All posts by Nida Sohail

Jobs, Opinion

Are business cards still a thing today?

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By Sandhya D’Mello

There was this time I witnessed my colleague cleaning his office drawer and, without any hesitation, mercilessly throwing a huge bunch of business cards in the dustbin, along with a statement: “I really don’t know what am I going to do with them.” It made me ponder how we all are sometimes desperate to give our visiting card or receive one from some important personality, who we would value or want to get acquainted with; having certain persons’ cards would be a something to flaunt. Continue reading Are business cards still a thing today? →

Books, Famous Personalities, Perspective

Happy birthday, Harry Potter!

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By Janice Rodrigues

Come July 31, our favourite boy wizard will be celebrating yet another birthday. But it’s probably high time we stop referencing Harry Potter as a ‘boy’ wizard; if he was indeed 12 years old in 1992 (mentioned in The Chamber of Secrets when he celebrated the deathday anniversary of Nearly Headless Nick) then the protagonist in J.K. Rowling’s magical series is — wait for it — turning 39 this year. Continue reading Happy birthday, Harry Potter! →

Lifestyle, Personal, Perspective

Do you spend enough time with your grandparents?

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By Purva Grover

A couple of weeks ago, at the arrival area of Dubai International Airport, I experienced a string of beautiful emotions — straight out of a Once Upon a Time book. As I walked past the placards with names of people from different nationalities and that of hotels spread across different areas of Dubai, I saw a little girl, probably four or younger, blindfolded. Next to her were her parents; her mum held a phone in her hand, ready to record a video, whilst her dad kept an eye on the people walking out of the doors. Continue reading Do you spend enough time with your grandparents? →

Perspective, Technology

My lesson in ‘rocket’ science had me all shook up

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By Sarwat Nasir

I will never forget the night when the ground beneath me literally shook, blinding rays of light lit up the dark skies and an ear-splitting sound nearly threw me off my feet. No, it was not an earthquake, nor a UFO; it was a powerful Russian rocket taking astronauts to the International Space Station. Continue reading My lesson in ‘rocket’ science had me all shook up →

Food

The Dh1 sundae topped with joy and selflessness

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By Sandhya D’Mello

I often like to treat myself to a Dh1 sundae cone at McDonald’s. Ah, the pleasure it gives me; sitting peacefully in one place and relishing the treat is beyond words. And on one such night — like a kid in a car anxiously waiting to hit the joint — I was too excited to grab one. With a sundae, sometimes the greed of also tasting those mouth-watering fries makes me smile; even as I write this, those long, pastel-yellow and salty spuds are something I’d love to have right now.

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Travel

What’s stopping you from seeing the world?

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By Neha Mahamood

A decade. That’s 10 years for the uninitiated. People accomplish quite a bit in 10 years when they follow their dreams and work hard. But how many of us dreamers out there have actually been anywhere outside of our hometown? I pose this question to you as someone who has been sitting on the idea of travelling the world for over — you guessed it — 10 years.

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