South Asian parents tend to agree that teenagers should not be dating—especially girls. Sure they’re allowed to have friends that are boys, but no ‘boyfriends’. But what do the teenagers think? We share snippets of their conversation, and let parents take a peak.
The world is a funny place. Interconnected, yet so segmented. Celebrates your culture, but then laughs at your accent. So it is here, in these concocted contradictions and ignorant idiosyncrasies that I am faced with the question of belonging.
Nipa Bhuptani talks to us about the social and cultural implications of a disorder that is only now beginning to be recognized in the South Asian community.
Chasing the kids every minute they are home to make sure schoolwork is completed—bribing them, threatening them, pampering them. Does this sound familiar?
We all like to mask ourselves, be it with a face-lift, a false smile, or a confidence layered on insecurity. Often when it comes to facing our children, we wear this mask most of all.
In recent years, the South Asian subcontinent has simultaneously seen notable achievements and drawbacks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. These opposing forces have developed at varying paces in South Asian ‘queer’ communities across the globe.
Answers to parents’ frequently asked questions about the nature of autism and its implications.
Sumreen Rais, mother of two autistic sons, shares with other parents the seven rules that help her overcome endless challenges.
Tips for picking the right college for your child, with your AND his/her input:
I could hear laughter through the door, but I was taken aback. What did I expect? That because the parents I was about to meet had two autistic sons, they would be sombre and serious? Yes, I did. And I admit to this judgmental presumption because I was so powerfully proven wrong.
A book written by a successful Indian-American journalist who, having lived in various cities around the world, was unlucky in love and decided to go back to India to find a husband.