Explaining what India is to my American Indian kids? Is it just another country or much more than that?

by Alpana, in category Musings, Parenting

Talking about India always makes me nostalgic. I can go on and on. Why? I have been living outside India for 15 years. Looking at the current situation, I don’t know when I would be able to meet my parents. I guess the nostalgia that I feel while thinking or talking about India made me… Read More

Apr152020May 6 2020

N-Nostalgia of five senses. Cherish the small joys as long as you can

by Alpana, in category Musings

What is nostalgia? Or what do we mean when we say “that smell made me nostalgic or that sound created a nostalgia”? It does not just smell or sound but also what we touch, what we see, or what we taste that can make us nostalgic. Why? Because nostalgia does not relate to a specific… Read More