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Category: Musings

  • Musings

Vampires, Voodoo, & V. Smooth Jazz, New Orleans

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on July 13, 2017August 2, 2018

{Written to the sound of Spotify’s Jazz Playlist} You won’t need a signboard to tell…

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  • Musings

SMU Bucket List, Dallas

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on May 8, 2017August 5, 2018

{Countdown to Graduation: 12 Days!} With last Formals, the start of graduation parties, and battling…

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  • Musings

Why Big-Little Week made me appreciate my sorority sisters more than ever, Dallas

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on March 2, 2017August 5, 2018

{Written with love from SMU Sorority Row, Gamma Phi Beta House, after discovering how hard…

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  • Musings

Moving On from your Childhood Home, Danville

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on December 7, 2016August 5, 2018

{Because Archana Tipnis phrased it best: “You’ll always have the master key to that house.…

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  • Musings

“On this Day” Facebook Nostalgia

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on November 6, 2016June 27, 2019

We are constantly writing our own history by making choices, making mistakes, and making memories.…

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  • Fashion

Giuseppe Zanotti: Shoes with a Soul, NYC

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on August 9, 2016August 5, 2018

{Written for Jamaque Paradis based on an interview at 5th Avenue, Manhattan, NY} An aura…

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  • India

New Delhi’s Language of Horns, India

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on May 30, 2016November 1, 2018

{Written after a manual car driving lesson in New Delhi, India} Three motorcycles squeeze in…

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  • France

After the Attacks, Paris

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on November 20, 2015August 2, 2018

{With love from Paris} Today marks exactly one week since the Friday the 13th terrorist…

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  • France

Giverny: an Artist’s Wonderland, Normandy

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on October 29, 2015November 1, 2018

{Written aboard Le Train de l’Impressionisme} T’was the night before exam week, when all across…

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  • France

Paris, je t’aime

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on October 20, 2015October 24, 2016

{From my balcony in the 15th Arrondissement} Paris is the kind of place where accordion…

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  • France

Descending into the Dead, Paris

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on September 19, 2015August 2, 2018

{Written upon safely returning to the Living} Gargoyles snarl menacingly on the rooftops of Notre…

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  • England

Hauling Sherlock from London to Paris

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on September 8, 2015November 1, 2018

{Written en route the Eurostar from London to Paris} I’m sitting cross-legged on top of…

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  • England

Sense of Direction, London

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on August 19, 2015June 27, 2019

{From a couch in a London burrow}  Maps for the London Tube splash bold colored-lines…

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  • England

Amidst the Rooftops, Oxford

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on August 10, 2015August 4, 2018

{From the terrace of Turl Street Café, Oxford, UK} There’s something magical about sitting amidst…

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  • England

View from my Castle Window, Oxford

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on August 5, 2015August 5, 2018

{Written from my study above High Street in Univ, Oxford, UK} There is no doubt…

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  • England

This Teapot does not contain Tea, Oxford

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on August 2, 2015August 5, 2018

{Written from the Chequers Pub, Oxford, UK} Let me contrast two mornings for you: that…

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  • England

State of Zen, Oxford

  • by Nikita Taimni
  • Posted on July 26, 2015August 5, 2018

{At Paul’s Café, Oxford, UK} There are few moments in your life where you just…

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Travels

Avoid Anarchists in Exarchaeia, Athens

My Marvelous Guide to Mykonos, Greece!

Hot Dam(n) Dubai Day-Trip! Kayaking in Hatta, UAE

18 Things you’ll want to do on your trip to New Delhi, India

Stargazing in the Mleiha Desert, UAE

Rain Room: a dry downpour, Sharjah UAE

Habib-tea at Tania’s Teahouse, Dubai

Don’t Haight, Appreciate [Cutie], San Francisco

Strolling through the Japanese Tea Gardens, San Francisco

Ho Ho Holyshit… it’s SantaCon, San Francisco

Inside San Francisco’s Color Factory

¡Vamos á Barcelona!

Veni, Vidi…Venice

Tour de Paris: An Itinerary

Vampires, Voodoo, & V. Smooth Jazz, New Orleans

Musings

Vampires, Voodoo, & V. Smooth Jazz, New Orleans

SMU Bucket List, Dallas

Why Big-Little Week made me appreciate my sorority sisters more than ever, Dallas

Moving On from your Childhood Home, Danville

“On this Day” Facebook Nostalgia

Theatre

“Tigers Be Still” prowls onstage this weekend!

“Is/Me:”Nourah Almaiman’s Monologues ponder the impact of one’s name on their life and perspective

Haste Reh Jaoge: Hilarious, Hindi and Has to be seen!

“Chuhal” brings banter and love to Hindi theatre, Dubai

Art & Intrigue: “By Cerise” offers two “Unforgettable”, “Snap”-py plays, Dubai

“A Behanding in Spokane” promises dark & entirely politically-incorrect humor

Dubai Drama Group’s “Faith Healer” monologues intrigued me ahead of premiere

DDG’s “Suspended in Motion” makes you stop and challenge assumptions, Dubai

This weekend, catch “Just Like That:” a comedy about life in Dubai

Short+Sweet Theatre’s line-up continues to amaze at Weekend 5, Dubai

Short+Sweet Theatre Fest goes strong with Weekend Two, Dubai

Short+Sweet Theatre: 10 plays of 10 mins each at Alserkal, Dubai

On set with Dubai Drama Group’s cast of “The Lion in Winter,” opening Nov 22

“Sutradhar” artfully flows a Mahabharata prequel on Opening Night, Dubai

“Enter Macbeth” does Shakespeare proud with an Arab-Scottish comedy at Alserkal, Dubai

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Nikita Taimni

Nikita Taimni

Nikita Taimni

A Dubai-based blogger, I write about travel, theatre and lifestyle in the cities I explore around the world. Follow me on Instagram @nikitalyfe and follow via email if you enjoy reading my posts!

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