Moving to Portugal with teens: The Ultimate Relocation Guide

What major historical events do you remember? Not that long ago, my leader Imran Khan opened a visa-free passage with his Indian counterparts for our Sikh pilgrims to be able to visit their sacred Gurdwara of Nankana Sahib. It stands as a moment of my pride in both countries who…

What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to? Have tried at two passion projects and both did well on their own but couldn’t extend more than 6 months in collaboration. I think I should harness my inner recluse and focus on a small business…

What are you most proud of in your life? Change is always hard and takes time. But I’m so glad it is one thing I have internalised. Do I always like it? Hell NO! but grateful to have priorities in place to make better decisions. For example I questioned a…

What have you been working on? At 50, I uprooted myself to relocate in Portugal with my two teens. It was a big move not just a physical change of scene but literally have thrown myself into everything different. It’s both fun and a challenge to revisit my story, writing…

What’s something most people don’t know about you? Even my closest friends call me anti-social, recluse, hard-to-approach even intimidating as there’s a frown. What I don’t bother telling anyone mostly now, is that I’m sensitive to any source of bright light in my face at anytime n frown because of…

Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive? Consciously, I never aimed to be in a constant rush at any phase of my life. Despite being very particular about time management, there never was a race to finish. Now having moved to Portugal, I am enjoying this art of…

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? Imran Khan!! So proud to be living in his era. He defined success in all three areas of interest he chose. Cricket, philanthropy and politics. I have been his critic when he was…

What makes a good neighbor? It’s not just the occasional greetings that one might exchange or a frequent wave from your car coming across neighbours. It’s the actual care. How the water does not clog their driveway from my carwash. How I keep the noise level down. Sending them home-cooked…