these days people rarely fit neatly into exact cultural boxes.
A few days ago, an old friend reached out to me, asking for help with a meal blessing he was asked to give at a lesbian wedding this weekend. He said he looked at all sorts of Irish blessings, and none seemed
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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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(“I love you, Daddy!” in Telugu) While I was certainly happy with the Telugu twist we were able to add to father’s day last year, I was jumping out of my skin for this year’s idea! We finally gave it to nana
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Ready for father’s day? For the second year in a row (2 for 2!), I’m very excited about the Telugu twist I’ve been able to add to our Father’s Day (ahem, Nana’s Day) gift. Though I can’t spill the beans on it this
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It was sobering to realize we’d missed the timeframe for a developmental language milestone, before we even realized what we were up against. There we were in India last fall, when we learned that our daughter’s brain may already have programmed itself
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A few weeks ago we realized that we won’t be able to get our daughter’s hair cut until her 3rd year, more than 6 months away. I guess I should have known better, and should have asked more questions about the traditional
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I suppose it happens more often than not when parents of two different races have a child: the child ends up looking more like one parent than the other. In our case, I got the short end of the stick: I’m very
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Hubby came through with a great idea for the theme for peanut’s first birthday next month: afternoon tea! I think it’s particularly fitting for us as you’ll see below, and will also be a fun way to blend cultures which everyone now
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Tonight peanut and I attended the artist talk for Darshan at the School of the Visual Arts in Manhattan. Having backed the project on Kickstarter, we were
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So we’ve been tying a black string onto our daughter’s leg because the gold/black bangles she’s been wearing (first on her ankles because they were too big) keep breaking. Apparently the thread serves the same purpose, but I’ve had a hard time
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