India, June 8 -- A Mumbai woman living in Dubai has opened up about the gap between the glamorous life people often see online and the reality of moving to a new country. Priya Sheth, who moved from Mumbai to Dubai four years ago, shared her experience in an Instagram video, saying that while life in Dubai can be better, the first year was far more challenging than she had imagined.

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Taking to Instagram, Sheth said, "Everyone wants to shift to Dubai. Your friends are talking about it, your family is talking about it, and maybe you are thinking about it, too. And honestly, life is better here. But no one told me what the first year would actua...