Since childhood, I starkly recall the tears and goodbyes each time my father left to defend the borders of our country. Sure we missed him, but other than that, what it really entailed– including bringing up the children or managing a home alone– those repercussions never really impacted us much. So, even though the concept […]
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Published 19th Dec, 2022 | Last Updated 14th Dec, 2023I come from a service family with a set of liberal and forward-thinking parents, who, however, always upheld the norms of society. They inculcated in us three siblings the importance and necessity of a good education over the fluctuating value of money. I repeatedly heard my parents say, “Education is the best investment we’ve given […]
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Published 21st Nov, 2022 | Last Updated 14th Dec, 2023I am the daughter of two immigrant parents who are, by all accounts, are a product of a successful arranged marriage, which will turn 50 in December. I was born in a small southern town in the US. My folks were among the first Indian families to grace the Blue Ridge Mountains. And for as […]
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Published 27th Oct, 2022 | Last Updated 14th Dec, 2023My daughter is graduating high school this Saturday and I’m wondering what to wear to the ceremony her school has luckily organized for the class of 2020. I should be thinking about what to say to her, words of wisdom she can carry to university and beyond, but it’s so much easier to pick a […]
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Published 23rd Sep, 2022 | Last Updated 14th Dec, 2023Cycling down the scenic Toronto Islands, the skyline emerges even clearer, as do the host of couples driving past me. I wonder if my ‘happily ever after’ too, would squeeze into prickly bicycling gear on an odd August morning for a weekend escape. All these years, my gaze was like the scattered light of a […]
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Published 20th Sep, 2022 | Last Updated 15th Dec, 2023My first ideas on marriage were borrowed from a partnership that lasted fifty-two years. It sounds like a lifetime. It very much is. I witnessed the old-world charm of love, longing, and loss all bundled in a lifespan and, more importantly, in my formative years. As a young Christian couple back in the sixties, my […]
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Published 17th Apr, 2021 | Last Updated 15th Dec, 2023Do you really want to understand the nitty-gritty of living with your partner before you marry them? I’m not sure! Do you worry that it could result in all the things that can take romance out of the relationship? Hmm, that’s a worry! Is your relationship healthier if your partner has been brought up with […]
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Published 15th Apr, 2021 | Last Updated 15th Dec, 2023As we travel and make new homes in unknown lands, we grow to appreciate new cultures but also use a focal but distant lens to observe homes of the past. I notice this in myself when I speak with family in India and know that I am not alone. In full disclosure I must admit […]
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Published 14th Apr, 2021 | Last Updated 15th Dec, 2023I was about 5 years old, hopping and skipping along to catch up with my grandfather as we went for our Sunday walk, just him and me, talking, me asking him a 1000 questions and him sharing life lessons with me, disguised in funny, interesting stories. He was a very gentle soul, with twinkling eyes […]
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Published 14th Apr, 2021 | Last Updated 15th Dec, 2023The years have flown by and I often find myself wondering if it has really been 12 years since I got married and then I see some grey hair and I am reminded that indeed it has! So much has changed over the years, I have lived in more countries than I could have ever […]