Pragati Siddhanti, an expat living in Basel, Switzerland talks about motherhood, travel and building the career while being a desi at heart.
Author: Ann Grandchamp, Mental Health Editor As a Mental Health coach, there are some questions that I get asked a lot. Today I share three with you. Check it out and see which ones you've already asked yourself. How do I set my own boundaries? That's a very good question and it's so important. Women [...]
Author: Ann Grandchamp, Mental Health Editor An expat is a person who lives outside his or her own country. Pretty simple and basic, as definitions go. Most expats don't plan on living in their host country long term. They are usually there for work, for a limited amount of time. Sometimes however, the situation can [...]
Yesterday, I woke up at the crack of dawn, made lunch, schlepped across Zurich for my 10 year old son’s German class, schlepped all the way back home, dropped my son off, picked up my daughter and travelled all the way across again in order to attend Durga Pujo - the Bengali/East Indian iteration of [...]
Let’s start from the start. You know from the time when COVID had appeared in our lives, the time when we were all of a sudden asked to embrace a new normal, which was anything but “normal”. Time went by, and all our connections and relationships either became virtual or nonexistent. If you know me, [...]
Author: Nayana Chakrabarti, Parenting and Education Editor As I write this, in December, I think I’ve read and heard the words ‘social distancing’ enough times to last me a lifetime! I still remember hearing it for the first time on the ‘The Late Show’ and snorting with laughter. Social distancing? What was that? Oh, if [...]