A Mixed Pair
It was really early in the morning, you see, when the dogs informed us that they needed to go out. My turn to let them out, unfortunately, but afterwards the three of us agreed the hike back upstairs was too long, so we settled on the couch for a nap until the sun was properly [...]
Any Chicagoites Interested in Some Press?
I know we have some ladies (and perhaps gentlemen) here who call the Windy City home. Well, if any of you are interested, I’ve recently been contacted by a Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye reporter, Alexia, about an article she’s preparing to write on “meeting the parents.” Alexia would like to include an intercultural couple in [...]
Intercultural Relationship Resources Update
I realize there hasn’t been a post in a little while - blame a new job, new dog, and on-going kitchen remodel (finishes tomorrow!!). However, in my random free moments I’ve been updating the Intercultural Relationship Resources page with a backlog of articles I’ve collected, as well as some excerpts and a rating system. I [...]
Indian Parental Problems: When Your Intercultural or Interracial Relationship Is Suddenly an Issue
A new reader to the blog, jbf, recently posted her personal story as a detailed comment in the post Initial Family Resistance to your Intercultural Relationship. Jbf’s problem, however, is a bit different from the one highlighted in that post, so, with her permission, I’m hoisting her comment up into a post of its own, [...]
Confluence on the Roads: Thoughts about American, Indian, and German Traffic
Yesterday Aditya and I made the trek to the holy queen of all box stores, IKEA. It was the first day of the Preview Summer Sale, so of course we were there, battle plan mapped out, lists made, room measurements at hand, and stomaches ready for meatballs. The plan was that I would arrive mid-afternoon [...]
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 [...]
Who is Affected by your Intercultural Relationship?
Many people subscribe to the idea that your personal life is nobody’s business but your own - as long as you aren’t maiming others, anyways. While I generally agree with the sentiment this idea expresses, I also think it’s important to realize that, like it or not, your actions affect a wide swath of people. [...]
Indian Wedding Story: Part One
I’ve mentioned previously that Aditya and I recently had our Hindu wedding ceremony in India, and I’ve been meaning to write a post or two (or a hundred) about my experiences in India. And then a reader mentioned that she liked the pictures of the wedding that are sprinkled around the GoriGirl site, and would [...]
10 Reasons You Should Learn Your Partner’s Native Language
A reader in the comments asked for me to discuss how I’ve dealt with language issues in my intercultural marriage. From my side of things there haven’t been many issues, since Aditya speaks English very well. This has allowed me to be really lax (read: lazy) about learning his native language, Bengali, which I absolutely [...]
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 [...]
