If you work in the creative industries in the Gulf, this collective is here to support you – creatively, emotionally and financially! Gulf Creative Collective is a virtual network enabling creat…
Does Your Bra Never Seem To Fit? Here’s Why:
Easy – because, unknowingly, it isn’t the right size. Ladies, we all know the annoyance of putting on a t-shirt/dress and later realizing that we’re either ‘double-busting’ or our bra cups are standin…
Get A Taste Of Underground Food& Art At ‘Street Nights’ Tonight
Banksy fans, chilled-out-scene seekers and salivating sensualists, this weekend Nissan and ‘Street Nights’ are bringing you a slice of New York’s delicious vibrance. Happening on 20-21 February at Al …
Why You Should Go: Markus Zusak, UK poet Lemn Sissay, & Egyptian Writer Nawal El-Saadawi Coming To Emirates Lit Fest
The seventh Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, running from 3rd to 7th March at the Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City, is set to shake you off your readings seats and usher you into a …
Survival Guide: Research-Backed Tips For Acing Exams
IB students, CBSE board students, university students and all other students: February brings with it the whiff of nerve-wrecking schedules, a touch of panic, oodles of last minute studying, sometimes…
Dubai International Kite Fest 2015: Be There With Your Flying Square!
Not a sign of rain [unless you’re reading this on January 19th, it’s pouring] and yet the sky is brimming with more than the colours of the rainbow. Fascinating movements, trance-worthy de…
Let’s Have the Breast Cancer Conversation All Year
Pink. Fundraising events, walkathons, banners and outfits; all through October, Dubai is dripping pink. Brands display their alliance with spectacular activations and people show their support by part…
Today I.. Struck Up a Conversation with a Cabbie
It seems fairly normal, right – talking to the man who’s driving you to your destination? Except my experience this morning changed that for me. I was travelling a short distance in Dubai …
Cats, Dogs and.. Do You Need a Third?
It was all smiles, purrs and growls this afternoon, on 8th November, at Dubai Sports City during the Pet Festival 2014 as pet-owners and their adorable companions soaked in the sunshine and lounged in…
“Nice boys don’t ask bad questions”, said Dan Brown’s Priest
He walked in, in a black slim-fit suit, to deafening applause, elegantly pausing every two steps for pictures. On 6th November, Dan Brown, the author of best-sellers like The Da Vinci Code and Inferno…
3 Days to Meeting Dan Brown at SIBF
With an unrivalled knowledge of Western art, a brave persona, tweed jackets and turtle-necks [let’s not forget the Mickey Mouse watch], few have been spared by Robert Langdon’s charm. Uncovering…
Umbrella Movement, Hong Kong: Peaceful and.. Weird?
Referred to as the ‘Umbrella Movement’, the protests in Hong Kong began on 22nd September, 2014. They came in response to the proposed electoral reform by NPCSC, which limited civil nomina…
Rang De: Kick-Start a Business & Keep Your Money
Every time you read about an appeal to change someone’s life, it’s inextricably linked to some form of donation: cash, time or kind. What if we told you that it’s possible to improve someone’s life wi…
Educational Reform: What Are the Kids Learning?
We pay thousands to ensure that our children are enrolled in the ‘best’ educational institutions, receiving instructions from a faculty that is knowledgeable and skilled to teach children. We expect t…
Stranded with a Guitar: Singer & Songwriter, Vivian D’Souza
This week, B-Change caught up with guitarist, singer and songwriter, Vivian D’Souza, whose long-standing affair with music has taken many turns. An insomniac of sorts, Vivian does most of his so…
A Word on the Back-to-Work Blues
You’ve bathed in the sun, frolicked on beaches, gone snorkelling and spent all your time without a to-do list or the urgency of a deadline. Blue skies, rainbows and butterflies. Waking up withou…
A Word on Writer’s Block & How to Get Over It
The cursor blinks, and you look away from your screen. Your usual companion in expression, Microsoft Word, seems, at the moment, to be your most ardent enemy. Glancing back at the empty white space, t…
A Word on Writer’s Block & How to Get Over It
YOUR NAME YOUR FIRST NAME YOUR FAMILY/LAST NAME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS YOUR TITLE YOUR BRAND Bhoomika Ghaghada,can't write,creative block,creative juices,difficulty,flowing,go out and do stuff,how to get over it,imagination,live it and write it,writer's blockThe cursor blinks, and you look away from your screen. Your usual companion in expression, Microsoft Word, seems, at the moment, to be your most ardent enemy. Glancing back at the empty white space, the cursor still blinks incessantly, mocking you. With each blink, your animosity increases. Why are you such a douche, MS Word? […]