Tag: Family

New chapter in life, challenges and lessons
I am also one of them who left India 7 years back. Used to do ... Read More

Sexually abused sister at 11 and my guilt for not being able to save her!
I had only one younger sister, Para. She left us forever 17 years ago, in ... Read More

I got stabbed in my back by my family in India
Balendu is writing why he resigned from Charity organization and his family cheated him because ... Read More

Five Rooms for 22 Family Members – Our School Children – 11 Sep 15
Swami Balendu introduces a girl of his school to his readers. She grows up in ... Read More

Are you too tired for Sex after a long Day of Work? – 10 Aug 15
Swami Balendu tells his view on an issue someone asked him about: after lots of ... Read More

Western Women married in India: do you follow ‘Indian Menstruation Rules’? – 30 Jun 15
Swami Balendu describes the religious and superstitious aspects of life in an Indian joint family ... Read More

Ready to marry an Indian Man? Are you also ready for the joint Family Experience? – 29 Jun 15
Swami Balendu describes one topic that can always lead to issues when a western woman ... Read More

Decision for a Woman in an Indo-Western Relationship: Working or Staying at Home? – 23 Jun 15
Swami Balendu starts writing about concrete questions a couple of a western woman and an ... Read More

When Fights break a Joint Family and make Life even more difficult! – Our School Children – 1 May 15
Swami Balendu introduces a boy of his school whose joint family had a big fight ... Read More

Traditional arranged Marriage in India – a Way to find a cheap Maid? – 3 Feb 15
Swami Balendu describes how arranged marriages in India sometimes look like a way to get ... Read More

Monika after her Surgery – No Visits or Calls of her Father or Family! – 29 Dec 14
Swami Balendu tells some more impressions and thoughts on Monika, her family situation and her ... Read More

There are no Words to describe the Grief for a loved one – 5 Oct 14
Swami Balendu tells of the time after his sister's death when his family was in ... Read More

The difficult Situation of elderly People in the West – 25 Sep 14
Swami Balendu describes the situation that many people face when they get old and explains ... Read More

Joint Families are great – but not every old Person is made for this Lifestyle! – 24 Sep 14
Swami Balendu describes the situation for those elderly people who would not feel happy in ... Read More

The best Home for the Elderly: a joint Family – 23 Sep 14
Swami Balendu talks about the benefits that a joint family has for the elderly. Read ... Read More

The last Raksha Bandan with my Sister – 21 Sep 14
Swami Balendu tells how he came home from Europe to India in August 2006 to ... Read More

Wonderful Family Life on Gran Canaria – 1 Jul 14
Swami Balendu describes his impressions of families on Gran Canaria: family life is closer to ... Read More

Lack of Trust makes Life more difficult! – 5 Jun 14
Swami Balendu describes how missing closeness in families creates lack of trust. Read the consequences ... Read More

3 Tips on how to live as a Family again – 4 Jun 14
Swami Balendu describes how families tend to lose their family life to living as individuals ... Read More

An Indian Joint Family with 33 Family Members – Our School Children – 20 Dec 13
Swami Balendu introduces three girls of his charity school who come from a big joint ... Read More

Thanks to Family and Friends who stood by me on this Journey of Changes – 19 Dec 13
Swami Balendu writes a personal thank you note to those people around him who have ... Read More

Who is tricking whom? – Dressing our clever little Apra – 5 Dec 13
Swami Balendu describes the nearly-daily session of discussions with his daughter to get her to ... Read More

Explaining why I couldn’t do what I didn’t believe in anymore – 24 Nov 13
Swami Balendu tells how he explained his family about the changes in his life when ... Read More

How poor Joint Families show that Money is not everything – Our School Children – 22 Nov 13
Swami Balendu introduces two of the children of his charity school to his readers. Get ... Read More

Telling my personal Guru that I was no Guru anymore – 17 Nov 13
Swami Balendu tells how he had the feeling and wish to tell his family how ... Read More

Why do Indians constantly tease Children? – 7 Nov 13
Swami Balendu describes how even strangers in India talk to children mostly in a teasing ... Read More

Do you beat Children because they don’t behave like Adults? – 6 Nov 13
Swami Balendu describes why the topic of non-violence is now even more important to him ... Read More

Indian Parents and their daily Routine of physical and verbal Violence – 5 Nov 13
Swami Balendu describes an incident in which a child was warned of his wife Ramona ... Read More

A Substitute for Joint Families, an Alternative to Homes for the Elderly – 23 Sep 13
Swami Balendu tells in which way a friend of his decided to change his living ... Read More

My Sister’s Visit to Germany and how she gave the first of our Cooking Workshops – 4 Aug 13
Swami Balendu describes his late sister's journey to Germany and how she initiated a type ... Read More

Helpful but difficult – Comparisons of Countries and Cultures – 15 Jul 13
Swami Balendu writes about comparisons in between countries and cultures – can you say people ... Read More

An Example of how much you can really trust God and religious Scriptures – 3 Jul 13
Swami Balendu describes a case in which a whole family committed suicide, thinking they would ... Read More