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Expats Behaving Badly

Expats Behaving Badly

Something happened this week that made me so mad I felt compelled to write about it. Of all the things that annoy me about living in India, the thing that makes me most upset is when I see someone with

Rakhee Ghelani April 28, 2014 expat, India, Poverty 16 Comments Read more

Happy Anniversary to Me : 2 Years Living in Bombay

Happy Anniversary to Me : 2 Years Living in Bombay

This week I celebrated two years of living in Bombay. To be honest, I never really believed that I would stay here that long, but now Bombay does feel like home. I have close friends here, established networks and am

Rakhee Ghelani March 24, 2014 expat, Food, India, Mumbai, Uncategorized 10 Comments Read more

Dubai the City of Glamour: United Arab Emirates

Dubai the City of Glamour: United Arab Emirates

After a little hiatus, I am getting back into writing about a different location a week I have visited. This week it’s the United Arab Emirates, and more specifically Dubai. Dubai has a special place in my heart, I spent

Rakhee Ghelani February 3, 2014 expat, middle East, Travel, work 2 Comments Read more

The Day India Nearly Broke My Spirit

The Day India Nearly Broke My Spirit

I finally had that day where India nearly broke my spirit. It’s the end of monsoon, which means the air is thick with moisture and oh so very hot. Not the kind of weather where you want to be shuffled

Rakhee Ghelani October 11, 2013 expat, India 13 Comments Read more

Melbourne: The Things I Have Missed

Melbourne: The Things I Have Missed

I have been visiting Melbourne, which is home, for the past few weeks. I still have a couple of weeks to go before returning to Mumbai, but as I sit here on a cold, rainy day I am thinking of

Rakhee Ghelani August 13, 2013 australia, expat, Family, Food, Travel 3 Comments Read more

Climate Change: From Mumbai to Melbourne

Climate Change: From Mumbai to Melbourne

Through Mumbai’s sweltering, suffocating Summer, I have spent many a day fantasising about rolling around in ice cold snow or being rugged up in layers of winter woolies. I have literally had dreams about it. So I was very excited

Rakhee Ghelani July 22, 2013 australia, India, Travel, weather 4 Comments Read more

Home: St Kilda

Home: St Kilda

I have travelled to 48 countries in the world, and consider myself a seasoned traveller. However so far my blog has only touched on my adventures of the past two years. So I have decided to challenge myself to relive

Rakhee Ghelani May 27, 2013 australia, Judaism, Travel, Uncategorized 10 Comments Read more

Sometimes A Girl Just Need Some Girlfriends

Last week I made 5 new friends. I can’t remember the last time I made that many new friends in a week.  As I have got older, meeting new people that I click with has become harder, and to be

Rakhee Ghelani October 8, 2012 expat, India, Relationships, Women 19 Comments Read more

Finding Home

I recently went through the rather stressful experience of trying to find somewhere to live in Mumbai. The options are overwhelming and also very varied in their quality and price.  Coming from a country where you look up some places

Rakhee Ghelani May 22, 2012 expat, India 24 Comments Read more

Class or crass: India’s Middle Class

One of the biggest culture shocks I am now experiencing relates to what is considered to be “class” or behaviour that represents economic and social status.  It isn’t something I saw much of when I was backpacking, but now that

Rakhee Ghelani May 8, 2012 Culture, expat, India, Uncategorized 41 Comments Read more
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