June 29, 2021
Futureproofing your loved ones
Estate and succession planning has suddenly acquired a new lease of life, thanks to Covid.
Category: Articles/Essays
May 9, 2021
COVID: Grief and worry consume expats in the UAE
As India gets battered with the second wave of Covid-19, for the Indian diaspora, the battle to maintain sanity has become a constant — with them wondering when they can visit family and friends back home again.
May 1, 2021
Ghosts and ghostbusters
Ghosting has nothing to do with the supernatural, and everything to do with our Net-enabled lifestyles. How does one survive an unexplained online rejection and move on with life?
April 18, 2021
Being on a workation
Work from Home is the Covid-byproduct, but remote-working from every geographical location is a choice an increasing number of people are exercising. And with good results. Conversations around me are morale boosting. It’s of people planning a workation, a neologism with a positive ring to it. Workation — like combining work and vacation — is a concept most pleasing to millions of home-stuck workers, myself […]
April 7, 2021
Seeing the world in a grain of sand
Grounded travellers are finding ways to relive past journeys and plan future ones: creating music playlists and artworks, learning new languages, watching birds and planes, and cooking up country-themed lunches