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Full-time off-grid life: how does a family of 5 live fridge-free?
If you are reading this post, I assume you might be intrigued by the way my family decided to pursue it. Already, moving to the farm life, instead of conventional farming, we head for...
Edible food forest – from fallow wasteland to 5 layer food garden in Tamil...
If one day somebody had told me I would live in the middle of Indian nowhere (actually it's in the heart of Tamil Nadu) setting up a food forest and self-sustainable farm - I'd...
5 not so obvious truth bombs I learned living in the Indian village
It might seem a bit cliche but time flies. It's been already a year on the farm before I knew it and - I cannot agree more - that it is the most intense...
AC from nature – how to protect yourself from heat during summertime in India.
Every year from March till July, South Indian states turn into a frying pan. Spending time in an extremely hot and humid climate, where you are exposed to the direct sunlight may lead to...
Slowing down level pro. Why did I decide to move to the Indian countryside?
Since the day I decided to move out of Europe and settle down in India, start a family and grow old with a man from a completely distant culture to the one I was...
5 reasons that made up my mind to homeschool my kids in India
When we decided to leave quite a comfortable UK life and move back to India, many people couldn't believe we gave up western life to come back to the village where, to be honest,...
How to get an Indian passport for a minor abroad? example of UK VFS
When you are lucky enough to be born in a country with birthright citizenship while your parents are of a different nationality than the country they reside in, i.e in the USA or Canada...
OCI card replacement. Application in UK VFS
For almost anyone of foreign national who wants to enter India, it is required to have a valid passport along with a valid Indian visa. Though, in some scenarios, people are exempted from having...
From offshore to onsite – corporate India vs corporate UK
2013-2019 was the time I was working full time in India and I was a typical corporate associate. Yup, I was a common "yes, sir" girl searching for appreciation, recognition, appraisals, promotion and day...
Secret way of not going mad. My quite imperfect, happy and not that stressful...
There is no simple set of instructions that can guarantee happy and not that stressful expat life. We all get a push from family, relatives, friends, work. We all have responsibilities, sometimes commitments that...