By Piyushi Dhir
Flashback. We got Permanent Residence for Canada, we did the initial landing and we returned to Ivory Coast. We even had a lovely baby boy. Two years on, when we decided to take up the Canada ticket, we realized that our baby was going to be refused entry into the country. This was November 2017. […]
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Last week I wrote an article busting some common myths I have faced time and again about Africa. As I had mentioned, it is my way of giving back to the land that gave me so much. I seek to remove the veil that covers it in shadows formed by misconceptions. Encouraged by the enthusiastic […]
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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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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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While in Ivory Coast, if you would like to take a visa-free tour to the Vatican, you need not fly down to Italy! Just drive out to Yamoussoukro and enter the premises of the Basilica of our Lady of Peace and you will be on Vatican land. When it was built on the 1980s, the […]
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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, […]
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In my last post, I was talking about growing up into a strapping eight-month old fellow and learning new things. I have more abilities to boast of that I have learnt only in these last few weeks and unless I don’t tell you about them, I won’t be doing a good job of giving you […]
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You’ve heard about my international travels. Now I’ll tell you about my equally global neighbourhood. We moved from San Pedro to Abidjan recently, since Papa is now going to be working here. I was happy because that brought me closer to my Dr Carlos. We stayed temporarily in an apartment in the most happening part […]
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Soon after we reached San Pedro, my Mum was on the lookout for a nanny for me. I think she’d had enough of me by then. Papa, the driver and the housekeeper were all put on nanny-hunting duty. One lady actually sent Papa a written application at his office, titled ‘Application for the post of […]
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