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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 hope you had a rejuvenating weekend. This newsletter is dense with links, so to keep it not-so long-winded, let’s get to the links right off the bat. Here are our favourite “bric- a-brac” off the interwebz this week: To...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
11th
July
2021
Now that our cities have opened up, and we slowly and tentatively emerge from the second wave, many of us are taking stock of where our time went over the months. We saved time on commutes and bar-hopping, but seemed...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
4th
July
2021
Last week, we took a spontaneous break from the DOD newsletters, for no particular reason other than the fact that it’s been mighty hard to concentrate for long periods without our minds flitting into what Brene Brown called “dress rehearsal tragedy”...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
27th
June
2021
Through our arc over the last year, we realized we’ve managed to connect with so many of you, readers who write to us saying they see part of themselves echoed in our experiences, who anchor them to something hopeful, or...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
5th
June
2021
Some days, the expectation of writing a positive, uplifting newsletter to match with the optimistic-whimsy of the brand, can feel crippling. With the devastation that’s being wreaked on the country, it’s hard not to feel that our little corner of...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
29th
May
2021
If you’ve been feeling like you’ve been pulled into a vortex of despair and now you’re tapped out; an emotional husk floating in a sense of numbness - please don’t feel guilty. This is perfectly normal in light of the...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
21st
May
2021
This email marks our one year anniversary of the Delights of Distraction newsletter - a weekly email that we started at the beginning of lockdown in 2020 with our favourite finds from the internet in the modest pursuit to furnish...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
15th
May
2021
Through anecdotal data and the depleting level at which we are doling out vaccines, it seems that some people are still hesitant to get the vaccine, so we thought we would put together a little explainer, so fears can be...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
15th
May
2021