Learn to Pronounce Indian Names
Pronounce Indian names like a native. Here’s your handy-dandy guide.
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Tag: Culture
Cleveland Indian of a Different Sort
I was grocing recently, and saw a few things that made me feel welcome. Basmati rice, chai, ghee, and Indian frozen meals are readily available, so I am not forced to trek out to the nearest Indian market if I want to make “my” food. But assimilation is more than just stocking your local grocery store, as I can recognize and appreciate.
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Pink Is Just Light Red
So does the fact that we, English speakers in America, have a distinct word for light red mean our eyes have actually changed physiologically or is it that we pay attention to the differences of color more for cultural reasons?
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Raising an Adventurous Eater: Vague on Venezuelan
Rachel and her family continue trying new flavors in this third installment of her culinary adventure.
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Unlock Big Adventures with Little Passports
Little Passports is a subscription service that sends your child a monthly package designed to teach them about a specific country.
Continue ReadingJazzy World Tour Shows Kids Music and Culture From Around the World
The cute cartoon cats who learned about jazz instruments by visiting a big band in New York City are back and taking a Jazzy World Tour.
Continue ReadingBully, the Movie
Not long after my children returned to public school after two-and-a-half years of homeschooling, it started. At this point, my older son was in 8th grade and so gym meant changing in a locker room with the other kids in his class. A couple of his peers developed a habit of coming up behind my […]
Continue ReadingThe Night Before Christmas and More Classic Holiday Tales from Scholastic Storybook Treasures
I love the holiday season, especially now that my daughter is old enough to start to understand what is going on with the holidays. We celebrate Christmas, but I’d like her to know that there are other holidays that people celebrate during this time of year. The Night Before Christmas DVD set from Scholastic Storybook Treasures […]
Continue ReadingYouTube Geek: Say the Right Words
If you’ve spent much time on YouTube lately, you’ve probably heard about VidCon, the great big vlogbrothers-organized convention for the amusement and edification of YouTubers that happened in Los Angeles last weekend. By all accounts, it was a smashing success, a rocking good time, and caused jealousy in the hearts of vloggers everywhere who were […]
Continue ReadingGeek Hope
Anand Giridharadas, a columnist for both the International Herald Tribune and New York Times Online, was a guest on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show recently to promote his new book, India Calling. The book chronicles first-generation-American Giridharadas’ changing attitude toward India–how a country that he once looked upon as “a place that it felt better […]
Continue ReadingTheft! A History of Music–Part 3: If I could turn forward time…
[Read part 1 of this series about the upcoming graphic novel Theft! A History of Music and the history it reviews and part 2, which discusses how copyright entered the picture.] Imagine a 20-year-old musician publishing his work today. Let’s pretend he’s living the fast and reckless life of a rock star and will die […]
Continue ReadingCultural Condomnation: Let’s Talk About Sex (With Our Kids)
This song was a lot more fun when I thought Salt n Pepa were singing it to my generation… So there we were in rush hour, driving down the Long Island Expressway, and from the eleven year old in the back seat comes the question: “So, Mom, if guys can get erections, I’m wondering, does […]
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