American Couples' 'Inter-Hindu' Marriages Change the Faith

When my wife and I started dating, we thought our shared Hindu faith would make things simpler. We had friends who had dated non-Hindus who had encountered bumps when it came to how they would tie the knot and how the children would be raised. The fact that we were both Hindus meant we could sidestep those kinds of interfaith hassles. We soon learned that, even though we both called ourselves Hindu, some key differences in the way we each practiced the faith complicated our relationship.