There are challenges and blessings that come from being in an interracial relationship. Struggling to figure out where you belong. It’s as if there are different worlds and one has to put a different face and personality to blend in these different worlds. It creates a division when there is no n…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast Marriage – Commitment, Faith, Mental Health In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, my guests Erin and Keith share their experiences in the 15 years of […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In Part 2 of this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, my guests Leonard and Duray share their losses, family breakdowns and decisions they made to move […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, my guests Leonard and Duray share their love story which still is in the middle of having some resolution. […]
Learn about family financing. How to teach kids about money? How Indian families handle finances?
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, I bring a story of passion and action. Many of you may have heard of Kitaabworld, an independent book store online brings South Asian children’s literature […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, Amy shares her experience of being introduced to Indian culture. It took a very interesting path and the events led to a place that convinced her […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, I address a few question about religion and the importance of religion in Indian families. I share my definition and experiences of a religious person. This […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, Aline and Selwyn share their experiences of introducing each other to their parents. They share their love for Indian food and Indian spices. The couple is […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, Aline and Selwyn share their first encounter on a cruise ship. Love of food brought them together and then one breakfast invitation turned into a marriage […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast It’s Father’s Day on Sunday and we just celebrated Mother’s Day last month. I thought it was appropriate to share some insight about parenthood in Indian culture. In today’s episode of Indian Interracial Marriages […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, Priya and Styves share what followed once Styves met Priya’s dad.. There were conversations that made them stop and think and reflect on their own lives […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, Priya and Styves share their first meeting and the meetings that followed. There were conversations that made them stop and think and reflect on their own […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, Akhil and Fernanda share their wedding ceremonies. They enjoyed an Indian wedding as well as Mexican wedding. The families got along well and enjoyed spending time […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast If you wish to donate to this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, Akhil and Fernanda share their backgrounds and a little about the families they grew up in. They started their affair learning each other’s languages and […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, Kelly shares her experience of her conversation with her father. Despite a very tough conversation, she resolved many challenges that she experienced with her father. Faith plays a big role in Kelly’s life and […]
By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, we touch a few different topics, including accepting one’s own sexuality and addressing all the judgements of the community and then longing for the acceptance of family. It took years for both Kelly and […]
Divorce rate in interracial marriages By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, I answer a question that many people have either emailed me about or friends have asked me. When I get into discussions about interracial marriages, I get asked, “Is […]
Convincing parents to accept non-Indian partner By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, I answer one of the most common questions people emailed me in Season 1, “How do I convince my parents to let me be with my non-Indian partner?” […]
Episode 027 / Traveling together By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Rate & Review this Podcast In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, we address Francesca and Raghav’s plans for the future in the U.S. Francesca shares wedding plans and continuing to build a relationship with Raghav’s family. I wish them the […]
Episode 026 / Really mixed it up By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, we address Francesca’s background and her family history. Francesca and Raghav share their story of first date and then introducing each other to their respective families. Though, bringing Raghav to meet Francesca’s […]
Episode 025 / Business world is challenging By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, we address talk about the fun and not so fun aspects of having a business. You have to keep everyone happy and as a leader you have to make sure you are […]
Episode 024 / From business school to real life business By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, we address the challenges of owning a business together as Nancy & Suman own an Indian Fusion restaurant in Wisconsin. For them opening a restaurant came right upon the […]
Episode 023 / Taking the goodness from both cultures Click here to listen to Part 1 of this interview with Tina & Richard By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook In this episode of Indian Interracial Marriages Podcast, we talk about family and the central role family plays in our lives. There are great […]
Subscribe to the newsletter…..»»» Episode 022 / Friendship turned into partnership By Amanpreet Kaur – Follow me: Instagram, Facebook Carl Jung, famous psychiatrist and psychotherapist, said once that the meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. It is very true for the […]
