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 …
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 …
Trials And Tribulations Of Multiracial Kids Hair Care Hair Daze After our biracial (African-American and Indian-American) daughter was born, I presumed that taking care of her hair would be a breeze. No, it’s not the notion that because she is “mixed” that her hair would be easy to comb and style etc. One of the labor and …
Teaching A Multicultural Child About DiwaliTeaching A Multicultural Child About Diwali The Festive Roots Diwali Trunk I had reached out to a company by the name of Festive Roots after seeing that they provide Indian festival and holiday trunks for kids. Their trunks are intended to aid parents, teachers, and those interested in helping their children …
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!”, …
www.growingupgupta.com Naming A Multicultural Baby When my Indian husband and I were dating, as cheesy as it may sound and is, we came up with names for our children to be. After we got married and I became pregnant we restudied and further investigated the spelling and meaning of our beloved baby names. We wanted to ensure that the names …
Guest Post by Neena Abraham Edited by Nikita Gupta Find out more about Neena at BROWN GIRL MAGAZINE 10 Interesting Facts about South Asia’s African History Mainstream Indian culture rarely sheds light on African subcultures and history within South Asia. Africans have resided in India for centuries and have made enormous contributions to: politics, …
Tandoori Fried Chicken and Curry Garlic Potatoes We couldn’t believe our eyes when we came across this cooking video called Curry with Murray. This African-American and South-Asian couple provided us with their delectable fusion cooking video to share with our readers. This video was a pilot for a cooking show. Bloopers are included! As an …
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 …
Of Course All Lives Matter But The Black Community’s House Is Burning Down Hence #BLACKLIVESMATTER Race Still Matters I wasn’t going to post an article on this subject since it seems like it has flooded the internet. And I didn’t want to be someone copying what has already been put out there on #BlackLivesMatter. …
