Bridging the Cultural Gap : My Memoir (Paperback)

Can the vast cultural gap that exists between a conservative Caucasian Hindu from India and a divorced Christian Caucasian woman from America be bridged ? Can such an intercultural marriage stand the stress and test of time? This memoir answers these questions. My wife Carol and I come from vastly different cultures and have been married for 50 years. I a conservative north Indian Hindu came to America for higher education in 1966; married Carol a divorced white Caucasian American with a daughter. We violated all Hindu and Indian customs of an arranged marriage; dashed my parents hopes and expectations of the most eagerly anticipated marriage of their eldest son; raised a family In America; executed the duties of the eldest Hindu son by helping my siblings settle in America; started several successful and failing businesses; participated actively in the American political system; experienced the American legal processes as a defendant and as a plaintiff; experienced close brush with possible bankruptcy; were on the FBI radar for about one year; appeared before the Grand Jury; experienced the dark and sinister side of the American gun culture personally. With Carol s help I melded very well in America and became a well dissolved bean in the multi-bean soup that is the American society. Carol and I have bridged the vast cultural gap that existed between us in 1968 when we met by both of us adjusting making some changes and making this intercultural marriage successful.