We have entered a zone of turbulence. English, French, and Tamil used to coexist peacefully in Minette‘s mind and life. Now things have become somewhat […] Read More
Category: Language
Eli is Appa‘s closest American friend, as well as a dear friend to me. He also happens to have a multicultural background of his own. […] Read More
In this second part of her interview Tomoko talks about going back to Japan some day and she opens up, a little, on her personal […] Read More
My friend Tomoko is cheerful and approachable but she is also in her own way a private person, so I was delighted when she readily […] Read More
One of my goals when I graduated from my French business school in the 1990s was to start working abroad right away, as opposed to […] Read More
One thing I did not expect when moving to Cleveland from New York – it’s fair to say I was pretty ignorant about the Midwest […] Read More
Grand-Père and Grand-Mère are staying with us this month, as per our now well-established family tradition. As summer lingers in Cleveland we are taking on […] Read More
My husband’s family is from Tamil Nadu, the eastern state at India’s southern tip, but he grew up in Kerala, the western state at India’s […] Read More
The interviews I have conducted for this blog have caught Minette‘s attention. After listening to them quietly she recently suggested I should interview her too. […] Read More
Last time my friend Agnieszka and I talked about how she emigrated from Poland as a child and grew up multicultural in Cleveland. Now she […] Read More