained - forget it - you wont get it