Community & Culture
Temples, Gurdwaras and Mosques as Social Infrastructure
Places of worship in the diaspora do a great deal that is not religious. For many arrivals they are the fastest route into a…
Community & Culture
Food, festivals, homesickness and finding your people in a new city.
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Community & Culture
Weddings, Funerals and the Events You Cannot Attend
The hardest part of living far away is not daily absence. It is the specific occasions where your presence mattered and you were…
Community & Culture
Explaining India to Americans Without Becoming a Spokesperson
You will be asked to represent a billion people by colleagues who mean well. The requests are constant, mostly harmless and…
Community & Culture
American Humour, Sarcasm and the Jokes That Land Differently
Humour is where fluency runs out. Following the language perfectly and still missing the joke is one of the more isolating…
Community & Culture
The Second-Generation Gap That Opens Inside Your Own Home
Children raised here acquire American defaults about independence, privacy and authority. The resulting distance is normal…
Community & Culture
Sport, Small Talk and the Cultural Grammar You Have to Learn
American sport is a shared language used constantly in workplaces and neighbourhoods. Not speaking any of it excludes you from a…
Community & Culture
Marriage, Dating and Two Sets of Family Expectations
Relationships formed here are negotiated between American norms and family assumptions eight thousand miles away. Both are real and…
Community & Culture
Where the Indian Diaspora Clusters, and What That Does to Your Choice of City
Community density affects groceries, festivals, schools, friendships and how visible you feel walking down a street. It is a real…