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Mumbai Film Festival

I love a good film festival.  In Melbourne I would always go to the International Film Festival that came to town each year. For someone who is not so creative, I seem to have a lot of friends who are

Rakhee Ghelani October 29, 2012July 5, 2015 Art, australia, hindi, India, Uncategorized, Women 4 Comments Read more

Indian English: My Top 10

I love the English language.  Since I have been learning Hindi, I do also appreciate how hard it is to learn any language that is not your first language. That is why I find it fascinating that most middle and

Rakhee Ghelani October 15, 2012July 5, 2015 Culture, India, Uncategorized 35 Comments Read more

Beauty, Nature and Solitude – Chilika Lake

I chose to travel down the East coast of India, on my way to Chennai, to experience the road less traveled.  Odisha is certainly a place I loved, but I discovered quite quickly that the less worn path also comes

Rakhee Ghelani February 15, 2012July 6, 2015 hindi, India, Travel, Uncategorized 8 Comments Read more

Cultural Misfits: Where do I fit in?

I am learning Hindi and have found the experience particularly challenging given the rather diverse cultural history I come from ( something I have discussed a bit previously here). My grandparents were born in India, my parents in East Africa

Rakhee Ghelani January 18, 2012July 6, 2015 Culture, expat, Gujarat, hindi, India, Travel, Uncategorized 16 Comments Read more

Guruvayur and Thrissur: How do you prove you are Hindu?

How do you prove what religion you were raised to someone you just met? A Christian can wear a cross, although anyone could do this relatively easily. A Muslim woman can wear a Hijab, but not all do. A Jewish

Rakhee Ghelani December 4, 2011July 6, 2015 Buddhist, Christianity, Divinity, Hindu, India, Judaism, Muslim, Travel, Uncategorized 29 Comments Read more

Orchha: Celebrating Dussehra Madhya Praddesh Style

Navratri is a Hindu festival that means 9 nights and is a celebration of the Goddess Durga as Autumn begins (at least in very simplistic terms). For me growing up in Australia, Navratri was the time of year we gathered

Rakhee Ghelani October 21, 2011July 6, 2015 Divinity, expat, Gujarat, Hindu, India, Travel, Uncategorized, worship 4 Comments Read more

India and Pakistan: Not ordinary enemies

Before I start this post, I must clarify that I am NOT writing this based on a deep and studied understanding of the politics of the relationship between India and Pakistan. This post is based entirely on my observations of

Rakhee Ghelani September 12, 2011July 6, 2015 australia, India, Pakistan, Travel, Uncategorized 8 Comments Read more

Pictorial Post: Shimla

One of my regular readers has suggested that I put more pictures in my posts to give readers a feel for the places and things I am writing about.  As I now have a brand new camera that works, I

Rakhee Ghelani September 4, 2011July 6, 2015 expat, India, Travel, Uncategorized 3 Comments Read more

Opportunity Cost: Travel for travel’s sake or is it all about getting a good photo?

*This post is participating in its first blog-hop hosted by Tortoise Mum on the theme of Opportunity Cost.  Hop on over and take a look at other posts on opportunity cost. I finally set out on my journey to travel

Rakhee Ghelani August 24, 2011July 6, 2015 australia, India, Uncategorized 8 Comments Read more

How to change your perception of wealth in India?

When I moved to India I left behind, what many would consider, a very good career.  I was a senior manager in a big bank, and had a lot of opportunity to progress and develop.  I just needed a change,

Rakhee Ghelani August 20, 2011July 6, 2015 australia, expat, India 19 Comments Read more
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