By Piyushi Dhir
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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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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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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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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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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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. […]
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