Taika Spirit Drink | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When Canada-based entrepreneur Ajith Padmakumar tasted the home-brewed arrack — vattu charayam — made by friend and chef Sajish Joseph in Ontario, Canada, in 2020, not only was he struck by its taste, but he also tasted a business opportunity. Two years later, in late 2022, the […]
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Taika Spirit Drink | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT When Canada-based entrepreneur Ajith Padmakumar tasted the home-brewed arrack — vattu charayam — made by friend and chef Sajish Joseph in Ontario, Canada, in 2020, not only was he struck by its taste, but he also tasted a business opportunity. Two years later, in late 2022, the […]
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The Sanskrit word ‘vakr’ literally means curves, and Devyani Gupta, founder and Principal Designer at Delhi-based Vakr Studio, says, the curves in the furniture she designs signify transformation and reflects beauty in imperfection. All the handcrafted furniture here has some element of bends and curves that are guided by the laws of physics. The nature […]
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American R&B singer Ne-Yo | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When winter inks the landscape of Shillong in shades of roseate pink with the post-autumn bloom of cherry blossom trees, a particular festival punctuates the rosy sight with sounds that reverberate across the hill station. Organised in collaboration with the tourism department of Meghalaya, The Shillong […]
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Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. | Photo Credit: special arrangement In the last few weeks, the ICC World Cup 2023 has held matches in Chennai’s Chidambaram Stadium, Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium and Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. A common feature at these three stadiums? Vox India. A more than 30-year-old interior design brand specialising in furniture, home furnishings and building […]
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A pillar here, an elaborately carved door there, trellised balconies and stone carvings offer tantalising glimpses of what it must have been like 2,000 years ago when Paithan, then known as Pratishthana, was the capital of the mighty Satavahana dynasty, and later the Vakatakas, the Yadavas and the Marathas. The town located a little more […]
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Audience at the tester show | Photo Credit: special arrangement Enter a room of endless possibilities filled with a blindfolded audience glued to their chairs, completely oblivious to what is going to hit them next. This is a room that fosters imagination, no, one that demands it. In this room, every other sense apart from […]
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“Yes, I’m a very strict boss,” says Nigar Shaji, project director of Aditya L1, the solar mission launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on September 2, and then giggles … “but only at work.” ISRO’s recent missions have raised the profile of the nation in the world, based as they are, on a unique […]
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Michael Anastassiades | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When Michael Anastassiades visited India last December, to be part of a panel with Studio Mumbai’s Bijoy Jain at the AD Design Show 2022, he had said, “People feel very insecure in the absence of light.” So, when I got a chance to speak with him, we discussed […]
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Of all the 600 watches he possesses, Punthalathazham Biju from Kollam has a special fondness for a vintage Seiko Diashock 17 Jewels manual men’s watch. He wears this 57-year-old watch every day; ritually winding it every morning. The watch belongs to his father, Shanmughan Pillai, 82, who bought it when he was 25 years old. […]
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