Tamanna MohapatraMay 193 min#FoodcanfixitThat was the hashtag shared by the keynote speaker on day1 of the FoodHack 2022 Summit that took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, and had...
Tamanna MohapatraApr 228 minMy Compostela walkIn 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 MohapatraDec 31, 20215 minResidential Waste Management—A Tale of Two PlacesIn 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 MohapatraOct 27, 20214 minWatches 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 MohapatraAug 18, 20215 minVisit to Zermatt, SwitzerlandBefore 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 MohapatraJul 11, 20216 minMy Swiss LifeA 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 MohapatraFeb 25, 20218 minMOLD- Perspectives on Food WasteIn 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 MohapatraNov 22, 20203 minBook summary- Breath: The New Science of a Lost ArtListening 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 MohapatraOct 1, 20206 minGetting acquainted with AyurvedaDuring 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 MohapatraJul 10, 20207 minCovid Success StoriesAs 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 MohapatraJun 13, 20207 min100 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIMEA 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 MohapatraApr 30, 20204 minMy #covidtimesI 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 MohapatraOct 20, 20192 minHave 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 MohapatraSep 14, 20194 minMy Scandinavian SummerScandinavia is a beautiful travel destination. In summer it's magical and more than that- truly relaxing. My memories of Denmark & Sweden.
Tamanna MohapatraApr 28, 20192 minWhy we travelAsk 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 MohapatraMar 31, 20192 minJ'adore les films françaisI 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 MohapatraMar 16, 20192 minParades of NYCFor 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 MohapatraMar 4, 20193 minMinimalist hoardersI am not sure if this is an actual term but it's a term I heard my friend describe herself as this weekend. I thought it was interesting;...
Tamanna MohapatraFeb 24, 20192 minWelcoming 2019 with gratitude2018 didn't go very well for me. Maybe it did but I just don't realize because it started bad (work contract ended in Feb, new job...
Tamanna MohapatraMay 4, 20183 minBook review- The life changing magic of tidying upI resisted reading this book for a long time. I didn’t think there could be a one size fits all solution to such big life issues as...