Third Culture Kids

Do you easily see both sides of a culture clash? Do you find yourself mediating for others? How do you keep up with friends and connections? Does it feel difficult to be grounded in a place or tradition? What’s a Third Culture, you might be asking.It refers to kids or…

I have a weird relationship with the English language. I’m Indian, born in Bangalore, raised in Hyderabad, and my native language is Telugu. I can’t read or write Telugu, in fact I can barely speak it but my English is pretty great! …

When I was younger, Hannah Montana was an essential part of the early 2000s tween girl package. I knew every song word for word and my friends and I would re-create the “Hoe Down Throw Down” from the Hannah Montana Movie whenever we were together. For some reason, that I…

Story by Inga Aksamit. Photos by Carroll Aksamit If I fast forward through the first two decades of my life, sun-drenched images of equatorial scenes flash by: catching my first fish in Kashmir; welcoming Santa sitting on a camel in his red suit in Lahore, Pakistan; climbing on ancient stone walls of deserted Machu Picchu in Peru; and…

What skills do we need to deal with global challenges? — I recently listened to an episode of one of my favorite podcasts while hiking through a forest near my home. Throughline Podcast by NPR has been a go-to for a couple of years now, but the episode entitled A Story of Us? …