HOW MY INDIAN HUSBAND BECAME A LIGHT SKINNED BLACK GUY On the verge of unraveling Sachin asked the gentleman, “What did you just say?” Sachin with hair Sachin without hair My husband, Sachin started losing his hair in his early twenties due to male pattern baldness. Confronted with the reality of having to wear a glorified comb over he …
Racially Colorblind Myth Why I Don’t Believe In Being Racially Colorblind “Wouldn’t it be great if we could all be celebrated instead of just tolerated!” “Do you think racism will ever cease to exist?”, my Humanities honors teacher pressed me after class. I was the only African-American in his class of approximately 30 students. “No!”, …
16 REASONS WHY PARENTS REALLY NEED OTHER PARENT FRIENDS My Husband and I have some amazing parent friends that we don’t get to see as often as we’d like to. However, when we do get the chance to see them it feels like we just saw them yesterday but it has in fact been months. …
20 Pro-Tips For Building A Relationship With Your Mother-In-Law How Do You Begin To Build A Relationship With Your Mother-In-Law Forging a relationship with your in-laws and in particular, your mother-in-law, the matriarch of the family, can be s-t-r-e-e-s-s-f-u-l. It may be met with even greater challenges if the relationship between you and your significant other was …
i WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT PLANNING AN INDIAN/INTERCULTURAL WEDDING Exactly one week ago, September 6th, 2008 was our Indian wedding ceremony aka “Big Fat Indian Wedding.” It has now been 8 years since that date; how time flies. August 15th, 2008 was our Christian ceremony in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. We had two separate …
THE MOST DELICIOUS GRILLED CURRY CHICKEN KEBABS These Grilled Curry Chicken Kebabs are super easy to make and full of delicious flavor. The chicken is moist and tender. An added bonus is that they are also healthy and low fat Kebabs. Yes, you can thank us later! ***This recipe was adapted from Vikas Khanna.com Serving size …
IS DAYCARE REALLY THE ANSWER? My Indian Mother-In-Law has been unwavering in her stance that our biracial (African-American and Indian-American) Daughter needs to go to daycare. Since the time she was around 6 months old she has almost daily asked us “is she in day care yet?” Her belief is that day care will teach our Daughter …
Interracial/Intercultural Love Story We Kept Our Marriage A Secret For A Couple Of Years My husband and I have been together for 12 years and married for 7 years. We had a rocky start as my somewhat traditional Indian family had a very hard time accepting our relationship. We kept our marriage a secret for a couple …
These chocolate chip brownies are so moist, fudgy, and decadent that you won’t even think you are eating a Paleo Brownie. These gluten free and clean eating brownies will not disappoint you–even our 2.5 year old daughter begs for more! And believe me we tried many Paleo Brownie and dessert recipes while my husband was on his pregnancy weigh …
