By Piyushi Dhir
Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 2[This is the second in a series of blogs about Mumbai]My first six weeks in Mumbai were spent in the cocooned world of The Trident across my office. In typical corporate style, we were housed in great luxury during the ‘honeymoon period’ of our new jobs, when […]
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Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 1[This is the first in a series of blogs about Mumbai]Despite spending the first two decades of my life hopping from the dense forests of Assam to the cool climes of Wellington, from the deserts of Jodhpur to the quiet locale of Udhampur and even the metropolitan […]
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In Search of Love Ayesha and Parth will tug on your heart-strings with the magical attraction they feel for each other. But they are destined for different people. Ayesha’s marriage is being arranged, while Parth is engaged to his childhood sweetheart. They part ways with memories that will return to haunt them and questions that […]
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Africa- a journey of constant new discoveries and rich new experiences. From the very beginning since I arrived in Ivory Coast, I was drawn to the women here. Perhaps, because I could relate to them when everything else was foreign or may be, because they were such a contrast to the stereotypes of women I […]
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There is something about the act of reading that has the power to transport you into a whole new world. A unique world- where the writer sketches the outlines and the reader fills the colours with their own imagination. As an expatriate in Ivory Coast, Africa, I heard of a group of women in Abidjan […]
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Ringside View of Elections in AfricaA Political History Bathed in Blood Five years ago, Cote D’Ivoire conducted a long over-due round of presidential elections. Gbagbo, who was then ruling the country, had conceded to elections after ten long years, but refused to accept the victory of the new candidate, Alassane Outtara. What followed was a […]
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Every now and then, we are all faced with a fork in the road of our lives. Sometimes the choice is difficult, sometimes it does not call for much thought. At times, we do what others would do. But occasionally, we pause, take a deep breath and make an unconventional choice. I completed my MBA […]
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Flipkart brought a revolution in India by introducing the fad of shopping online for books. Suddenly books of all genres were accessible, easy to order and reached one’s doorstep with a single click. Eventually, a number of other players entered the market in this country, offering books at competitive prices. Landmark, Amazon, BookAdda and many […]
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As India celebrates its 69th Independence Day, I am sitting one continent away in a country many people haven’t even heard about: Cote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast. So when I was told that all Indians in Ivory Coast have been invited to the Indian Ambassador’s house on the morning of 15th August, I knew that […]
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