By Piyushi Dhir
Africa is almost synonymous with misconception. Outside of this land, people know little except that it is a deep dark land, full of famine, poverty and diseases. It is and yet, it is not. Interestingly, our journey into Africa began with a deluge of misconceptions. I will confess a few of them were in our […]
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After suggesting ways in which you can replace chemicals on your bathroom shelf with natural alternatives and also keep your child chemical free, I am offering some tips to minimize artificial foods in your kitchen. All of these are tried and tested methods that I have personally employed within my house. I am sharing these […]
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If you think about it, from the very day our child is born, there are a host of toiletries we start using on them. Whether you are lovingly giving your little one an oil massage or allowing her a splash in her bathtub while soaping her or even after, when you sprinkle on some fragrant […]
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An article I read the other day opened my eyes and sent me in shock. It told me that on a daily basis, I was lathering myself with chemicals through an average of ten products. I counted and they were right! The skin, I read, is super-quick to absorb whatever you apply on it and […]
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I have heard of and been a part of networking groups in the past, but the Hash or HHH is a one-of-its-kind meet that takes place across the world. We came across the Abidjan chapter early in our Africa stay and went out to take a look. The Hash House Harriers started way back in […]
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It struck me recently that it is a good thing we have divided time with calendars. Imagine if there were no weeks and months and years, just Day 1 to Day 500 on to Day 3000 and so on. Our lives would fly by from one day to the next, without us ever pausing to […]
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I am back with the rest of the list for 2017- the very best books I read during the year. In case you missed the first five books, check them out here, ‘The 10 Best Books I Read in 2017- Part I’. 6. Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight I came across this book on a […]
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While I am a writer, I think I am more of a reader. I sometimes get so lost in a particular book that I become alarmingly negligent of my writing work. After reading 85 books in 2015 and choosing to keep entirely away from the Goodreads Reading Challenge in 2016, I set myself a moderate […]
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Part of the ‘Baby Diaries’ seriesAs I was mentioning in my last post, our exciting journey across Africa ended in the polluted air of Delhi. Even as we landed, I couldn’t help but notice the glaring contrast between the smog-filled air I was seeing around myself and the lush greenery I had just left behind […]
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Part of the ‘Baby Diaries’ seriesWhile travel seems to have become routine for me, the thrill of seeing a new place has not worn off. In my third trip to India, instead of flying through Dubai, we took the Ethiopian Airlines through Addis Ababa. We did not step out into the city in our 4-hour […]
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