Originating from India, Chai is a flavoured tea beverage made by brewing black tea with a mixture of aromatic Indian spices and herbs. Unlike my cousins, who have been Chai lovers for a while, my appreciation for it started to blossom only after I moved to Melbourne. Only after I experienced a full-on winter…
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I have a soft spot for well-written travel memoirs. Here are some travel memoirs that helped shape my mind and life.…
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In my dream, I stay in an apartment right above Little India. I manage a cultural publication solely dedicated to Little India and spend my days writing about everything about it.…
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I think the cultural travel experience you should not miss is eating the local food while travelling, or even trying different cuisine restaurants in your city. This is the story of my first trip to India, which started my obsession with Hyderabadi Biryani. We reached Hyderabad after midnight and stayed only for the weekend,…
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Who ate food at midnight, 40,000 feet in the sky? I did, inside Tiger Airways jet setting from India to Singapore.…
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I always find it amusing to say: "I am an Indian who has never been to India" to anyone who would listen. I can't say it any longer.…
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I daydream of taking a gap year to do cultural travel with a DSLR and a travel journal, even though most days I reconcile bank statements in my office cubicle. So today, the first thing I do after waking up groggy this morning from consuming an excessive amount of bubbly drinks on NYE is to…
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My highly rested, Inspired brain was fighting the routine this morning. I couldn’t bring myself to wake up on time or snooze. I was about to be late for work, so naturally, I decided to let it be and went to BK to have King’s breakfast and sat there until 10 am before I…
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Alas, the rest night was fun. We ate some more, shared office gossip, and went home by 1 AM. I am ready for my next Dandiya party!…
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Little India is the one place that I wouldn’t miss going to every time I visit Singapore. There are many things to do, discover, and feast.…
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