GONE FISHIN' Image Source: Unsplash, Boriskin Vladislav Just a quick update on life around Collaborative Bridges. It's hard to believe I haven't put ANY posts up in the month of June, but there are a...

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Welcome to 2017! Happy New Year! Image Source: kauzend (Unsplash) As you enjoy the holiday period, I hope you're getting a change to relax! My suggestion - switch off everything...

When you start learning a new language, you very quickly discover there are words in other languages that have no exact translation in English (or your own mother-tongue). This series explores those linguistic novelties.... #4...

I've been watching the recent news in India with keen interest. In case you missed it, in November 2016, PM Modi announced all 500 and 1000 denominations would no longer be accepted. This would remove...

I recently went on a trip to the UK. It was my first time visiting England and Scotland and I didn't really know what to expect. If anything, I was skeptical as to whether I...

So in this whole debate on voluntourism, and some of the negative arguments against it, a question arises - is there a difference between "volunteering" and "voluntourism" in the first place? Isn't it just volunteering...

I was chatting with one of my colleagues from an Indian background a while back about holiday plans when he came out with this brilliant reflection that I had to share. He was talking about...

Voluntourism is a buzzword that has been around for a few years now and I’ve recently been reading up on the topic. I thought it might be a helpful subject to explore as it is...

Happy Easter!Easter is one of the (if not the) most important days in the Christian calendar. All Christians celebrate it around the world. But there are cultural variances in the ways that Christians remember the...