A legacy of tradition and culture
Respect for culture begins with us to respecting ourselves and the accents around us. Respect is a huge part of Indian culture. One aspect of respect that I believe needs to be voiced more especially for Indian Americans is the concept of accent. I’ve been there done that as a kid where we laugh at... Continue Reading →
"That is also a huge part of my mission at Meri Sanskriti, it's to help people to love themselves and embrace their uniqueness. Because when we stop judging and start loving that is when we are able to truly be the best version of ourselves, and shed everything that is not us INCLUDING excess weight"... Continue Reading →
Our emotions control everything. Emotions are literally the thermometer to our body, why do we do what we do? It’s usually an outcome of some emotion. If we are upset, we do certain things after we are upset, if we are sad, happy or whatever we do. If we are happy, we may choose to... Continue Reading →
What do we do when we have 15 deadlines at work, we have business goals to achieve and are working so hard its stressful, we have exams to study for, projects to complete? We binge eat, get into unhealthy addictions, exercise, get in fights. How about when we feel like we have so much holding... Continue Reading →
BALAM PICHKARI! Throw colors and get lit-that’s Holi right? It’s a festival of colors to celebrate Spring. That’s all I thought Holi was until last year, when I was on Twitter and following Amitabh Bachchan. I saw him post a picture of Holika Dahan the day before Holi I was like WOAH WAIT…Holi has a... Continue Reading →
So what is Maha-Shivratri?Probably something our parents celebrated that we never bothered about because it was "too religious" I know I've always heard about it, but never bothered to find out. And it's funny how answers come to you when you seek them. For the past one year I have intentionally decided to dive into... Continue Reading →
"You can be proud of your country & heritage AND still be loving, accepting ,& respecting of other cultures. That kind of healthy pride stems unity in diversity." I am of the opinion that diversity is good. You should be proud of what you represent. I love diversity because I believe that in diversity we... Continue Reading →
Sanskar #2-FAMILY! I would say family is another deep rooted sanskar in Indian culture. I'm going to break this post down into a few parts as I have a lot to say on this topic. This first one is about my experience, next I'll talk about Families role and how to balance it in our... Continue Reading →
Parents: "Kids these days have NO Sanskar, they don't respect elders, they don't have the same values we had growing up" Kids: " So to have Sanskar I have to not have an opinion and do whatever someone says because they are older?'eye roll', ya RIGHT" I hear this comment often. So why is it?... Continue Reading →
