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 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!”, …
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 …
This is an absolutely beautiful story/testament of enduring love that we had to share with our readers. Nima writes my husband and I recently got married but we have been together for 15 years. When we first got together there were no groups for us to access. It might sound silly but we use to feel …
Source: www.growingupgupta.com OUR WEDDING DAY JUMPING THE BROOM On August 15, 2008, after 4 years of dating/courting, and falling in love with each other we were married. It was a day that neither one of us will ever forget. WE DID IT! WE MADE IT! With 35 of our best friends and family members …
INTERRACIAL/INTERCULTURAL MARRIAGE: HOW TO FUSE CULTURES… KNOWING YOUR PLACE As an African-American woman married to an Indian man there have been more than a dozen times that I have felt like When. Will. I Ever. Get It Completely Right? When will I get it right so that I don’t feel like I have to or need to overly …
BUT I’M GLAD WE DIDN’T! “SHE DIED.” My eyes ran across the computer screen over a million times as I took in the words “she died”. My best friend, soul sister, prayer guru, and College side kick had passed away in her sleep. Her younger sister had written me back after I had sent …
I’m In An Interracial/Intercultural Relationship…What No One Talks About Watching Mother’s Day The Movie I recently watched Mother’s day the movie and noticed that Kate Hudson’s character Jesse is married to an Indian man but her parents are oblivious to her marriage and also her biracial child existing. Jesse has been secretly living this way for years and she had a …
Guest Post by Neena Abraham Edited by Nikita Gupta Find out more about Neena at BROWN GIRL MAGAZINE 5 Cool Facts About Black and South Asian History Black people and South Asians have crossed paths in history on several occasions. Thanks to the Civil Rights Movement, the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act allowed more Asians …
