As winter wrapped its chilly arms around the Kumar household, it was time for their cherished annual ritual: vacation planning. The family, brimming with excitement, each wrote down their dream destination on slips of paper. These hopes and wishes were carefully placed in a jar—a tradition that symbolised their

When my best friend first floated the idea of a family trip to Dubai, I thought he was joking. “Dubai?” I’d asked, raising an eyebrow. “Do we look like we belong on postcards?” But then he showed me the itinerary. Thrillophilia, the travel platform he’d found on the

“Can you believe this view?” I asked, nudging my wife as we looked out over Dubai Marina with the city lights twinkling in the calm water.  My wife smiled and said, “It is surreal,” resting her head on my shoulder as the warm evening air wrapped around us. We had