[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] Minimalist architect Mies van der Rohe went so far as to say, “A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier.” We can’t be so sure about that, but it does draw attention to how designing seating has always called for extraordinary rigour, whether painstakingly methodical or purposely frivolous, balancing material […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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