Not in the Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton sense, but in the cross culture wedding sense. Since we live in the Netherlands, it was understood that we should have a Dutch wedding, and logically it was a festive affair in the Western tradition: off- white gown and dark suit, a civil ceremony, a photo shoot, then the reception and dinner. It was beautiful. And so our Indian wedding date was set exactly three months after our Dutch wedding date. But Indian weddings are different in so many more ways.
I Work as a 'Human Table' at Indian Weddings Because I'm a White Girl
Tips for Women Traveling Alone in India
Yeah, it is. Why the hell else would I be doing this? Few jobs are so bad that they cause a woman to envy a pole dancer. Look at her, suspended above that giant cocktail glass, awash with the green glow of the lasers, dry ice, and the penetrative stares of a gang of voyeuristic somethings, twirling around like she owns the place. I wish I had her job. Instead, I get to be an inanimate object this evening. Not in the sense of being objectified, like, "Women are just pieces of meat.
An Ancestry. I burn after 30 seconds in the sun, just like the rest of my family. I come from Kentucky folk who ate biscuits and sausage gravy, ham hocks in their green beans, and went to church. My dad climbed the corporate ladder and we lived in the suburbs. My husband and I met in on a humid Memphis night.
All rights reserved. The country has a dubious rep as an unsafe destination for solo women travelers. Among the tumult of impressions, large population, heat, dust, and noise that new visitors to India must deal with, solo women travelers also have to reckon with concerns about safety. People also tend to trust women more, bringing them into the fold of families and larger groups.