Tag Archives: Indian Americans
“Wedding-Planning Tips” (for Indian Brides) by Kavita Ramdya
Click here to read ”Wedding Tips”, an article containing the top five tips I gathered from interviewing twenty couples in researching my book “Bollywood Weddings: Dating, Engagement and Marriage in Hindu America”. Needless to say, I’ve inadvertently built an expertise in Indian-Hindu wedding planning. With … Continue reading
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Review of Nina Paley’s “Sita Sings the Blues” by Kavita Ramdya
Click here to read Kavita Ramdya’s review of Nina Paley’s animated film “Sita Sings the Blues”. A few days ago I interviewed cartoonist Nina Paley for a review I wrote of her animated film “Sita Sings the Blues”. The movie … Continue reading
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The end of racial profiling?
Click here to read my letter in “India Abroad” in reaction to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s detainment at Newark Airport. This afternoon I spoke with an Indian-American friend of mine who was recently detained in London Heathrow Airport on … Continue reading
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Welcome to Bollywood Weddings
“Bollywood Weddings: Dating, Engagement and Marriage in Hindu America” answers the age-old question “Why do we marry the people we choose to marry?” What attracts people to one another based on their ethnicity, religion, linguistic, cultural, vocational, educational, and financial … Continue reading
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