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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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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
For the love of cricket
I have recently concluded participation in my first cricket tournament. And where better to make my debut than in India? Unless you live...
Milla Rae
Jan 26, 202410 min read
All By Myself
I am sure I’ve forgotten something. Perched on a high stool at Cafe Nero, soaking in the puffer jackets, burnt coffee and vitamin D...
Milla Rae
Jan 24, 20248 min read
Festive Recipes
There’s nothing like the smell and taste of warm mince pies, fresh from the oven. The familiar, festive harmonies of cinnamon and dried...
Milla Rae
Dec 29, 20239 min read
Holidaying in India: A Tale of Two Goas | Part 2
Continued from Part 1: Here. Freshly back from my birthday trip to South Goa, I only had two weeks to survive before I was upping out of...
Milla Rae
Dec 9, 202311 min read
Holidaying in India: A Tale of Two Goas | Part 1
In the past three weeks, we have been to two Goas and have learned one thing: we were a little judgy on our first visit. Geographically,...
Milla Rae
Dec 6, 20237 min read
Cheers to that!
To celebrate successfully moving house, we went on holiday. Well, that’s not exactly true. We have moved - that part is correct. And if...
Milla Rae
Oct 29, 20236 min read
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