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How Olam and 500 Women are Changing a Town in Ivory Coast

With the Factory's Oldest Female Worker and Simranjeet

Living in or visiting Ivory Coast, one may put Assinie, Bassam, San Pedro and even Grand Bereby on one’s list of cities to see. But the tiny settlement of Dimbokro, somewhere between the country’s largest city, Abidjan and the country’s capital city, Yamoussoukro, can easily go unnoticed. After spending over two years in this country, […]

How I Lost all my Hair in India! (Diary of a One Year Old)

By Piyushi Dhir

While my Spanish, French and Mauritian friends are spared the barber’s sharp tools at a tender age, as an Indian baby, I had to undergo mundan during my recent visit to India. This ritual entails the tonsuring of one’s head and the gifting of the hair one brought from within the womb to the Gods. […]

When an NRI Baby Travels Back to India (Diary of a One Year Old)

By Piyushi Dhir

Last week I told you about how I ran into a great big Punjabi family back home in India. Now, if I’d stayed on in Delhi after my birth, these family members and everything around them would have been regular for me. But, as it happens, I left the country when I was a month […]

My Big Fat Punjabi Family in India (Diary of a One Year Old)

By Piyushi Dhir

Whenever you don’t hear from me, you can be sure I’m up to something new and exciting. Given my track record, it is highly probable that I’m travelling. After exploring Dubai and gallivanting in Paris, this time I traveled ‘back home’ to India. Everyone calls it home, but given that I’ve lived nine out of […]

Travelling Moms- Meals in Paris

By Piyushi Dhir

Part 3 in a series on ParisParis is not just a destination for romance and honeymooners, it can offer a great vacation to families too. You can find great places to live in, which are baby-friendly, as long as you know what to look for. Transport within the city, while notorious on several counts, was no […]

Traveling Moms- Transport within Paris

By Piyushi Dhir

Part 2 in a series on ParisIf you’re planning to go to Paris for a holiday with your infant or toddler, kudos to you! I admire your spirit. My hubby and I took our first post-baby vacation to Paris and it turned out to be a unique holiday. First of all, we learnt that our […]

Traveling Moms- Where to Stay in Paris

By Piyushi Dhir

Part 1 in a series on ParisIf you’re considering a vacation in Paris with your little ones tagging along, don’t hesitate. We did it and so can you. My hubby and I spent over a week in Paris with our eight month old and one of the best favours we did to ourselves was to […]

‘Baby’mooning in Paris (How I Made my Parents’ Holiday Unforgettable)

By Piyushi Dhir

(Diary of an Eight Month Old- contd.)People go to Paris for love, romance, shopping, the Eiffel Tower and French cuisine. What do you expect an eight month old will do there? While my parents tried their best to enjoy Paris on their first post-baby vacation, I tried to make it a vacation they would not […]

Getting a Schengen Visa (Diary of an Eight Month Old)

By Piyushi Dhir

The travel bug has bit me again. This time, I’m travelling to Paris. Here’s the story of how this eight month old got his Schengen visa. Last year, when I was still blissfully floating around in Mum’s tummy, my parents decided to take me to Rome. Luckily, I didn’t need any visas then. I floated […]

Spoiled Silly in Dubai (Diary of a Six Month Old)

By Piyushi Dhir

If you remember, last week I was telling you about how I landed up in Dubai, right into the arms of my cuddly grandparents. When I had decided to go meet them, I had looked forward to getting to know these people I heard about all the time, and who were my ancestors. What I […]

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