often traditional customs and folklore aren’t written down, nevermind shared online, and the same goes for new traditions emerging today. we want to capture those here.
When our coffee table broke 6 years ago, I never rushed to replace it because if there are books on it (which I find to be half the reason to have a coffee table), my husband would not allow feet resting on
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Recently a friend told me about a pre-cooking ritual her mom performed, in order to ensure a positive state of mind, lest the negative emotions make their way into her food This was an entirely new concept and it grabbed me, and
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This Mother’s and Father’s day, bolstered by a podcast and an NY Times piece, we gained the confidence to break cultural norms and borrow from a tradition outside our respective/collective cultures in order to remember an unborn child, lost in pregnancy. In
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Celebrating Holi in NYC can be tricky. The weather here in March can basically be opposite that of India, which makes throwing colors a messier affair (what with all that winter gear to wash!). But the intrepid among us will find ways
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Somehow till now I’ve never had the occasion to comfort grieving friend or family member who happens to be Hindu. When it happened last week I was at a bit of a loss as to how to properly comfort that person, properly
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