Awakening from the beauty myth
Beauty doesn’t need to be objective, nor should it be: we should all just find what we find beautiful without seeking consensus … Continue readingAwakening from the beauty myth
Category: Dating & Relationships
The drama and damages from Indian cultural attitudes to dating: an introduction
The western and Indian model are in conflict, plain and simple, and the conflict causes pain to both parents and children. The costs of the lack of understanding of dating as a part of a normal adult life are numerous and not trivial. … Continue readingThe drama and damages from Indian cultural attitudes to dating: an introduction
How to survive being single in a brown family
With this new renewal and clarity around one of my core values of human equality and the value of just being a human, I felt free. I felt free to take as much time as I needed and to be as selective as I wanted to be. At 29, looking out at my 30s, I was a single brown woman, but I was unafraid and unencumbered. … Continue readingHow to survive being single in a brown family
Indian Matchmaking: an entertaining reminder of why I’m so anti-Auntie
The Indian auntie thinks you’re the kid and she’s the wise one, but may be she needs to grow up? … Continue readingIndian Matchmaking: an entertaining reminder of why I’m so anti-Auntie
Dissecting the Dating prohibition in Indian culture
If Indian parents don’t want you to date, there’s usually six main reasons why… … Continue readingDissecting the Dating prohibition in Indian culture
Dating at business school: myths and realities
People in the outside world glamorize what it is like to be a 20-something in business school. They think it must be like ‘Sex and The City’: endless romantic options, a magic carpet-ride, but romantic options are far scarcer than anyone likes to admit. We glam up and go on nights out with jokes and aspirations of ‘getting lucky’. At the end of the night, we’re mostly in the same Uber heading back together. … Continue readingDating at business school: myths and realities