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MILLALIGHT is a light-hearted collection of personal stories and experiences as encountered on my travels. Currently writing about the expat lifestyle and motherhood from Mumbai, India.
By Milla Chaplin Rae
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Treehouse of Horrors
Disastrous weekend away in Lonavala during monsoon season.
Milla Rae
Sep 17, 202410 min read
Going for Gold: Paris 2024 Olympics Review
How absolutely fantastic were the Olympic Games this year?
Milla Rae
Aug 14, 20247 min read
Fair Weather Mother: Surviving the South African cold snap
It was supposed to be a break from Mumbai’s monsoon, but it rather seems as though we brought the dampness with us, only chilled.
Milla Rae
Jul 15, 202410 min read
(Pre)School's Out
Reflecting on what Jasper's preschool, The Mango Tree, has given us during the last two years.
Milla Rae
Jun 19, 202411 min read
King of Fruits: On Mumbai's mango mania.
‘Tis the season: the season for mangoes, that is. This doesn’t just mean that now is when you’ll get the best price for a mango. Or that...
Milla Rae
May 6, 20246 min read
Just go with it: On 2 years in India
Re-reading what I wrote this time last year, about the ups and downs of life in India, reaching the perhaps obvious conclusion that...
Milla Rae
Apr 12, 20248 min read
How to holiday in India: Alibaug
The waves gently shush the shore, the palm trees crackle in the breeze, the songbirds tweet and caw and whistle as they dance on the...
Milla Rae
Mar 25, 20247 min read
Now or Never (until next year)
If I had to make a collage or moodboard of the life I’d like to live, and the life I would like Jasper to grow up living, it wouldn’t...
Milla Rae
Mar 9, 20246 min read
Not Quite to Plan Book Tour
For the two weeks while I was in Jersey just recently, I was living two lives. The first life was my normal, Mumbai professional life...
Milla Rae
Feb 11, 202412 min read
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