Setbacks of even a minor sort have an ability to bring us back on track. They make us review our choices. I encountered something similar after I moved to Toronto where a minor health problem of mine was magnified because...
We move to the US for higher education in search of better opportunities and so...
The actor Will Smith, while being interviewed on the TV show Inside the Actors Studio,...
Once a friend said, “Desi kids and dogs are both badly behaved!” when we mentioned...
Recently, I joined an online dating website and it has been a very interesting experience....
In India the concept of Guru is very deep-rooted, guru comes before God and is...
Being in Dubai for almost fourteen years, I can chart the growth of three of...
Being white is everyone’s dream, especially of people from South Asia, because from the time...
When we were kids, most of us had aspirations, some known and others; well a...
When I travel from India to the US to stay with my children and meet...
Something about geography influences the nature of friendships and one always tends to compare with...
Growing up an expat is a part of who I am. I believe the term...
A lot of effort has gone into making the word identity relevant, especially for a...
The year was 1999 and everyone was eagerly awaiting the Y2K bug to see if...
Having grown up in the age and environment of the ‘Amerikan Dream’, I always aspired...
An interesting discovery in Singapore (where I was based for most part of my stay...
I lived in six cities over the entire course of my school life. My father...
Being born into the Tam-Bram community (originating from South India) would mean that one is...
Writing this makes me nostalgic. It was the Christmas of 2008 when I first...
I moved to the US when I was 22, and have been here since. I...
The voices of my son’s friends running around in the compound, calling out my name...
This story will mainly feature my friends from back home. I will be using their...
I am known to have hipster tendencies. I follow a mostly vegan diet, I shop...
Most of us wish to belong—to belong to a place, to feel belonged, to have...
If you are an Indian reading this, then my history in India might come across...
As I stare out of the balcony on a snowy, wet morning in Toronto and...
The renowned psychologist, Erik Erikson, once said. “In the social jungle of human existence, there...
It was not until 2007, the year that I landed in the US, that I...
Nothing seems to bring out the worst in people like Politics does and Politics can....
Alcohol drinking patterns reveal a lot about the culture you are from. I would have...
Most Indians choose the US to establish themselves in the field of technology, but that...
Is India my home? No one else has to ask me this question, because I...
“Oh, you have a “maid” and a driver? What a luxurious life you have! What...
As a girl growing up in India – more specifically, small town South India –...
“Wow, your mom’s hair is such a cool color, how’d she do that!” a friend...
When I was in India my understanding of spirituality was limited to reading the Autobiography...
I came across some thoughts I had registered in the past when I first landed...
I made an amusing discovery about myself while talking to my girlfriend’s family over the...
