Well here it goes, yet another blog. I’m a fairly experienced blogger, but my blogs have never been personal. I’ve blogged about business topics such as marketing and finance. Heck, I’ve even built up a blog that eventually was bought by a relatively big finance company (note – it didn’t involve a huge amount of money, hence I’m not blogging from a beach front property somewhere in the Bahamas).
So, why am I doing this? Well for starters I want to share my story over the “Interwebs” and take out a position on a few things, particularly on the topic of inter-racial, inter-cultural marriage, child rearing and such. I will say, I am not the first to do this. There does seem to be a vibrant blogging community focused on this topic.
My focus will be primarily on Nepali-American relationships. Since that is my situation. However, my story and experiences should fit the broader Nepali-Western category. I’m sure those in relationships with other nationalities will have a different experience, but there should still be some point of reference nonetheless.
Another reason why I’m starting this blog is because I’ve been reading a few blogs on this topic for a while and they all seem to be from the persecutive of the woman, never from the man. This isn’t a bad thing, but I’m sure there is room for a man’s view as well. I’ve been looking for a while and I have yet to find a blog from the man’s side on this topic (Nepali-American/Western relationships). I figured I might as well get it going.
Without sounding too presumptions, I want this blog to be the voice of “that man”. The South Asian male living far from home, married to a Western woman, raising kids and living in some twilight zone of an existence. There are issues of communication, love, discipline, religion, children, education, in-laws, family-visits etc., that make this combination of marriage particularly fascinating, heart-breaking and exciting all at the same time.
Finally, I will say I expect this blog to also be a place for me to share some of my political, social, economic and general life views as well. So, stay tuned and thanks for stopping by.
