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Our Secret Marriage in a Temple
I remember so vividly sitting on the London underground on the first night I met my husband. I looked at him and thought ‘this is my husband’. Read more
Posted on 12 October 2016 EXPAT -
Q&A: Mother Doesn’t Support My Decision to Live in India
It has been my dream since childhood to live in India. I have lived my whole life in the USA and I visited India for the first time last year and confirmed my... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Easiest Or Happiest?
It was my 27th birthday yesterday, and what a year it’s been! I can safely say, the best year so far. Far from the easiest, but definitely the happiest. Read more
Posted on 08 October 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Baby’s First Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the largest, loudest and most colourful festivals India has to offer. Lord Ganesh comes to town in the form of beautiful lovingly... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Q&A: Should I Continue Our Relationship?
I am Australian and started a relationship with an Indian online. It seemed exactly the same experience you described, how we instantly felt like we had known... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Monsoon Rains
This monsoon hasn’t been as fierce as previous years, maybe I missed the best of it whilst I was in England. I’ve been waiting for electricity to shatter the sk... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
9 Colours to Wear This Navratri
Navratri, nine nights of the Goddess, starts in a couple of days. This is definitely my favourite festival, I’m looking forward to seeing the huge Goddess... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Q&A: My Father Will Disown Me If I Marry a Foreign Girl
I am an Indian guy living in the US. I have a German girlfriend whom I want to marry, living in Germany. My parents live in India. I’m a Hindu by birth, she’s... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
The Svayambhu Ganesh in Adasa
We arrived at Adasa as dusk was starting to settle and the sun was setting behind the clouds. I wanted to show my sister the huge orange Lord Ganesh, up high, o... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Meeting My Soulmate Online
It was a very cold December in 2012 when my life changed forever, I had just started to recover from a deep depression which had left me unhealthy, exhausted an... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Walking Up Glastonbury Tor 9 Months Pregnant
When I was a child, I was fascinated with Greek and Roman mythology. Then I moved to India, I found myself intrigued with Indian myths and legends, it kind of... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
I Can’t Write My Child’s Name
We are planning to have Rohan’s naming ceremony next month (better very late than never) and we have started to think about how we will do it. Read more
Posted on 19 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Gender Determination
It’s become a milestone that the majority of expectant parents look forward to, about five months into pregnancy, discovering whether they have a son or a... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
My Indian Pregnancy Diet
I had some major food aversions when I was pregnant. The smell of roasting cumin seeds or hot ghee pushed me into a gut churning nausea I had never experienced... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
Baby’s First Pola Festival
When I looked back on my blog post from Pola 2014, I remembered how tempted I was to buy one of the very cute wooden bulls on wheels (for children) being sold i... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
5 Tips for Flying While Pregnant
I was 29 weeks pregnant when I flew from India to the U.K., bump and I travelled with my mum a couple of days after my Dohale Jeevan. Read more
Posted on 03 September 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
How to Wear a Saree with a Baby Bump
There were times during my pregnancy when I felt gorgeous (not whilst I was vomiting at the beginning or waddling at the end). Read more
Posted on 23 August 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
My Sister Arrived from England!
In a couple of days I’ll get back to filling you guys in on what went on during the six months I unplugged from the internet. Right now I am over the moon, one... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
How I Practiced Garbha Sanskar
Ayurvedic scriptures state that Garbha Sanskar is essential for creating an intelligent, attractive and healthy baby. From my experience, Garbha Sanskar is a... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT -
My Marathi Baby Shower (Dohalaa Jeevan)
During the seventh month of pregnancy, there is a Marathi tradition equaliviant to a Western baby shower, Dohala Jeevan. This literally means, the pregnant... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2016 CULTURE, EXPAT