One night, the thread was "The worst thing about being Tamil abroad."
A collective gasp. Google? It felt sterile. Corporate. It had no soul. But they had no choice. Thalolam Yahoo Group
"Thalolam" — a Tamil word meaning anguish or restlessness . It was the perfect name for a group of twenty-something diasporic Tamils scattered across the globe. They had never met. They probably never would. But every night, they poured their loneliness into badly formatted emails. One night, the thread was "The worst thing