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.Old friends are the best, aren’t they? Like an oft-worn pair of shoes, they fit comfortably around your knobbly bits. There’s a familiar groove. You don’t have to explain yourself, your moods and undulations.They know the what, how, and wherefore. ...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
8th
February
2022
Last week we celebrated Viv’s mother’s 70th spin around the sun. It was a milestone birthday, and in the midst of COVID, a large celebration slid to the back-burner for a future time when family could be in town. Instead,...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
30th
January
2022
Like everyone else in Delhi in intermittent phases of lockdown, and personal mind-sucking bandwidth, our brains haven’t had much exposure to sunlight and good ol’ Vitamin D, so they feel like they’re made of mush right now. Therefore this issue...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
28th
January
2022
Hey there! And here we are, we suppose you’re reading this cloistered in your hovels. "Third year of the pandemic" used to be a phrase reserved for science fiction novels. Who knew 2020 would turn into a trilogy, as COVID is...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
16th
January
2022
This is the last edition of the newsletter for 2021, a year which, much to your relief, we will not summarize. Suffice to say, it’s been an emotional clusterf*$% for some, a trial by dumpster fire for others with some...
The Delights of Distraction
By Viv & Ami
29th
December
2021
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