For Shivi Singh Parihar, an Indian woman who has made her home in Dubai, ambition is something you can almost see on the street. Walking back from a friend’s place, she stopped in front of a parking area packed with expensive cars. She pulled out her camera. That moment, she says, captures what living in the city does to a person: it keeps pushing you to want more.
Parihar shared her thoughts in a video on her Instagram account, @shiviglobalestates, where she explained why she believes moving to Dubai can genuinely open people’s minds. Her argument is not simply about the freedom the city offers, though she mentions that too. The real change, in her telling, happens inside the person who moves there.
“You see a huge mindset shift,” she said in the video. “People over here, they have normalised luxury in such a way, oh my God, that it’s, it’s so easy to achieve. And yeah, you can achieve it, you can make it. I live here.” She described the people around her making “a hell lot of money,” and the daily dose of motivation she draws from simply being surrounded by that energy. “How can a person cannot achieve his dreams? So, it’s just a matter of time, and I’m so grateful to be here, honestly. And I am loving it!”
Her advice to viewers was direct: whatever you are dreaming, dream big, do it, and one day you will have it.
Meanwhile, a broader question sits underneath her enthusiasm, one that many people who move cities eventually ask themselves. People relocate for better pay, new opportunities, exposure, or simply the chance to be around others who aim high. Cities, in that sense, have personalities. Some are known for art, some for history, some for speed and ambition. Dubai, with its tall towers, shiny cars and busy business scene, has long been seen as a place people go to chase bigger goals, and a very large number of Indians call it home or have spent part of their working lives there. Whether living among luxury actually changes how a person thinks, whether it inspires, pressures, or does a bit of both, is the question Parihar’s video sits squarely inside. Her answer leans firmly toward inspiration, as reported in coverage of the clip (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/people-here-have-normalised-luxury-in-such-a-way-oh-my-god-indian-woman-living-in-dubai-says-moving-to-the-city-seeing-cars-and-normalised-luxury-gives-a-huge-mindset-shift-and-motivation/articleshow/134683649.cms).
The post has since travelled well beyond her own followers, going viral and drawing a steady stream of reactions, likes and shares on social media. The comments reveal how differently people read the same city. One user wrote that “Dubai is dubai even European loves to shift to Dubai bcoz of tax free income the very first thing,” adding that security means “no one can touch you without your permission,” that there is “alot to do to spent a day,” and that the affluent people around you keep pushing your dreams. For that commenter, it is “not only about money its a living standard which is not even near to any Indian city.”
Others kept their responses shorter but pointed in the same direction. “The environment around you matters a lot,” one person wrote. Another called the video exactly the push they needed, commenting, “This is the motivation I need.” A fourth summed up the spirit of the clip in four words: “Dream big and work for it.”
What comes through in both the video and the reaction to it is a simple idea: the place you live can shape what you believe is possible. For Parihar, Dubai has done exactly that, turning parking lots full of luxury cars into a daily reminder that success, in her words, is only a matter of time. Whether others who move there find the same shift, or a different one, is a question each newcomer will answer for themselves.