Sabyasachi Mukherjee: The wedding love affair is over

Sabyasachi Mukherjee: The wedding love affair is over

Sabyasachi Mukherjee says he is proof that middle class idealism can be a superpower. Twenty five years after he made his debut on the Indian fashion scene, the Kolkata resident has five stores, one of them in New York’s West Village, with jewellery and leather goods, both extremely successful, added to his portfolio. His company […]

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Thrills and chills aplenty as Jamuna Circus visits Tiruchi with its expert performers

Thrills and chills aplenty as Jamuna Circus visits Tiruchi with its expert performers

An artist performs a stunt in the Jamuna Circus show at Morais City in Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy “There is risk in everything,” says Pratima, as she parts her gleaming tresses to reveal a spot on her scalp where a trained lion once accidentally scratched her. “The animals are gone, but the show […]

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Viveek Sharma’s paintings of Naga Sadhus reflect silence and solitude

Viveek Sharma’s paintings of Naga Sadhus reflect silence and solitude

Silence Please exhibition at India Habitat Centre, Delhi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Annual visits to his nanihaal (maternal home) in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) during his childhood gave Viveek Sharma an early peek into the lives of ascetics and helped him to fathom the quintessential spiritual lives. “I would accompany my grandfather to the congregation […]

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Viveek Sharma’s paintings of Naga Sadhus reflect silence and solitude

Viveek Sharma’s paintings of Naga Sadhus reflect silence and solitude

Silence Please exhibition at India Habitat Centre, Delhi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Annual visits to his nanihaal (maternal home) in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) during his childhood gave Viveek Sharma an early peek into the lives of ascetics and helped him to fathom the quintessential spiritual lives. “I would accompany my grandfather to the congregation […]

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Why After Dinner makes for a cosy, after-party haunt in Goa

Why After Dinner makes for a cosy, after-party haunt in Goa

Imagine walking into a bar and being handed a toothbrush by the server. Relax, it is not a comment on your dental hygiene. In fact, this is mixologist Harsh Pandya’s way of welcoming you to After Dinner, the newest hotspot in Goa’s laid-back coastal village, Anjuna. Call it a quirky welcome drink or a palate […]

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In which Cyrus Broacha warns you of the perils of a New Year

In which Cyrus Broacha warns you of the perils of a New Year

Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi Enough of the New Year. It’s done. Please don’t mention it. We can’t go on like this, discussing the New Year into February. January 10 is the cut-off date. After this date, anyone referring to the New Year, who is not actually involved with central or local governance […]

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Goa’s The Timber Residence is India’s first home built using mass-timber technology

Goa’s The Timber Residence is India’s first home built using mass-timber technology

When Sahil Barua, co-founder of e-commerce logistics company Delhivery, approached New Delhi-based firm Architecture Discipline to design his home, he wanted to bring in a timeless approach to design”. This was something he took a liking to during his time at the Louis Kahn-designed IIM Ahmedabad campus, and he also cultivated an appreciation for architecture. […]

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Here’s how neera is collected from coconut trees at the foothills of the Western Ghats

Here’s how neera is collected from coconut trees at the foothills of the Western Ghats

A tree climber taps into a coconut spadix to harvest neera | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S The nectar falls drop by drop into a plastic cover secured to coconut trees in a grove near the Western Ghats in Anaimalai. In a few hours’ time, it will start its journey to far off cities such […]

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Araku Festival kicks off with tribal dances, hot air balloon rides and coffee tastings

Araku Festival kicks off with tribal dances, hot air balloon rides and coffee tastings

People taking a ride on the tethered hot air balloon in Araku | Photo Credit: KR Deepak The verdant valleys of Araku will come alive with the Araku Festival, a three-day extravaganza that kicks off on January 31. Organised by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department Corporation and the Alluri Sitharama Raju District Administration, the annual […]

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