I had recently landed a respectable corporate IT career. My life then at age 30 was right on target toward material success. Yet inwardly I had long felt that my life was rudderless and lacking greater purpose. Despite having means, there was no end. Without a properly defined destination, my…

The third and final episode in a series of Indian interfaith interviews This is a transcribed interview with Mr. Rajkumar Singh, from a Hindu family, and his wife Mrs. Nikki, from a Christian household. Q: How did the two of you meet? Rajkumar: In college. We were in the same…

The second episode in a series of three inter-faith interviews I remember crying so much at that moment and how everyone came and instinctively scolded my mother in law, having assumed the worst. Anju The story of Mr. Rakesh and his wife, Mrs. Anju. Mr. Rakesh is Christian and Mrs. Anju is Hindu. …

Little did anybody expect that an event like coronavirus could suddenly become a disruption to the education of children worldwide. Many of our children are left in limbo as to what comes next for completing their curriculum this year. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel…

As a westerner who married into an Indian family, I have lived through the full arranged marriage experience. What stands out to me is that the institution of marriage in India is the cultural keystone that bridges across Indian families. …

This episode features the interfaith interview of Sanjay and Fatima — Introduction For over twenty years I have enjoyed the great privilege of one brought into the inner-circle of cultural life in India. I love the people, the cultures and traditions of India as they live now inseparably close to my heart. They are without a doubt my other half. …

It started when I met and married an Indian woman living in rural India — I was asked, “What are the pros and cons of your interracial relationship?” That was on Quora yesterday, the place where I began writing about my unconventional marriage in earnest a little more than a year ago. My wife and I were born and raised on opposite sides of the globe with all the extreme contrasts in our respective upbringing. …

Diversity Whatever your overall impressions of India, they are based on an extremely narrow view of the vast diversity that actually exists. The image above represents both common as well as lesser known cultures in India that are far outside the mainstream portrayal of India. …