Being mindful; it sounds wonderful and important, doesn’t it? We hear about the topic of mindfulness quite a bit; however, most of us are unsure what it means, exactly. According to Oxford Language Dictionary, mindfulness is defined as: a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment…

In my previous career, I worked for a tech company. Lots of stress and chaos took me to the point of burnout. My energy was low and my motivation lower. I knew that I was not anywhere near my best self and that is when I decided it was time…

By Navina Chhabria | www.navinachhabria.com Let me start by saying I LOVE FOOD and I am eating a chocolate cream biscuit as I write this. There are sugar granules on the top and a creamy filling in the middle. The biscuit is crunchy, so buttery that it’s melting in my…

What is home? Four walls? A picket fence? Marriage? Family? I never really lived with my grandparents. But each year when we visited during the summer holidays, Amma, my grandmother would tell me about her home in Pakistan, a big, beautiful tree and the lake where she would swim in…

My dad was born in pre-partition India. His family had to run overnight with virtually no belongings, leaving their thriving life behind. He was two. And although my mother was born in free India, the loss of land and life her family had to go through was still palpable. Having…

By Navina Chhabria | www.navinachhabria.com Have you ever looked at a brand or an object and have been immediately attracted to it? And have you wondered why? Was it the color, the design or perhaps an illustration that drew you in? From your morning cereal, your dish towel, the clothes…