PriaMBA

PriaMBA

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12 years ago @ Chai Cafe Magazine - The festival of Holi i... · 0 replies · +2 points

Hello neighbor, that sounds great. I would try your local Indian grocery store for colors or leads on where to get them. Have fun!

12 years ago @ Chai Cafe Magazine - The Reality of Arrange... · 0 replies · +1 points

Hi Jennifer,Thanks for visiting – looks like we have some common interests. Feel free to contact me at priamba6@gmail.com.Best wishes, Pria

12 years ago @ Chai Cafe Magazine - Indian fried rice usin... · 0 replies · +1 points

That’s great!

12 years ago @ My Search for Balance ... - Being an ABCD · 0 replies · +1 points

Hi Ami,
thanks for commenting. All of our situations are unique in some way, so how we handle it can also be unique. In general, it seems wise to come to terms with our upbringing and find a way to be eclectic - take the best of both worlds that we find ourselves in. Doing so can enrich our lives and help us feel more whole. I consider this issue to be so important that I created a separate blog devoted to it: http://www.chaicafemagazine.com. I hope you will visit it and perhaps comment and contribute to it.

The labels of ABCD and FOB are very general - there are of course a myriad of variations within those labels, just as everyone is very different. It's best to not see ourselves as black and white - either we fit in one label or not. As such, I would not worry about your kids being ABCD. All you can do is role model how you have taken the best you saw in different cultures to adopt, and perhaps they will do the same.

It's great that you have such a huge family. Mine was rather isolated - it was just us when we moved to the states. I do not know most of my relatives in India. My mother lives there now as well, and we communicate on the phone occasionally. My father passed a few years a go. My remaining 2 siblings in the US are currently sadly estranged.

Yes, it is interesting how family in India can be more Westernized - perhaps they didn't feel the need to be "Indian" as they live in India, but those that live in the US can be more on guard to remain "Indian." In a world that is only becoming more global, labels that define us based on the country we were born in will fade.

13 years ago @ Chai Cafe Magazine - Corn Pullav (Makka ka ... · 0 replies · +2 points

Sorry, this recipe from Tarla Dalal doesn't use grams - we in the US are awful about the metric system! ;-)
The great thing about Indian food is that you can estimate and improvise, once you have a sense of the ingredients, method and your preferences. I do this often. Give it a try! I think you'll be pleased with the dish - post here how it goes!

13 years ago @ My Search for Balance ... - Organic produce and st... · 0 replies · +1 points

Got the produce delivered today and it looked great! Cooked some pasta with some of it.

13 years ago @ My Search for Balance ... - Potential SNL skit #1 · 0 replies · +1 points

Today Jimmy Fallon was doing a spoof of "Survivorman" on Sesame Street. It's nice to know I'm not the only one thinking of spoofs of the show. Fallon was trying to "survive" on Sesame Street by storing dew drops from a plant to drink, while staff was trying to hand him a pitcher of water...It was a lesson on nature for the kids and amusement for parents.

13 years ago @ My Search for Balance ... - How Do You Find Balance? · 0 replies · +1 points


13 years ago @ My Search for Balance ... - How Do You Find Balance? · 0 replies · +1 points

That’s great!

14 years ago @ http://www.raisingvegk... - Raising Kids Vegetaria... · 1 reply · +1 points

Noemi,

I commend you for your thoughtfulness and consideration. I agree with the comment about relationships (and people) being more important than dietary/lifestyle choices. That was my thinking when I chose to marry my husband knowing that he had no intention of being vegetarian. It was a difficult, emotional process, getting to that point, and we’ve had some “negotiations” along the way that resulted in our home not being 100% meat-free. I still have my annoyances and wishing “he would get it.”

I move on and am able to focus on what I love about him and our relationship in other ways. I don’t think I could go as far as you in your support partly perhaps because I’ve been a veg my whole life and have never touched meat. I would be too revolted handling it, and it would feel like a betrayal of my beliefs at that level, like I’m giving mixed messages about my beliefs. It seems like one thing to accept my mate’s choice, but another to serve him meat.

-Pria