Posts tagged India
Making Americans Great Again
Making Americans Great Again

Are white, American men going to keep steamrolling over our cultures with their incorrect ideas about who we are and how our differences could harm them?

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Heroes, North AmericaBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)American, hero, Dubai, India, cultural, third culture kid, white culture, heroes, white, culture, America, cultures, ameri, multicultural, TCK TOWN, cross cultural, TCK, tck, Tck, third culture adultComment
Where Do I Begin?
Where Do I Begin?

I became the ‘Pakistani Australian’ or the ‘Australian Pakistani’ depending on whether I was meeting Sam or Sameet…

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Where Are You From?By Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, identity, Pakistan, Karachi, social class, Australia, Perth, belonging, diversity, acceptance, Melbourne, foreign educated, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Morocco, Delhi, Srinagar, Jammu, Kashmir, Kanpur, Western AustraliaComment
The Art of Seduction: TCK Male Chronicles
The Art of Seduction: TCK Male Chronicles

For the sake of science, and the greater cause of humanity, one TCK-male set off on an empirical journey to discover the romantic intricacies of women, worldwide. On his quest into unchartered territories (well, not completely unchartered, but how many can claim a voyage to woo the world?), he propositioned females from different countries... 

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In LoveBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)pepper sprah, TCK, propositions, Male, Pakistani, circumcised, Indonesia, Salman Khan, India, Australian, married, passport, seduction, introduction, Pakistan, Female, single Comment
The Intellectual Applications of Chai
The Intellectual Applications of Chai

Established in 1940 by two Sikh brothers as the India Tea House, it was renamed Pak Tea House after the partition. What was more significant than the small cups of sugary tea that were served, was that Pak Tea House signified freedom of thought and expression...

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We're Inspired, The ArtsBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)tck, TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, chai, tea, India, Indian, Pakistani, Pakistan, colonial, import, cricket, railway, stations, pre-partition, partition, diet, in good taste, social, customs, custom, local, locals, foreigners, Lahore, Sikh, history, intellectual, subcontinentComment
The Mooncake Meeting
The Mooncake Meeting

I revelled in the power of my many homes. I sit in my room for hours and listen to that Thai singer.
and muse about the camels from my Arab home...

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Where Are You From?, Friendships, BirthdaysBy Dhavinya Saba (From Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, India and Brunei. Living in Malaysia)where are you from, TCK, tck, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Malaysian, Malaysia, food, India, malay, Chinese-Malaysian, Chinese, Thai, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, mooncake, Arab, home, friends, friendship, school Comments
All Is Fair In Love And War
All Is Fair In Love And War

One ‘wedding success’ metric - and an indicator of societal-actualization - is how many events you can throw. Rather than having a single event (fewer events would require fewer hours of mental strain – which reach levels akin to that of interrogation methods utilized by intelligentsia), you have events in multiples of 3 or 4...

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Let's Party, In LoveBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)tck, TCK, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Pakistani, Pakistan, wedding, marriage, married, family, expats, expatriate, home, hometown, December, celebration, society, social, social circles, traditional, ceremony, dancing, dance, India, bride Comment
My Unicorn and I
My Unicorn and I

I can choose how Japanese I am: I never leave my chopsticks standing up in a bowl of rice because that is a funeral practice here and I avoid the number 4 like the plague in food service... 

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Speak EasyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, culture, cultural, story, friends, friend, friendship, Canada, India, Bombay, Mumbai, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese, Canadian, unicorn, india, Indian, Malaysia, Malaysian, Chamorro, Guam, church, churches, mosques, American, America, foreign, foreigners, diversity, village, Hebrew, Yiddish, Europe, European, pastComment