Aloha from Honolulu: A Dream Hawaiian Adventure Honolulu Airport, Hawaii When our daughter Minerva and son-in-law Bram invited us to a holiday in Hawaii, I was all excited. Unfortunately, later the political climate became tense, which turned my excitement into worry. Every TV channel back home was bursting with news of uncertainty at the borders....Read More

A Vietnamese Story Christmas 2024 For our 2024 annual family vacation, we decided to visit the trending destination of Vietnam. So plans were made, hotels booked and tours were arranged. The plethora of online travel resources like Booking.com, Agoda, Viator and others have made life easier for tourists on the go. All you have to...Read More

Road trips: Communing with nature and family Road trip 1 A cabin in the woods is a perfect getaway from the hustle and bustle of city life and when Minerva and Bram invited us to their little slice of paradise, I put away all thoughts of city lights, crazy shopping and fancy dinners and hopped...Read More

Spain and Morocco Family Reunion 2023 Family reunions are priceless. Covid had isolated us for a long period of time and we were planning a get-together somewhere out of the country. The opportunity came by when our good friend from Spain, Angela Abascal invited us all to her wedding in Pamplona, Spain. She was getting...Read More

My younger son Franav invited us for the Fifa World Cup 2022 in Doha, Qatar. Post pandemic, both Vasu and I have had ups and downs with health issues, but Franav’s invitation was attractive and enticing, specially so as we had also witnessed several of the FIFA World Cup matches in St. Petersburg and Moscow...Read More

September 8th, 2021 has been designated ‘International Literacy Day’ by the United Nations. I can see the winds of change sweeping over us making us to re-think and redefine the term ‘literacy’ and it’s traditional meaning. Read my blog on the INDIASSETZ website on what Literacy should encompass today on https://indiassetz.com/the-spotlight/literacy-winds-of-change Literacy – Winds of...Read More

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the largest annual gathering of the international women’s movement at the United Nations. It provides a unique opportunity for leaders in gender equality and women’s empowerment to come together on a common platform to influence the UN agenda. The CSW is the principal intergovernmental body exclusively...Read More