Archive for May, 2008
Help! My Intercultural Relationship is in Need…of a Karaoke Song.
A plea for help from guest contributer, NeoKalypso
R and I both love music, play instruments, and love to sing. Throw on the Rent soundtrack in our car and you’ve got a live show. For a while now, we have been looking for a specifc song to do as a karaoke duet. We’re […]
Categories, Generalizations, and Stereotypes: Talking About Cultural Differences
We talk about cultural differences a lot on this blog: “Indian parents tend to worry about X, Y, and Z when their children are getting married.” “My husband grew up in a culture where it wasn’t okay to do A, B, or C.” “Lego people of South Pacific descent enjoy conga lines and grass […]
More Calm, Less Storm
Here’s a short, positive guest post from contributor NeoKalypso of Doings & Undoings on family, loss, and understanding.
As most of the regular readers know, I’m relatively new to my intercultural relationship with my South Indian guy, R. Though we’ve known each other for longer, in August we will be celebrating an official year […]
Interracial Hate Crime in Elkhart, Indiana
I’ve finished up with dreadful exams just in time to hear about a dreadful incident in northwest Indiana. According to the AP report:
An interracial couple who awoke to find a burning cross in their front yard in Elkhart are praying for peace and asking for privacy.
Maggie Williams says the cross burning took her and her […]
Initial Family Resistance to your Intercultural Relationship
I’m hoisting up from the comments a request for advice from a reader, Travelergal, who’s run into a bit of a sticky situation with her Indian boyfriend’s family. Her boyfriend, R- just informed his family about her, and, well, the response was not as enthusiastic as one might hope. R- has emailed her about their […]
A Cougar in the Backyard: Dispatches from My First Indian Wedding
In this guest post, NeoKalypso of Doings & Undoings give us her thoughts on the first Indian wedding she attended.
Igniting the fear and fascination of city dwellers, a cougar recently turned up roaming around my highly metropolitan area. The cat was a fairly big dude, about 5 feet in length 150lbs, and eventually […]
Michael Jackson + Bhangra = Awesome
I’m sorry I haven’t been posting much lately, but I’m in the middle of finals - things will be calmer in a week or so, and I’ll get back to my regular posting schedule. In the meantime, here’s an amazing video from Britain’s Got Talent. Be sure to watch it all the way through!
Tomorrow there’ll […]
