Coimbatore’s first inclusive play area features wall panels with paintings by artist V Jeevananthan

Coimbatore’s first inclusive play area features wall panels with paintings by artist V Jeevananthan

The artist has done over 13 portraits as part of the series | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Artist V Jeevananthan has attempted various art styles and media over his expansive career: from film banners and digital art, to book illustrations and portraits. But nothing could have prepared him for his recent wall painting of the […]

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How children’s drawings inspired the design for hand-tufted rugs

How children’s drawings inspired the design for hand-tufted rugs

A rug designed by Neel | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Monsters, creepy crawlies, squiggly curves and human forms make up the new collection of hand-tufted rugs at Neytt, a luxury home furnishings brand based in Cherthala. The range of rugs for children, in bright colours, were designed by Neel and Uday, the children of designer […]

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Where Cyrus Broacha tries to trace the origin of Women’s Day 

Where Cyrus Broacha tries to trace the origin of Women’s Day 

Illustration for The Hindu Illustration:Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi Everyone’s talking about the best show on any OTT out there. It’s called ZTV (Zelensky Trump Vance). ZTV has captured the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life. From the rich to those even richer. Yet, few know the series (what […]

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Ahmedabad’s boutique hotel jüSTa Diwans Bungalow was once architect IM Kadri’s ancestral home

Ahmedabad’s boutique hotel jüSTa Diwans Bungalow was once architect IM Kadri’s ancestral home

Closely packed houses, narrow streets peppered with chabutaras (bird feeders), hole-in-the-wall shops selling jeeru masala soda… amidst this part of Ahemdabad lies a 150-year-old stately bungalow. A grand courtyard replete with a fountain leads to the mansion: architect IM Kadri’s ancestral home that is now jüSTa Diwans Bungalow.  The last few years have seen the […]

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The 82-year-old Swedish multinational furniture company and home furnishings retailer, IKEA, in New Delhi now

The 82-year-old Swedish multinational furniture company and home furnishings retailer, IKEA, in New Delhi now

The 82-year-old Swedish multinational furniture company and home furnishings retailer, IKEA, had studied Delhi’s diversity and consumer behaviour for the past four years before stepping in with e-commerce from March 1. North India is the country’s largest home furnishing market. “The e-commerce approach first helps us to reach more customers faster and also understand their […]

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Kerala forest department officials at Inchathotty near Kothamangalam pool in money to build a waterhole for wild elephants

Kerala forest department officials at Inchathotty near Kothamangalam pool in money to build a waterhole for wild elephants

An elephant at the waterhole | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A herd of thirsty elephants, a water source across a human settlement, worried locals and concerned forest department officials,  might sound like the perfect template for human-animal conflict. Forest department officials of the Inchathotty Forest Station under the Munnar Forest Division in Kerala, however, flipped […]

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