Screwpine baskets to hold banana chips for Onam

[ad_1] Basket to hold banana chips is part of KIDS Kottappuram’s Kasavau collection for Onam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Fancy a kasavu-screwpine bag to match your traditional wear this Onam? Or say, a banana chips holder done in screwpine trimmed with cream and gold fabric to add a festive touch to your sadya table? […]

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Where to have Onasadya in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi on August 29, the Thiruvonam day

[ad_1] Onasadya | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Thiruvananthapuram Atelier, Marappalam Vegetarian sadya is priced ₹649 and non-vegetarian at ₹799. Contact: 9961533339, 9387087066 Hilton Garden Inn, Statue ₹1,199 plus taxes per person. Contact: 8111886843 Hotel Horizon, Thampanoor ₹500 per head. Contact: 8281182811 Hyatt Regency, Thycaud ₹1,800 plus taxes. Contact: 6238600446 Hycinth, Thampanoor ₹1,099 plus taxes. Contact: […]

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Uttarakhand pitches temples, hills as wedding destinations

[ad_1] Jim Corbett National Park in Nainital is among the places that the government is eyeing to market as wedding destinations. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto With the Centre recently launching an ‘Incredible India’ wedding tourism campaign to showcase the country as a prime wedding destination, Uttarakhand is all set to cash in by pitching […]

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‘Ramachandra Boss & Co’ review: The Malayalam heist comedy headlined by Nivin Pauly is sans any thrills

[ad_1] A still from ‘Ramachandra Boss & Co’  | Photo Credit: @MagicFramesOfficial/YouTube An artist is murdered and the killer Amar takes away one of his priceless paintings. Years later, Ramachandra Boss plans a heist to steal the painting from Amar, now an unscrupulous millionaire. To execute the heist, Ramachandra recruits a bunch of strangers, all […]

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A language of wood and sustainability

[ad_1] It is a language that speaks of growing up amidst intense nature, dense woods, the hills and its streams, flora and fauna leaving a deep imprint that has translated into physical structures which totally merge into their green environs. Architect George Emmanuel Ramapuram of Earthitects was raised amidst the dense coffee plantations of Coorg […]

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From luxury SUVs to city-smart hybrids, here’s a quick look at the cars that are turning heads this month

[ad_1] A quiet beast If you want to know what 408 hp and 664 Nm of torque sound like, when you step on the accelerator of the new Audi Q8 e-tron, then let me tell you that it sounds like nothing… quite literally! Much to the disappointment of auto nerds who love the rumble of […]

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Cyrus Broacha knows how to avoid neighbours while behaving perfectly neighbourly

[ad_1] As you all know, this column isn’t written in a hurry. I try not to write more than 15 words a day, which, after a small check, become more like 12. Science, that I have never read, has clearly proven that we humans can’t manage more than two clear thoughts per day. Hence, every […]

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Madras Day | Revisiting Chennai’s iconic British era social clubs, their food and histories that date back to more than a century

[ad_1] Madras Club Orange lit evenings at Madras Club tremble like the embers of its colonial past. From celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation dinner (well after Partition) to ‘European Only’ dinners, the years of the past drift in the club’s environs like sand. Established in 1832, Madras Club is the second oldest British era club […]

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On Madras Day | Revisiting Chennai’s iconic British era social clubs, their food and histories that date back to more than a century

[ad_1] Madras Club Orange lit evenings at Madras Club tremble like the embers of its colonial past. From celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation dinner (well after Partition) to ‘European Only’ dinners, the years of the past drift in the club’s environs like sand. Established in 1832, Madras Club is the second oldest British era club […]

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