Pragati Siddhanti, an expat living in Basel, Switzerland talks about motherhood, travel and building the career while being a desi at heart.
Expat Living in Switzerland
At My Swiss Story, I spend a lot of time listening to people's experiences of living in Switzerland. Some conversations happen over coffee, others at our events, and many through the stories our community shares with us. But every now and then, I like to step outside our own community and see what conversations are [...]
If you've been searching for the top spaces to survive the heat in Basel, you're definitely not alone. With the current heatwave sweeping across not just Switzerland but much of Europe, everyone seems to be on the lookout for places with air conditioning on a continent that was never really built for this kind of [...]
Moving to a new country teaches you to compare things differently. Rent, insurance, transport, school options, groceries, tax rules, childcare, phone plans, bank accounts. At some point, every expat becomes a quiet researcher, collecting information, asking friends, reading forums, and trying to understand how things work in a system that was not built around what [...]
As My Swiss Story turns 10 this June, I’ve been reflecting on the one thing that has remained at the heart of this journey from the very beginning. Belonging. Not as a theme for an anniversary month, but as something that has quietly shaped every conversation, gathering and connection we’ve created over the last decade. [...]
There are some journeys you plan, and then there are some that quietly begin… without you even realising how far they’ll go. When I moved from India to Switzerland with my husband and our five-year-old daughter, everything felt new. A different country, a different pace of life, and a completely unfamiliar environment. In the middle [...]