Photo Story: Hues of Mauritius

The colours of Mauritius will stay with me for quite some time. From the morning playful blues to the golden sunsets by the beach, I admire how beautifully the island can change and impress even a mountain girl like me. In my short stay there, I experienced cloudy, sunny and rainy days. The weather was…

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Want to Quit Your Job and Live Your Dream? Read On

A couple of weeks ago, I engaged in a talk with the students of NEHU (North-Eastern Hill University) in Shillong and spoke to them about ‘living your dream and why we idolise it’. The open-ended talk focussed on two things: first that we have enough time, space and resources to actualise our dreams. And second…

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Photo Story: Walking the Tea Trail in Mumbai

Chai Pe Charcha was my second walk with Raconteur Walks in Mumbai. Launching a number of different tours in August, this was a part of their Pay What You Want campaign, where walkers only paid ₹150 to register and at the end of the walk, an additional amount they thought the walk should be priced…

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Top 5 Cafes with Free Wi-Fi in Bandra, Mumbai

Those days were probably the best for the ambitious me. My weekdays spent in office, meeting deadlines and the weekends in a neighbourhood cafe, getting my blog started. Luckily, Mumbai has some quaint and quiet cafes with free wi-fi. Spending six hours on a Sunday in any of these places was affordable and productive for…

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Photo Story: A Morning Stroll in Córdoba, Spain

It was a place like no other—Córdoba. While doing my preliminary research on Spain, something about Córdoba made me feel fuzzy and warm. And after my visit, I knew I would be happy to return for many weeks to this friendly town. A small town in Spain’s Andalusia’s district, Córdoba is famous for the Mosque-Cathedral,…

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Would You Move To That Place?

It is exotic, it is rare and above all, it is special. Every time I’ve travelled to a new place, I have hardly escaped its charms or the inviting culture and people. And I know I’m not the only one. A late-Goa-bloomer, I first travelled to the overhyped, smallest state of India in October 2011,…

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