Aseem is a happy-go-lucky, adventurous, ex-Army Officer who has served in the Third Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army.
He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy, and has varied field experience including High Altitude, Counter Insurgency and an Instructor tenure at the Indian Military Academy. He has also served as a part of the Indian contingent in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Rwanda, UNAMIR.
It was during this tenure that he met Fawzia, his partner in life (and crime!). Aseem sought premature retirement from the Army in order to embark upon the adventure of setting up The Big Chill Café.
A women’s rights activist and former development worker with an enduring love for history, and a passion for films and outrageously delicious desserts, Fawzia has grown up in the UK and studied Political Science and English Literature in the United States and obtained an MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the UK.
After ten years of working with a leading women’s organization in the UK, Fawzia was keen to secure work with a greater international focus and travelled to Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1996 genocide. There, she met and fell in love with her future husband, Aseem, and subsequently secured a job in the development sector in India in 1997.
After a three year tenure with VSO, a British NGO, Fawzia was very keen to set up her own enterprise and fulfill a long cherished dream of having her own café.
A women’s rights activist and former development worker with an enduring love for history, and a passion for films and outrageously delicious desserts, Fawzia has grown up in the UK and studied Political Science and English Literature in the United States and obtained an MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the UK.
After ten years of working with a leading Women’s Organisation in the UK, Fawzia was keen to secure work with a greater international focus and travelled to Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1996 genocide. There she met and fell in love with her future husband, Aseem and subsequently secured a job in the Development sector in India in 1997.
After a three year tenure with VSO, a British NGO, Fawzia was very keen to set up her own enterprise and fulfill a long cherished dream of having her own café.
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