Wedding day essentials:  sari, petticoat, blouse, bangles, bindi, bejeweled necklace, fancy gold earrings, makeup, and anything else which could make me look Bollywood. 

Sari wrapping 101:  The petticoat has two purposes– to hold the sari in place and to provide coverage in case your sari is transparent.  Mine is stiff cotton in the same green as [...]

 Yoga

According to my colleagues, Indians all know that yoga exisits but few practice it.  Some learned it in school, but Christian schools didn’t teach it.  ”It’s definitely practiced more in the West than here.  When people get to be 40 or 50 they think about doing it to help with a bad back or other health issue.”   [...]