Our Newsletter
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.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
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
11th
December
2020
It's been one of those weeks; team members leaving, a tenuous pipeline of products, imminent cost and rent upswings as we are told that the pandemic scourge and its effects have supposedly ended. When you're faced with a pile-up of...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
4th
December
2020
Over the last couple of days, we had a quick sojourn at Jaipur to meet some of our karigars and help roll out some of our product lines that have been on the back burner due to Covid-adjacent issues. It's been our...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
27th
November
2020
Last week we gave you a little low down of our journey and our vision for The Wishing Chair, stating our values and our promise. We received such an overwhelming response to that email: some of you telling us how...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
20th
November
2020
It's been a busy week for all of us at The Wishing Chair coping with the new format of Diwali celebrations. Everyone is sending thoughtful 'thinking of you' Diwali presents & wishes as they celebrate safely & observe social distance....
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
13th
November
2020