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July 2013

July 31, 2013

T Minus 18 days

We are only two and half weeks from my wedding now! Where does the time...

July 24, 2013

Wedding Dupatta: Take Two

Several weeks ago I tried to start experimenting with potential ways to wear the dupatta...

July 17, 2013

Wedding Still To Do

I can understand now why wedding TV shows film the last week or two before...

July 10, 2013

Weddings and What Comes After

Sometimes I feel like I'm rushing through life stages. Things got a little crunched because...

July 03, 2013

Honoring Family Traditions

This one falls into the category of what it's like to practice a religion that...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Hindu Readings for the Wedding Ceremony

I don't want our wedding ceremony to be too long, particularly since it's outdoors in...

June 19, 2013

How Meditation Helps Us Deal With Stress Later

When you're in the midst of all the stress of your life, will having sat...

June 12, 2013

Three Lessons to Learn from Bridezillas

I may have mentioned before that my taste in TV is...well, let's just say that...

June 05, 2013

To Baraat or Not To Baraat

The baraat is the procession of the groom and his family to the wedding. Often...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Bangles for Tiny Wrists

There is a tradition in some Hindu cultures to wear the "chura" bangles from the...

May 22, 2013

Lessons Learned From My Parents’ Marriage

I've been reading with interest a bit of a debate going on around Huffington Post...

May 15, 2013

The Truth About Wedding Planning

Actually, the truth is, the experience is different for everyone. We all have different ideas...

May 08, 2013

Wedding Jewelry!

It's strange for me to be so excited about the jewelry. I almost never wear...

May 01, 2013

Honoring Lost Loved Ones During Your Wedding

Many of you know that I lost my best friend to a car accident three...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Wedding Dupatta

Our friend Andrea gave me a link to a post of different draping styles for...

April 17, 2013

My Birthday

Today is my 31st birthday. So far life has taken me on quite a journey...

April 10, 2013

Your Choice: Christian or Jewish

I love that we've picked an all in one caterer/venue/planner for our wedding. It makes...

April 03, 2013

The Wedding Dress

The dress may just be the best part of the wedding. Okay, that and the...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Wedding Hair

Strangely enough, one of the biggest questions for me about my wedding is how I...

March 20, 2013

Wedding: Budgeting

As previously stated, I'm pretty cheap. People being nice might call it frugal. I'm very...

March 13, 2013

Wedding Cake!

I'm surprisingly excited about having a wedding cake. It has never been in my plan...

March 06, 2013

Wedding: Blending Ceremony Elements

On a lot of the wedding sites I like to read I hear complaints that...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Wedding: Choosing a Date

You know what? It can be surprisingly difficult to solidify a date for your wedding....

February 20, 2013

Wedding Inspiration

Time to get started on wedding planning for my interfaith/intercultural Hindu and Scottish wedding! It's...

February 13, 2013

Learning Hindi

I have always wanted to be bilingual, to experience the world through more than one...

February 06, 2013

Who is Ambaa?

I've spoken about this before, but for the new people: My namesake is a very...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

The Branches of Hinduism

As we've said here before, Hinduism as a word covers a huge number of behaviors...

January 23, 2013

Did I Start as a Christian?

Sometimes in life we see things really simplified. But rarely are things actually that simple....

January 16, 2013

Where Does a White Hindu Start?

The big question for a lot of native Hindus is, how does anyone not born...

January 09, 2013

Where’s the Husband?

I would venture to say that the majority of non-Indian women who become Hindus do...