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A Weekly Newsletter by Viv & Ami
We began this labour of love, as a way to share with our friends all the ways in which we revel in life’s little pleasures - cooking, art, music, design - away from the doom-scrolling of gloomy headlines.Alongside our curated list from the internet of our favourite things, we also share our experience of being female entrepreneurs in India; the highs and pitfalls, challenges and wins and perhaps some nuggets of wisdom we’ve learned as we’ve fumbled through this journey.We love lists. If Buzzfeed and every copycat listicle media spinoffs’ success is anything to go by - so do you. We love ticking them off, for the dopamine-spark of accomplishment; we love writing them out in a brain-dump to...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
19th
February
2021
In trawling through the interwebs to find interesting links to share with you on this newsletter, we came upon this video; an interview with three English centenarians on what it’s like to live so long, lessons they’ve learned along the way, and regrets...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
12th
February
2021
It’s only the second month of 2021, and for us, both personally and on the socio-political Indian landscape - it still feels like we’re hurtling on fire down a rollercoaster without our seatbelts on. But we’re a newsletter on distraction,...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
5th
February
2021
In a burgeoning world of newsletters, from bona fide writers, thinkers and policy makers to entrepreneurs like ourselves peddling wares - we are so grateful that our Delights of Distraction Newsletter manages to make it past your spam folder. Other than promotional...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
22nd
January
2021
Back in the naive, innocent years of early 2020, we read this article, “In 2020, Skip Your Resolutions — Embrace a Vice”. Who knew that later in 2020, we wouldn't just embrace a single vice - but ALL of them?...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
15th
January
2021
Hello to you, in the bright new era of 2021! We're writing this newsletter from a languorous position in Goa, where we came to take a break for a couple of weeks.. and it looks like everyone else in...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
8th
January
2021
In April, we -Vivita and Avneet, the co-founders of The Wishing Chair, released the "Delights of Distraction" newsletters; a grab-bag of some of our favorite links across the internet that lent some diversion, inspiration, and solace during these unsettling times. We...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
25th
December
2020
In April, we -Vivita and Avneet, the co-founders of The Wishing Chair, released the "Delights of Distraction" newsletters; a grab-bag of some of our favorite links across the internet that lent some diversion, inspiration, and solace during these unsettling times. We...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
18th
December
2020