Vazhai ilai kozhukattai | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Madurai’s Ayngaran Paal Kozhukattai Kadai is the ultimate destination for those who love the sweet and savoury snack. The shop offers 11 types of kozhukattai, served steaming hot, adding warmth to every occasion. The shop, that was opened in August 2021, has become sought-after in the city […]
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Jithin Vijayan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For Srila Chatterjee, the founder and curator of Baro Market, an online store that curates works of artists, craftspeople and designers, art pervades every aspect of life and speaks to everyone. Srila’s view of art therefore is rather democratic. “It is not the purview of just a few […]
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“Fiction can reveal to us the truth of our life at a symbolic level, which is hugely important because human beings are symbolic animals,” said Irish novelist Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize for his fifth novel, Prophet Song, a stunning portrayal of the ease with which liberal democracies can backslide into authoritarianism. Lynch, […]
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As a teen, Jasna Moidu would buy clothes that were a couple of sizes bigger. “Those always felt comfortable,” says Moidu, founder of Tree, a clothing label. Founded in 2016, the label which makes wearable designs, has, at its core, been working with handwoven cotton. In 2024, the 34-year-old founder-designer moved the label’s base to […]
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Culture, love, laughter and gossip I (2023); woodcut print and nakshi kantha on cotton saris | Photo Credit: Courtesy Jayeeta Chatterjee and Chemould CoLab “It’s a very Bengali thing!” laughs Jayeeta Chatterjee, 29, talking about her artistic bent of mind. “As a young child in a Bengali household, you need to either learn dancing, singing […]
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Shakuntala Patralekhanam by Kondapalli Seshagiri Rao | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Reviving the Roots, the ongoing retrospective exhibition at the State Art Gallery in Hyderabad, celebrates the life and works of the renowned artist, the late Kondapalli Seshagiri Rao. Organised to commemorate his 100th birth anniversary (January 27, 1924), the exhibition provides valuable insights into […]
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Extremely curious about the buzz around ramen, we headed to Tony’s Kitchen at Kacheripady, in Kochi, where we were greeted with a visual treat and a surprise for the tastebuds. Miso ramen arrives in a white ramen bowl. Under the dark broth hides the noodles, placed on it were four slices of chicken and a […]
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Malvika Singh’s Saris of Memory is, as she calls it, a “fragments of my life” memoir — a compilation of her involvement with textiles and the stories connected with them. Born in 1949 in Bombay, and belonging to a generation that saw the many stages of India post independence, the cultural doyenne was at the curbside of […]
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Jithin Vijayan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “The first 20 to 30 seconds, you are certain you are going to die. Then the parachute opens, and you are so happy that you are alive!” says Jjithin Vijayan about the first time he tried Tandem Skydiving (skydiving where the student is attached to the instructor with […]
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Work by Ramesh Gorjala | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement To experiment and to elevate are significant elements of an artist’s creative process. They stay inspired by trying a new medium or material or elevating their art practice to create diverse expressions. Artists Ramesh Gorjala, Priti Samyukta and Pavan Kumar known for their signature styles are […]
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