India lifts their ban on equal love
When I was a young girl, my late grandfather would take me through stories of India. Sometimes they would be the typical stories children of Indian families heard … ancient tales
raksha bandhan: a mixed family perspective
It’s finally Raksha Bandhan and after all that love we received from our first ever package offering, we are eating up all the sweet pics that are coming our way of brothers
what it means to be a first generation Indian American
I try not to label myself or allow identities to define me. But I am what I am. Mother, daughter, writer, public health professional… First generation Indian American. There
why girlfriends are the best
A few weeks after I had my first baby, I looked at my new Medela breast pump and cried. I had read every line of the instruction book, but…I was lost. How was that bov
bhai…you are my rakh star
We don’t talk often. My brother is what many of us late 30-something year olds call a millennial. We are a decade apart, which sometimes feels like a world apart. He doesn’t ev
why is a rakhi only for boys? modernizing an indian tradition
I grew up with questions about my parents’ cultural beliefs. As a child of liberal parents when I was at our community’s festive dinner parties, I often asked, “Why
are you losing sleep over the kids being taken from their mothers?
Dear God, I generally never write anything religious. I wouldn’t call myself religious anyway and prefer titles like spiritual if I was to say anything. For anyone reading th
the modern south asian father
Just one generation ago, many South Asian fathers were not accustomed to burping their infants or warming up pumped breast milk. Ok, I know I’m generalizing…(while my mom s
today, I choose to be love
You know, today I choose to be love. Not that I’m not on other days…but let me explain. The Southwest fight that just went down had many scared passengers on it, o
mom, you are love.
Dear Mom, I’ve been wanting to write this letter for so many moons now. That perfect sunny Southern California afternoon. It replays in my mind randomly, regularly. Jai had just