amitava hard party days entering conversation presidential election bengali friends frenzied crazed prospect barack obama elected president incredulous fact living planet comings jesus christ gautama budhha lord krishna combined throw elvis presley sprinkle karl marx mixture barack obama thing january process make millionaires talk world peace dinner iran qaeda taliban buddies live happily peace touch weeks reverting full glory crooks wall street gallows animated discussions weekend party noticed absence person teary-eyed mention coming messiah wife inquired told feeling real reason knew underlying reason feeling daughter doctor texas signaled intention engaged fianc doctor days baylor medical school man's parents medical practitioners texas brother lawyer harvard fabulous problem parents child small problem good feet tall african american black words parents embarrassed face friends party understanding empathetic mother parents family stigmatized feel ladies sniffed prospect looked argued black culture answer couple daughter married caucasian white alright notch lower academic economic ladder culture quite couple happy daughter's choice white son-in-law show relatives calcutta quite point difference agreed intuitively barack obama son-in-law asked imagine obama reached threshold sainthood coming home real privilege honor son-in-law unanimous sentiment dark skinned party pointed obama shade lighter half people room friends flabbergasted argument body point black we're ready accept black person family simple body obvious point couple caucasian son-in-law exasperation point anoint person president daughter's husband 