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...
Image courtesy: World Bank I have come across several South Asians while traveling and also...
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...
The first time I ever took a flight was when I left India to come...
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...
We desis have a culture of eating freshly cooked food, perhaps other cultures too have...
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...
“Being a man” is quite a universal notion that emphasizes on certain ‘masculine’ traits. Here...
Life expectancy has increased significantly in this century. Forty is the new 20, and mid-life...
Something about geography influences the nature of friendships and one always tends to compare with...
It’s not uncommon to see cattle being hoarded in trucks to take them to different...
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...
India’s philosophy is very beautiful if we dig deep. We have all the religions in...
An interesting discovery in Singapore (where I was based for most part of my stay...
Something stirred in me when I saw this image posted on Facebook. The sculpture is...
I lived in six cities over the entire course of my school life. My father...
There are more than 14 million Indian-born migrants settled around theworld. Of those, approximately 2.8...
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...
Saying goodbye is always unpleasant. The mind and body entangle themselves in an incredulous manner....
This story will mainly feature my friends from back home. I will be using their...
Every little girl who grew up watching Bollywood movies almost expects that one day, when...
We moved to US when my older one was three. I had some schooling experience...
When can someone say, “You don’t belong here”? In fact can someone say that to...
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...
And the day has finally arrived. The one where I pen down and share how...
It has been two years since I moved to San Jose, the place I had...
It was not until 2007, the year that I landed in the US, that I...
Indian ragas are quite complicated and require years of training before ears can decipher the...
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...
My french course in Paris consisted of a group of foreigners from different parts of...
As promised, this week I give you the second and as of now, final installation...
I have struggled with who I am, for as long as I have known. In...
Is India my home? No one else has to ask me this question, because I...
I moved to the USA from India after getting married in 2009. I thought life...
“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 –...
I don’t see how I would have become an entrepreneur if I had never been...
“I will not be the person who only hangs out with other Indians”, I said...
“Wow, your mom’s hair is such a cool color, how’d she do that!” a friend...
Every time I have to travel for an extended period, or move apartments, as I...
Day 1: Skyped with Grand Kids 1 & 2. The brats are growing up real...
Chok, AB and I were placing our order at Taco Bell. Our systems were whacked...
Fiddling with his mobile, X impatiently waited for the elevator to reach his floor. Finally...
“What are you two going to do there? Neither of you smoke nor drink, let...
Welcome to the Red Dot -A melting pot of cultures, a lush green garden city,...
Being an Indian and a student, although in France, I feel it pertinent to write...
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...
Every year, a time comes when I have to decide whether to make that trip...
It was September of 1996. I had been at Michigan State University (MSU) for about...
Familiar food makes us feel at home. So I feel that getting acquainted with new...
Family – we are born into it. It gives us a sense of belonging and...