Here we are again. We will continue with our conversation about family, language, food, and traditions. There are plenty of hand me downs that Bikram and Marlena are giving to their young son, especially the love for traditions and languages. It’s great that parents encourage their kids to speak multiple languages. Listen to this couple’s […]
Sometimes miscalculations and mishaps create wonderful opportunities if one is open to shaping mishaps into golden experiences. This is basically what I would say about Marlena’s and Bikram’s meeting. These two met during their college years and their little interactions in the house they shared turned into long conversations and these conversations brought them their […]
As we close out 2016, Otto and I thought of sharing our travel experience in this episode. Having spent many months working really hard in 2016 it was a perfect time to take some time and enjoy learning and loving other cultures. In this episode we talk about our experiences in Bali, Indonesia. I love […]
They are back this week with more to share. Yes, they got married and now are enjoying the bliss as you see them share it on their Instagram. You want to hear about their days before the wedding and how Justyna and Abhi are bringing Polish and Indian traditions together. One doesn’t want to ever […]
OkCupid introduced Justyna (युसतना) and Abhi but it’s his response to something she had posted that captured Justyna. Then she packed up her bags and moved to India. I know you have many questions as to why, how, what so I will let you just hear this from the couple as they are great story […]
Congratulations to Amy & Shaunak as they celebrated their one year wedding anniversary this week. Many learnings took place in this one year from connecting with new family members to figuring out new daily routines. In Part 2 of the episode, we talk about cultural differences and understanding those differences along with finding grounds that […]
Thoughts of partnering up with an amazing and wonderful person weren’t primary thoughts for these two ‘go-getter’ as they were growing up. They grew up in different countries, experiencing different foods, and speaking different languages. But when they met at work their social differences didn’t matter as they shared common goals of ‘making a difference […]
How was Thanksgiving for you all in U.S.? Hope you are all enjoying family time and sharing this podcast with the people you care about. So, here’s to another week with Alexandra and Madhavan. I thought that it was perfect time to post this beautiful couple’s interview. As you heard in Part 1, the couple […]
I get a great pleasure in introducing this amazing, loving, and passionate couple. When Alexandra and Madhavan met, they were strangers in a strange land. Maybe that’s why they connected as they supported each other making Madhavan’s transition in America a ride such that very few get to experience. Yes, they met in college and […]
Here’s another week with another episode supporting love and courage and togetherness. Today’s episode is an invitation to all couples, same-sex or opposite-sex couples, in interracial marriages to share their stories. I wrote my commencement speech for future generations addressing the importance of love and inclusivity in our society and I share that in the […]
This is Part 2 of my interview with Nikita and Sachin from GrowingUpGupta. Sachin is a romantic at heart. You will get to hear him speak of love and the depth of his commitment to have love as the core of existence is amazing. Hearing Nikita speak of her understanding and appreciation of Indian culture […]
I read somewhere, ” no one is in charge of your happiness, except you”… I heard a perfect example of this in Nikita and Sachin’s story. It takes courage to stand up for what you want, especially when you are raised in a family that holds cultural ways of being or cultural norms as its […]
Today, we meet a lawyer turned a personal life coach. From a boarding school in England to now settling in U.S., Archana, traveled plenty creating a beautiful life story. She shares her coaching philosophy along with her experience and her journey of being in an interracial marriage. Archana has shaped lives of many individuals through […]
Join me for Part 2 of my conversation with Ian and Delia. Ian is my husband Otto’s brother. I was there when Ian and Delia first met, and I was at their wedding, too. They’ve been married for two years now. In this week’s episode, we discuss many issues that the couple faced after getting married, […]
Join me for Part 1 of my conversation with Ian and Delia. Ian is my husband Otto’s brother. I was there when Ian and Delia first met, and I was at their wedding, too. They’ve been married for two years now. Be sure to come back next week for Part 2!
Join me for something different this week as I relate the story of William Dalrymple’s White Mughals. I was moved to intense emotion as I read this absorbing tale of interracial love, betrayal, politics, intrigue, sorrow . . . and inspiration. For more information about White Mughals, click here. The letters between gma and Katherine […]
Just like I did, Hina married a Caucasian man. And like Otto and me, they’ve created a successful marriage. In their case, 15 years strong! Join me for Part 2 of my conversation with Hina and Dave. They invited me into their lovely home to record this interview. We had so much fun, we had to break […]
Just like I did, Hina married a Caucasian man. And like Otto and me, they’ve created a successful marriage. In their case, 15 years strong! Join me for my conversation with Hina and Dave. They invited me into their lovely home to record this interview. We had so much fun, we had to break it up into […]
I thought it would be appropriate to begin this journey with you by talking about the Indian interracial marriage I know best: my own! Join me for Part 2 of my conversation with my husband Otto about how we met, started dating, and got married. If you haven’t heard Part 1 of our conversation, click here to […]
I thought it would be appropriate to begin this journey with you by talking about the Indian interracial marriage I know best: my own! Join me for Part 1 of my conversation with my husband Otto about how we met, started dating, and got married. (Note: I refer to this as Episode 1 in the recording, […]