Christmas tree, rich plum cakes, and a carnival signal festive celebrations in Coimbatore

Christmas tree, rich plum cakes, and a carnival signal festive celebrations in Coimbatore

Christmas tree with string lights, reindeer, stars and baubles, and a as many as 100 stuffed teddy bear | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Cynosure of all eyes A decked-up Christmas tree with string lights, reindeer, stars and baubles, and a whopping 100 stuffed teddy bear seems to be the celebrity at the buzzing Prozone Mall […]

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Coonoor restaurant introduces festive menu for Christmas

Coonoor restaurant introduces festive menu for Christmas

Crostini with egg plant caponata and assorted cheese coated with sumac, roasted sesame, parsley, paprika and tiny berries | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Cafe Diem in Coonoor. A cheerful Santa holds aloft a bunch of red and green balloons. The nativity scene is up as colourful […]

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CPB 2024 | Light, Salt, Water by Sujatha Shankar Kumar reflects on permanence and change

CPB 2024 | Light, Salt, Water by Sujatha Shankar Kumar reflects on permanence and change

Sujatha Shankar Kumar | Photo Credit: Sangita Rajan There are some elements that are essential to sustain life. Air, food, water, and shelter are what we know to be basic building blocks of civilization which transcends human life. Photographer, designer, and writer Sujatha Shankar Kumar explores the elements essential for life at her photography show […]

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This new restaurant in Gurugram offers a sneak peek into Bangkok’s vibrant culinary culture

This new restaurant in Gurugram offers a sneak peek into Bangkok’s vibrant culinary culture

A stark contrast to Chef Garima Arora’s modern India-focussed Gaa in Bangkok, her maiden venture in India, BANNG, offers a sneak peek into Bangkok’s vibrant culinary culture. Located in Gurugram’s upscale Two Horizon Centre, Garima started BANNG in partnership with restaurateur Riyaaz Amlani. “I always wanted to open a Thai restaurant in India. I knew […]

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This new restaurant in Gurugram offers a sneak peek into Bangkok’s vibrant culinary culture

This new restaurant in Gurugram offers a sneak peek into Bangkok’s vibrant culinary culture

A stark contrast to Chef Garima Arora’s modern India-focussed Gaa in Bangkok, her maiden venture in India, BANNG, offers a sneak peek into Bangkok’s vibrant culinary culture. Located in Gurugram’s upscale Two Horizon Centre, Garima started BANNG in partnership with restaurateur Riyaaz Amlani. “I always wanted to open a Thai restaurant in India. I knew […]

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CCI’s Kamala store showcases rich textile and craft heritage of India

CCI’s Kamala store showcases rich textile and craft heritage of India

Kamala, the Crafts Council of India’s store, TTK.Road. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B From Kashmiri Pashmina shawls and Tamil Nadu’s Pattamadai mats to Bihar’s Madhubani art and Maharashtra’s Warli paintings, a walk through the new TTK Road outlet of Kamala, crafts shop of The Crafts Council of India, takes you on a journey across […]

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George Fernandez’s pyrography exhibition is on in Thiruvananthapuram

George Fernandez’s pyrography exhibition is on in Thiruvananthapuram

George Fernandez with his pyrography works exhibited at his gallery in Thiruvananthapuram | Photo Credit: Nandana Nair Flora Gallery stills time. Its walls, covered by diverse artwork, insist that you linger. The longer you stay, the more reasons you find to linger a little longer. Here, in the corner of Oottukuzhy Junction in Thiruvananthapuram, artist […]

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A guide to Christmas cakes in Chennai

A guide to Christmas cakes in Chennai

Ciclo cafe | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Pumpkin Tales The team at Pumpkin Tales has curated a wide range of Christmas goodies for the season. They offer assorted cookie boxes (₹550, four pieces) that feature an assortment of Christmas-themed cookies; an assorted cupcake box (₹500) with flavors such as coffee, mixed berry, salted caramel, and […]

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A guide to Christmas cakes in Chennai

Cakes, cookies and season’s greetings

Ciclo cafe | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Pumpkin Tales The team at Pumpkin Tales has curated a wide range of Christmas goodies for the season. They offer assorted cookie boxes (₹550, four pieces) that feature an assortment of Christmas-themed cookies; an assorted cupcake box (₹500) with flavors such as coffee, mixed berry, salted caramel, and […]

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