Becky Blab

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Love in translation

May 28th, 2010 · View Comments

I wanted to share Tracy and Toru’s touching story in Asian Jewish Life, called “Learning to Speak: A cross-cultural love story.” She tells several instances that illustrate the strong impact that her husband’s sweetly skewed words have had on her.

These are the tales I usually tell when people ask if it’s hard to be married to a man whose native [...]

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Tags: culture · expat life · health & well-being · human development · marriage/divorce · me · travel

90 days and counting

May 26th, 2010 · View Comments

Today is the 90th day since I submitted my application to receive a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card. And no, this is not cause for celebration. Ninety days is supposedly the maximum limit to wait for a certain police check, but I haven’t heard any word. Am I surprised? No. Am I frustrated? Yes.

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Tags: GOI · culture · expat life · legal issues · marriage/divorce · me

Milestones: Three years in the pink city

May 25th, 2010 · View Comments

Recently, I keep starting out my posts with numbers. Perhaps it helps me to establish the landmarks, to measure my success on this uncharted path. For me, these three years are the longest ever time that I’ve been settled in one place since I graduated from high school in 1999. I’m discounting the four years [...]

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Tags: Sharings · culture · feminism · gender roles and division of labour · health & well-being · marriage/divorce · me · mobility · spirituality

From the pursuit of happiness to the living reality: Becoming blissful through Isha Yoga

September 5th, 2009 · View Comments

The following is a detailed account of my journey through personal and spiritual growth, thanks mostly to a tool called Isha Yoga. I offer this post as a small token of my gratitude, and hope that readers may gain some insights into these powerful practices.
I got married in Jaipur, India four years ago to an [...]

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Not for the faint-hearted: TOI on sexual lib

September 3rd, 2008 · View Comments

The O-zone on Sunday covered the new trend among 20-30 something women, most of whom are still single, going all out for one-night stands and no strings attached.
Sexcapades of young women, their casual attitude towards flings and open declaration that sex is just a physical need like any other, lead one to wonder how this [...]

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