Archive for March, 2008
Intercultural Families in the New York Times
In case you didn’t catch it, there was a news article today in the New York Times on interracial people, entitled Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race. Since many intercultural marriages end up producing little beings which grow up to have some of the issues discussed in the article, I thought it might […]
Homecooked Indian Doesn’t Happen Much Here
A reader, Veronica, sent in the following question a couple of days ago:
My boyfriend is from Gondia and I wanted to learn to cook some food from that area of India. What kind of Indian food do you cook for your husband?
Heh, well, I guess it’s confession time here on Gori Girl: I can’t […]
I’m a Rock Star in India!
See how excited the schoolchildren are to see me?
Please excuse the blurriness of the above video - Aditya was filming me on the sly, pretending to take pictures of the massive Hindu temple we were visiting. He kept telling me to wave at the children, but at the time I was worried about their little […]
India’s Delicious Products - Or, Why Can’t We Get That Here?
Possibly the best thing about being in an intercultural relationship, at least for the curious mind, is the in-depth, nitty-gritty exposure you get to a different group’s culture. Be prepared for the flood of new customs, food, clothes, vocabulary, entertainment and so forth that’ll be coming your way. The only thing I can compare it […]
ICR Review: Love’s revolution
Every so often you’ll be seeing an in-depth review from Gori Girl about an intercultural relationship resource that might be useful to you. Shorter reviews can be found on the comprehensive list of resources on the page “Intercultural Relationship Resources.”
We’re starting off the ICR resource reviews with Love’s revolution: interracial marriage - not because I […]
What Counts as an Intercultural Relationship?
Boy, I love me some good, high fiber intercultural friendship! Aditya informs me it’s particularly tasty with warmed whole milk. His insistence that cold cereal is best eaten with whole milk that is not in its natural state of refrigerated coldness (oh, the horrors***) is one of many indicators that we might just be in […]
My Dainty Swastikas
Someone gave me a pair of swastikas as a wedding gift.
They were quite beautiful: delicate, pure gold swastika earrings, with subtle etchings along the front and edges. I wish I had taken a picture of them – and of my husband’s face when he opened the gift. I still don’t know who the giver […]
Indian Survial Guide: How to Eat Indian Food (Part I)
During their travels in India, my uncle and mom really enjoyed eating with their hands, as you can see from the photo above. This is the traditional way of eating in India… but not all Indians are perfectly traditional. If you look closely at my husband, Aditya, pictured on the right, you’ll notice he […]
Christmas Wedding Gifts
Indians rock at the wedding gift-giving thing. In fact, I think the Indian version of giving wedding presents is far superior to the typical American way. This belief of mine is based on the one Indian wedding I’ve attended – my own – so it’s not exactly statistically sound. But I think my experience is […]
