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Traveling through Switzerland
We did it! Some people make plans and dream about them. I was one of those people, but I have the good fortune to have a partner who...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Jun 18, 20236 min read
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Urban rooftop farming or International Food system festival??
Which would you prefer to attend? Thankfully, I didn’t have to choose between the two and got to attend both. Lucky me and 100 more...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Oct 16, 20224 min read
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Florentia, Florence, Florenz, Florencia, Firenzi..call it by any name, it is just as charming
hat love of history is what took me on an overnight journey to Florence this June. And, what a marvelous journey it was. I think all history
Tamanna Mohapatra
Sep 8, 20225 min read
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#Foodcanfixit
That was the hashtag shared by the keynote speaker on day1 of the FoodHack 2022 Summit that took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, and had...
Tamanna Mohapatra
May 19, 20223 min read
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My Compostela walk
In March 2022, I signed up to walk a part of the Camino Santiago. One of the most common questions I was asked when someone heard of my...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Apr 22, 20228 min read
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Residential Waste Management—A Tale of Two Places
In May 2021, after having lived for 10+ years in NYC, my husband and I decided to move to Switzerland. It took us a while to find a...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Dec 31, 20215 min read
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Watches or Wines? In Switzerland..try both.
For a small country, Switzerland is quite special. It boasts 12 UNESCO heritage sites. As per the official definition, A World Heritage...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Oct 27, 20214 min read
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Visit to Zermatt, Switzerland
Before we left on the trip all I knew about Zermatt was that it was a car-free zone and housed a famous mountain known as Matterhorn. I...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Aug 18, 20215 min read
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My Swiss Life
A lot of friends referred to our move as a dream life. I hadn’t thought of it like that. For me, we were moving because I needed a...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Jul 11, 20216 min read
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MOLD- Perspectives on Food Waste
In 2019, I read an article in Columbia University's magazine titled, "Must-Reading for Woke Foodies". Yep, I was one and so I had to read...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Feb 25, 20218 min read
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Book summary- Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Listening to 5 minutes of his interview on NPR made me very intrigued on what was this breathing technique that in 15 minutes of his...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Nov 22, 20203 min read
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Getting acquainted with Ayurveda
During this summer, I did a 3 day workshop on #ayurveda, taught by students of the venerable and famous #drvlad. He's from India and is a...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Oct 1, 20206 min read
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Covid Success Stories
As I watched the news and got sent videos of countries doing well in the fight against Coronavirus, I thought it might be fun and...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Jul 10, 20207 min read
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100 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME
A goal that I thought would be easy to complete since100 wasn't that big a number and I liked watching movies..yet it took me almost 3...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Jun 13, 20207 min read
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My #covidtimes
I have been meaning to blog for sometime now but had plenty of excuses not to. After 6 weeks of being indoor because of the covid-19...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Apr 30, 20204 min read
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Have you heard of MRF?
MRFs is the acronym for Materials Recovery Facility . Last weekend I finally got to visit SIMS Municipal Recycling Facility in Brooklyn,...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Oct 20, 20192 min read
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My Scandinavian Summer
Scandinavia is a beautiful travel destination. In summer it's magical and more than that- truly relaxing.
My memories of Denmark & Sweden.
Tamanna Mohapatra
Sep 14, 20194 min read
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Why we travel
Ask anyone what they enjoy or what their dream life would include and most often the same answer will be heard- I like traveling. If you...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Apr 28, 20192 min read
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J'adore les films français
I have been learning french on and off for two years now. I have been watching french movies for a much longer period and is one of the...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 31, 20192 min read
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Parades of NYC
For those of us who visit NYC as tourists, parades are one of the most delightful ways of experiencing the city. For those who live here...
Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 16, 20192 min read
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