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Wedding Anniversary at The Trident, Hyderabad

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Nomadic Odysseys is a journal cum review blog publishing views and opinions about food, restaurants, hotels and travel experiences from all around the world.

Rahul Dawda

Rahul Dawda is a software development manager at Hexagon Capability Center India Pvt. Ltd (HCCI). Having completed his graduation in Computer Science from Guru Nanak Engineering College (affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad in 2011, Rahul joined HCCI straight out of college and has developed software solutions for customers in Geospatial, Oil & Gas and Mining industries. Other than spending quite a bit of his time constantly reading about trends in the software industry, Rahul also can be found in front of the TV watching sports, especially football rooting for his favorite overseas team Manchester United.

Over the years, Rahul has had enough opportunities to travel both for business and leisure and has been to 5 countries in 3 continents including Australia, Singapore and Brazil as well nearly half the states in India. Rahul launched Nomadic Odysseys during the COVID pandemic time in 2020 when countries had shut down their state and national borders bringing tourism to halt leaving him with some time on his hands to do something else besides his full-time job as a software developer.

Nomadic Odysseys is still a baby but is expected to grow with time as content from Rahul's future experiences gets posted. Please contact Rahul via email at rahul2689 [at] gmail.com with questions, enquiries and feedback about the blog. Follow him on Twitter.

Minal Dawda

Minal Dawda is a Chartered Accountant (CA) working as an Analyst at Corteva Agriscience and a contributor at Nomadic Odysseys. She has over 3 years of experience in the areas of internal and statutory audit including the banking sector. Before getting into statutory audit in 2018, Minal also worked as an Equity Analyst at Multi Act gaining a good insight into the workings of the stock market. She also co-authored an article about quality of earnings of a company.

In the last few years, Minal had the opportunity to travel to quite a few places both in India and abroad and wanted to share those experiences and tips for travellers. Before the COVID lockdown, Minal also frequented quite a few restaurants across India and has always been on the lookout for great food experiences too hence the interest in Nomadic Odysseys.

When not working or traveling, Minal enjoys dancing as well as trading in the stock market, an interest triggered from her time at Multi Act. Please contact Minal via email at minaldawda1990 [at] gmail.com with questions, enquiries and feedback about the blog. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.


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