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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.Hello glowbugs, Yes, it’s been a while since you've seen us dropping into your inbox. Thank you for your patience. We took a break over October and November. Vivita's father had a stroke, and he passed away a few days...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
12th
December
2021
The hardest part of growing up is realizing your parents are getting older. With septuagenarian parents who have recently been unwell, both of us have been dealing with the sharp pain of an anticipatory sorrow of knowing that our parents will...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
12th
December
2021
Last week Ami finally got down to reading a book lying unread in her bookcase since 2008 - The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World. An insightful witty read which introduced us to the work...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
12th
December
2021
One of the things both of us struggled with this year was to fit workouts into our day. Despite more flexible hours at the office, we just couldn’t find the motivation. Despite the best of intentions; running shoes at the...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
12th
September
2021
No. 65
Have you liked outside today? Do you see that tree? It can be difficult to gaze up at the dotted vastness of a starry sky or the intricate geometry of a spiderweb and feel an intimate connection with nature - but...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
5th
September
2021
Last week was Ami’s birthday. Once you hit your 40s, with all the smug-hood of Don’t-give-a-f*ck-itude, burgeoning wisdom (and matching thighs), it’s prudent to look back and take stock of what brought you here. If only she knew then...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
20th
August
2021
For lifestyle stores in India (or all stores really) - Diwali is our biggest season. We spend months gearing up for it, in anticipation that the celebratory gifting nature of the festival will make up for the dismal months before...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
11th
August
2021
When we started writing this newsletter in 2020 - it seemed an easy enough task to add to our repertoire of running The Wishing Chair: just slap together a few links to cool things we discovered through the week, an...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
18th
July
2021
