Hello!! I’m announcing the winner of the That Goan Girl x Urban Desi… so waitttt for it…. The winner is Drashti Doshi! Drashti, please email me at thatgoangirl@gmail.com or inbox me on Facebook with your details and I’ll have the Urban Desi bag sent to you pronto! Thank you everyone…
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Boy, oh boy! Do I have a surprise for you! Well, it’s not really a surprise because it’s all I’ve been talking about since launching the revamped blog last week! In order to celebrate the new and improved website, I’m having our FIRST EVER GIVEAWAY!!! I can’t tell you how…
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I started Freelance Writing a year and a half ago… by accident, to help out a friend whose content marketer backed out at the last moment. I worked that weekend, got paid and went on my way. Before long, I got another call – this friend recommended me to someone…
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Edit: This restaurant has permanently closed. While most people in Mumbai lament about the space crunch, others go on to develop a modest restaurant in an area so small, it may not even count for a single room in most houses. Tucked into one of Bandra’s little by-lanes, this blink-and-you-miss-it…
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Hey guys!! Drum roll, please…. I’ve been working with an amazing team to recreate my blog and today’s the day to reveal it! Yep…The ‘That Goan Girl’ revamp is fiiiinalllyyy here!! I’d been meaning to launch the new and improved blog in February (as many of my old readers know) but it…
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Edit – This restaurant has permanently closed. Mibonasa only opened a month ago, but its reputation has been burnished by the bling-bling reviews on zomato by food lovers from Navi Mumbai. Located on Palm Beach Road, the restaurant is growing in popularity for serving South East Asian food that’s as…
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When new people I meet find out that I live alone in the city I get a lot of raised eyebrows and “are you a sociopath?” kind of expressions. That’s followed by mild questions like – “Isn’t it scary? Don’t you get bored? It’s lonely, isn’t it? How do you…
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I can’t believe I’ve written two posts on Hampi without even mentioning what there is to see there! If you haven’t read them yet, check out my Royal Enfield ride to Hampi and a little about it’s hippy-trippy vibe. Getting Around in Hampi The weather was unbearably hot when I…
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They say Hampi is so small, you can see it all in a day, maybe two. I don’t agree. Hampi is unreal, bewitching and architecturally resplendent. Giant sun-baked boulders perch precariously over each other and stretch over miles of terrain with palm trees that look tiny in comparison dotted in…
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An unplanned trip introduces you to your wiser version – one where you don’t have to rely on itineraries. It’s an opportunity to cut loose and be a little irresponsible while you still can – which is not a lot for me, considering my A-type personality. But for someone whose…
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If you watched the Oscars that went by a few days ago, you must have noticed that it was a literally a Pastel face off!! That’s right, the biggest fashion icons walked the red carpet in sherbet colours, setting the trend yet again. Pastel Hues are perfect for the summer…
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