Two Sundays ago I was awoken at 6.30am by the sounds of roosters, just as I was from the exact same bedroom 16 years ago on my last visit to Fiji. After having thiki puri freshly made by my beautifully generous dadi, I sat on the verandah and listened to the sounds of hymns Read More…
India on Wheels Part 4: Delhi, Agra and the stunning Taj Mahal
On our first day in Delhi we met our tour guide Ahmer Khan, who was to be our guide for the two days we spent in the city. Ahmer is a writer and freelance tour guide. During our time together we talked history, literature, politics, Islam, and the tour he had before us; a Read More…
India on Wheels Part 3: Going home to Gujarat
We drove for four hours, weaving through the motorbikes and trucks, from Mumbai to our village on the outskirts of Navsari, Gujarat. Over the ten days that we were there, people that I had never seen before were now there for me for all my needs. From walking around the village and the farm, Read More…
India on Wheels Part 2: Mumbai, the city of contrasts
My first stop in India was the city of contrasts that is Mumbai, and the day I arrived I knew that this country would give me an incredibly spiritually and emotionally filled experience. And I know that makes me sound like a white woman going on a yoga trip to try and find myself, Read More…
India on Wheels Part 1: Stopover in accessible Singapore
Before going to Singapore, lots of people told me that it was a beautiful, clean, green and friendly city – the perfect spot for an Asian getaway. Not only were they entirely correct on all those fronts, the city-state seems to be innovating the way towards an environmentally sustainable and fully accessible city. This Read More…
Planning India on Wheels
Around this time last year I decided to take a leap and do something I had been thinking about for a really long time. In 2 days time, I’m off to the motherland for the very first time and I am so incredibly excited, nervous and every other emotion that flips your stomach upside Read More…
Only give feedback to people you care about
Today marks a year since I started my new role at my very first job. In that time I’ve been blessed to be part of some thought provoking and refreshing conversations, which have made me reflect on my own place in the world. One of the most challenging ideas I’ve heard is when one Read More…
I hate tolerance
I keep hearing people talk about ‘tolerating’ other cultures and ways of life as something we need to strive for. We need to ‘tolerate’ other people. I really hate that word. Tolerate, to me, feels like a position we are forced to take. In a world that is more globalised than ever before, we Read More…
Life lessons of 2017
2017 has been one of those years when my life did a complete turn around. I came into this year jobless after a year of being shut down on every corner and afraid of what the future had written for me. I had a bunch of unrealistic expectations on myself – New Year’s resolutions Read More…
My reading list.. Hopefully
As much as I loved studying for my English degree, it completely destroyed my love of reading. There was a time when I read anything I could get my hands on. Not in the last few years. Recently I’ve been going through phases, and I hate that something I used to love, is now Read More…