Most South Asian parents believe their child is not sexually active. (“Our daughter is much smarter than other girls her age.”) Like it or not, the chances that your child has had a taste of the forbidden paan is a fairly safe conclusion (one can only hope that they, too, were safe).
Jaspreet is an 18-year-old high school senior in New York City. There is a side to Jaspreet her parents don’t know about. And if they did, they might not ever speak to her again.
A Bible parable about a rich man, a fool, and the grains that got the best of him.
It’s never easy to fill a box. Whether it’s a text box in a blog post or a lunchbox
“Your parents should know how to behave.” There we are, at one of the most romantic locations in India, having our first marital discord. In an Indian love marriage, by the time everyone gets on board, one wonders if there is any love left.
“In an Indian culture there is more closeness, involvement and warmth.” South Asian Parent talks to Sheila Natesan about her son’s cross-cultural marriage to an American.
The first we heard of a potentially serious relationship between our daughter, Indian by origin and broadly Hindu in religious inclination, and her friend, of Pakistani origin and Muslim by religion of birth, was through her email.
We can clink glasses to cross-caste marriages, smile politely at cross-cultural couples…But if ‘conversion’ comes up, we fall nothing short of an obvious eye-widen and a suppressed gasp. “Did she really convert for him?”
Mita married Nick eleven years ago—an Indian girl living in England found a life partner in a sensible, charming British man. They crossed cultural boundaries at a time when it wasn’t commonplace.
It’s not a big deal if a banker hates his job. Or if a doctor complains about working long
“Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth
I was nervous to tell my dad I was dating Chris. I didn’t want to in the first place, but Chris was starting to get offended. I can’t remember how I brought it up on the phone, but I do remember how my dad responded.