The True American Anand GiridhardasThe true american tells the story of raisuddin bhuiyan, a bangladesh air force officer who dreams of immigrating to america and working in the it section. But days after 9 11, an avowed american terrorist' named mark stroman, seeking revenge, walks into the dallas minimart where bhuiyan has found temporary work and shoots him, maiming and nearly killing him. Ten years after the shooting, an islamic pilgrimage seeds in bhuiyan a strange idea: if he is