Notes for life at a distance.
Documents, property, and community — written for the specific problems of managing India from somewhere else. Filter by what applies to you.
The 7 documents every NRI forgets to renew — and what it costs when you do
PAN, OCI, passport, power of attorney: a working checklist of what expires quietly, and how long re-issue actually takes from abroad.
What a good property manager reports — and how often
A template for the visit reports you should be getting, and the red flags when they stop coming.
Onam away from home: where Gulf associations are celebrating this year
A city-by-city list of Sadya events across the UAE, Qatar, and Oman, pulled from our directory.
Power of attorney for NRIs: what actually needs notarising abroad
The difference between a general and special POA, and which Indian banks still reject the wrong format.
Vacant for six months: a repair-cost story from Aluva
What one unattended property cost its owner, and the inspection cadence that would have caught it early.
Sending money home: comparing remittance costs across six Gulf cities
Exchange desks, bank transfers, and apps — a plain comparison of what actually reaches India.
OCI renewal after a new passport: the step people skip
Why a fresh passport quietly invalidates your OCI travel document, and the re-issue timeline to expect.
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