Indian Interracial Marriage

 Indian Interracial Marriage Part II of our  Podcast (missed Part 1) In this podcast we are sharing how we overcame interracial and/ or intercultural marriage hurdles.     Are you in an Indian interracial marriage? Or interracial/intercultural marriage? What has your experience been like? Share this article and feel free to comment below! Like our content? Subscribe! …

10 THINGS NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT GOING TO AN INDIAN TEMPLE

10 Things No One Tells You About Going To An Indian Temple Visiting An Indian Temple For The First Time With my initial jitters subsiding I walked thru the front doors of the Indian temple with my future In-Laws and fiancé.  Out of the blue, while visiting with my Parents in Chicagoland, Illinois for the first time, my future …

7 AMAZING MULTICULTURAL DIWALI GIFT IDEAS

This post is part of the annual Diwali for Kids blog hop from Multicultural Kid Blogs! See the posts below for great ideas on celebrating Diwali with children. You can find even more ideas from last year’s series and on our Diwali Pinterest board:   Maple and Marigold on Multicultural Kid Blogs: Celebrating Diwali in …

Taking the Step from Interreligious Dating to Marriage

Taking the Big Step from Interreligious Dating to Interreligious Marriage by Simerjeet Sahota – This post was originally published on our partner website Brown Girl Magazine  and has been republished with permission. Before our interreligious marriage, we were just two kids interreligiously dating, which was easier. We avoided any mention of religion, aside from a …

BALANCING CULTURE & FAITH

 BALANCING CULTURE & FAITH     The longer I’m married to my husband, who is Indian-American, the more I hear “so, how do you deal with culture and faith?”  Well in all candor not lightly because both are sensitive subject matters for people across the globe.    These are topics that my husband and I discussed continuously while we …

How My Indian Husband Became A Light Skinned Black Guy

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

 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!”, …