CELEBRITIES IN AFRICA WE ARE HEADED TO SOUTH AFRICA! Who knew that the Gupta surname (no, not Sanjay Gupta) carried so much weight in Africa? After my husband had told me that we were heading to South Africa (Cape Town and Johannesburg), I couldn’t help but to lose all composer and start doing a “Momma, …
I am going to preface this post by saying that we enjoyed Texas. Half my family on my mom’s side of the family resides in Texas and they have done so for over a decade. Nonetheless during our time in the state we discovered some “unspoken truths” that really open your eyes to how cultural differences are not only …
BLACK IN INDIA November 2015 was my first visit to India. After 7 years of marriage, my 2 year old daughter and I were finally going to be meeting our extended family. We had ventured on this initial trip with my husband’s parents as our security detail, entourage, and everything in between. We are looking forward …
The Art Of Interracial Marriage Thoughts Before Marriage In my early 20’s I would not have prescribed to marriage as being an art. Perhaps just two people being hopelessly in love and wanting to devote the rest of their lives to each other. Understanding that the beauty of true friendship will outweigh the frills that come …
INTERRACIAL/INTERCULTURAL DATING LESSONS LEARNED… HER TAKE My husband is my BFF, other whole, and King, etc. However dating and being married to him has presented a myriad of “interesting” familial experiences. These are familial experiences that are rarely if ever seen on US sitcoms that love to bring humor to family situations. Nonetheless these are realities that many of …
OVERCOMING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Dating and being married to a woman of another culture of course presented interesting familial experiences. These are familial experiences that many Indian men that are married to Indian women don’t get to experience. They have provided a richness to my life that I didn’t even consider when entering into a relationship with a woman of a …
For some of us, dancing is not a skill we have mastered. I personally consider myself to be a fairly good dancer. Conversely, when it came time to put my dancing skills to use at my first Indian party I had no idea what to expect or what I was doing. I had never danced …
Interracial Dating Secrets Revealed Finding Humor In Calamity… To say that my husband, Sachin and I did not go through a rather tumultuous dating relationship would be an understatement. We secretly dated (courted) each other for 4 years before becoming engaged. For us looking left and then right constantly was a way of life. We …
A CRASH COURSE IN HINDI After about a year of dating/being courted by my husband he asked me to learn Hindi. He stated that he wanted me to be able to speak the language. It was important to him because although, his parents spoke English their native tongue was Hindi. He further expressed that it would be a great …
A Non-Indian Woman’s Guide to Indian Clothing Terror crept upon me as my boyfriend (now husband ) echoed, “I’m going to introduce you to my parents in two weeks.” I swiftly blurted out what in the world am I going to wear? He gestured “we’ll have to get you some Indian Clothing to wear.” I thought to myself, …
