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    • Expat Life & Culture Shock
      • Living on a Visa: The Real Rollercoaster of Life Abroad No One Talks About
      • No Plans, Just Snow and Silence: The Quiet Chaos of an Indian Expat’s Long Weekend
      • Minimalist Lifestyle: Embrace Simple Living and Declutter Your Life
      • NEVER HAVE I EVER . . . not had a Fear of Missing Out
      • Work from home, social distancing and virtual meetings: the new normal?
      • Belonging Without Borders: Embracing Identity in a Rootless World
      • When Small Talk Became My First American Love (And Then Ghosted Me)
    • Everyday Absurdities
      • My Robot Vacuum Cleaner Acts Like a Toddler—Here’s How ‘Guddu’ Took Over My Life
      • Too Old for Parties, Too Young for Soup: A Funny Tale of One Friday Night
      • A quick chat with Louie, our pet dog, on this quarantine life
      • Indian television: a world full of snakes, bees, flies and gorillas for characters. Watch at your own risk
      • From Carnatic Notes to Country Roads: My Nashville Music Blunder
    • Nostalgia & 90s Childhood
      • The return of the nostalgic summer holidays
      • From Yellow Pencils to Dollar Store Dreams: An NRI’s Hilarious Journey from School to the States
    • Life Lessons & Reflections
      • This Is What Happens When You Believe a Facebook Ad About Getting Rich Fast
      • How My Diet Failed, My Shirt Shrunk, and a Rs. 5 Weighing Scale Called Me Out
      • Still learning to deal with the disruption from the virus
      • The Depression support posts on social media
      • Recession vs. Rally: Why the Stock Market Is Booming While the Economy Tanks
      • Writer’s block and how to cure it
      • Staying Home, Doing Nothing, and Loving It: A Guide to Isolationship
      • She is a strong independent woman
      • Nothing has changed. Except that everything has
    • Indian arranged marriage chronicles
      • Uppit Coffee: a tale of Indian arranged marriages
  • Book
    • Nostalgia in Paperback: A 90s Kid’s Love Letter to Bangalore
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    • Expat Life & Culture Shock
      • Living on a Visa: The Real Rollercoaster of Life Abroad No One Talks About
      • No Plans, Just Snow and Silence: The Quiet Chaos of an Indian Expat’s Long Weekend
      • Minimalist Lifestyle: Embrace Simple Living and Declutter Your Life
      • NEVER HAVE I EVER . . . not had a Fear of Missing Out
      • Work from home, social distancing and virtual meetings: the new normal?
      • Belonging Without Borders: Embracing Identity in a Rootless World
      • When Small Talk Became My First American Love (And Then Ghosted Me)
    • Everyday Absurdities
      • My Robot Vacuum Cleaner Acts Like a Toddler—Here’s How ‘Guddu’ Took Over My Life
      • Too Old for Parties, Too Young for Soup: A Funny Tale of One Friday Night
      • A quick chat with Louie, our pet dog, on this quarantine life
      • Indian television: a world full of snakes, bees, flies and gorillas for characters. Watch at your own risk
      • From Carnatic Notes to Country Roads: My Nashville Music Blunder
    • Nostalgia & 90s Childhood
      • The return of the nostalgic summer holidays
      • From Yellow Pencils to Dollar Store Dreams: An NRI’s Hilarious Journey from School to the States
    • Life Lessons & Reflections
      • This Is What Happens When You Believe a Facebook Ad About Getting Rich Fast
      • How My Diet Failed, My Shirt Shrunk, and a Rs. 5 Weighing Scale Called Me Out
      • Still learning to deal with the disruption from the virus
      • The Depression support posts on social media
      • Recession vs. Rally: Why the Stock Market Is Booming While the Economy Tanks
      • Writer’s block and how to cure it
      • Staying Home, Doing Nothing, and Loving It: A Guide to Isolationship
      • She is a strong independent woman
      • Nothing has changed. Except that everything has
    • Indian arranged marriage chronicles
      • Uppit Coffee: a tale of Indian arranged marriages
  • Book
    • Nostalgia in Paperback: A 90s Kid’s Love Letter to Bangalore

Expat Life & Culture Shock

Living on a Visa: The Real Rollercoaster of Life Abroad No One Talks About

Living on a Visa: The Real Rollercoaster of Life Abroad No One Talks About

The stress that everyday news on VISA changes brings with it Nishanth S Coontoor My original plan was to write ...
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No Plans, Just Snow and Silence: The Quiet Chaos of an Indian Expat’s Long Weekend

No Plans, Just Snow and Silence: The Quiet Chaos of an Indian Expat’s Long Weekend

By Nishanth S Coontoor When the 6 am alarm woke me up, I was glad it was a Monday morning ...
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