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January 2014

January 29, 2014

Project 333 Update

It's been three months since I pared my closet down to 33 items and put...

January 22, 2014

Super Simple Daily Puja

Confession: I don't always manage a daily puja. I really want to. That's a priority...

January 20, 2014

What To Wear to a Hindu Temple

Whenever I talk about clothes, someone always mentions that Indian clothes are not the same...

January 15, 2014

Heaven Is For Real

Heaven Is For Real is the title of a book that was written based on...

January 08, 2014

Non-Desi Hindu: What I Look Like to Others

Our friend Andrea noticed an interesting thread on Reddit a while back and pointed it...

January 01, 2014

I Am Not a Statistic

I'm just me. A single human being trying to make sense of the world that...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Christmas in the Carolinas

Brad and I spent last week in North Carolina with my family. There were more...

December 25, 2013

Christmas This Year

As I said before, some years I feel very irritated by Christmas and I'm in...

December 18, 2013

Visibility, Passing, and Bindis

It's always fascinating to me how many concerns and issues are the same across different...

December 16, 2013

Confession: I’m Fascinated By Hijabs

Personally I don't feel that me dressing like a Hindu, behaving like a Hindu, and...

December 11, 2013

This 3 Second Trick Will Bring You More Peace Instantly

Do you like my upworthy-style title? I'm not great at writing enticing titles, but those...

December 03, 2013

My Home Puja Altar

I realized that it's about time to update you on my home puja space. The...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

How To Use Japa Mala Beads

Japa Mala beads are the Hindu rosary. I say that so those not familiar with...

November 19, 2013

How to Have a Hindu Baby Shower

I still have babies on the brain as we continue to try to get pregnant....

November 18, 2013

Flower Rangoli Mold: Make Your Own

You know those amazing flower arrangements that you see around Diwali? Like these ones... 25...

November 13, 2013

How To Make a Puja Room

Perhaps you are lucky enough to have a whole room of your house to devote...

November 06, 2013

Dressing Deities: a form of worship

In doing some research on new products to develop for my Etsy store, I came...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Project 333

As I've mentioned before, I love reading "frugal" lifestyle blogs and I'm all about trying...

October 16, 2013

OAMC: Once a Month Cooking for the Hindu

Once-a-month-cooking is a trend among the frugal and stay-at-home mom blogs I love to read....

October 09, 2013

What’s In A Baby Hope Chest?

I didn't have a hope chest for my wedding. Honestly, it's not really a tradition...

October 02, 2013

Baby Making: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know

I've been learning quite a lot about how babies are made over the last several...

October 01, 2013

Our Wedding Hits the Big Time

I have been reading A Practical Wedding for five years. Yes, that is longer than...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Your First Visit to a Hindu Temple

The first time you visit a Hindu temple can be overwhelming or intimidating. Let me...

September 18, 2013

The Truth About Married Life: One Month In

Before I got married I heard three different things: 1) Some people said that everything...

September 04, 2013

Safety in India

Today I want to talk about this article I saw on Twitter over the weekend:...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

How To Make Your Own Sindoor (kumkum, vermillion)

Now that I'm a married lady, I've been putting sindoor in the part of my...

August 23, 2013

Hindu/Scottish: Ambaa’s Epic Wedding Post

My wedding weekend kicked off on Thursday August 15th with a dinner with my parents,...

August 21, 2013

How to Raise Hindu Children

I will be posting about my wedding soon. It all went great! I want to...

August 14, 2013

Flowers for A Hindu Wedding

For my wedding I'm not looking for the usual. I don't want bouquets or boutonnieres....

August 07, 2013

How to Dance At My Wedding

I've put together my own playlist on my iPod for the wedding. Now, most of...