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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How the Mizo population in Kerala celebrates Christmas

How the Mizo population in Kerala celebrates Christmas

“I miss home this time of the year…it will be so festive there.” This is Saizampuii Sailo talking about the Christmas festivities back home in Mizoram. A student of the Civil Engineering stream at the College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), she has been celebrating Christmas, or Krismas as they write it, in Thiruvananthapuram since she […]

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For Christmas, Secret Santa keeps the spirit of giving alive

For Christmas, Secret Santa keeps the spirit of giving alive

Secret Santa is a gift giving tradition amongst friends, classmates and colleagues which helps them bond through the spirit of gift giving. Growing up, Santa Claus was an old man from the North Pole with a white beard and an extravagant sledge. Now, as adults, our Santa looks an awful lot like the colleagues we […]

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Hyderabad markets are lit with Christmas decor

Hyderabad markets are lit with Christmas decor

The display at Shraddha Extension in Secunderabad | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G With six days to go for Christmas, a festive vibe fills the air in Hyderabad. For Dr Aruna Rachel Pakyanadhan. a gynaecologist at Shenoy Hospital in Marredpally, Christmas is a time to celebrate, listen to hymns and carols, share lunch with family and […]

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Chennai | Looking for Christmas decor? Here’s what is new and where to find them

Chennai | Looking for Christmas decor? Here’s what is new and where to find them

Shelves at Christmas stores are heaving with shiny metal cupcakes, doughnuts, aeroplanes, ice cream cones… This year there has been a departure from traditional to non conventional baubles. “We, of course, have the traditional ones like angels and stars, which people always want, but they also always want something new to add to their trees. […]

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Bottled cocktails and coffee liquor: what’s trending this holiday season in India

Bottled cocktails and coffee liquor: what’s trending this holiday season in India

As you plan Christmas themed brunches or a New Year soiree, look towards India’s vibrant crafts spirits to stock your bar for a change. For those of you cutting back on your annual tequila shots, there are a host of low alcohol ready-to-drink beverages now available. Bengaluru-based Salud Beverages has launched Salud Fiesta, an invigorating […]

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Bottled cocktails and coffee liquor: what’s trending this holiday season in India

Bottled cocktails and coffee liquor: what’s trending this holiday season in India

As you plan Christmas themed brunches or a New Year soiree, look towards India’s vibrant crafts spirits to stock your bar for a change. For those of you cutting back on your annual tequila shots, there are a host of low alcohol ready-to-drink beverages now available. Bengaluru-based Salud Beverages has launched Salud Fiesta, an invigorating […]

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Seaside villages in Thiruvananthapuram like St. Andrews have a special cuisine for Christmas

Seaside villages in Thiruvananthapuram like St. Andrews have a special cuisine for Christmas

Come Christmas, home cook and culinary expert Marina Charles is busy baking her signature Orappam, a dessert that is must at homes in St. Andrews, a serene, beachside village, 14 kilometres from Thiruvananthapuram. Rice flour is cooked in coconut milk with sugar and ghee till it achieves a thick paste-like consistency. A little fennel is […]

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Seaside villages in Thiruvananthapuram like St. Andrews have a special cuisine for Christmas

Seaside villages in Thiruvananthapuram like St. Andrews have a special cuisine for Christmas

Come Christmas, home cook and culinary expert Marina Charles is busy baking her signature Orappam, a dessert that is must at homes in St. Andrews, a serene, beachside village, 14 kilometres from Thiruvananthapuram. Rice flour is cooked in coconut milk with sugar and ghee till it achieves a thick paste-like consistency. A little fennel is […]

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This Christmas, Kerala-themed ornaments and hand painted ceramic baubles blend the contemporary and the traditional

This Christmas, Kerala-themed ornaments and hand painted ceramic baubles blend the contemporary and the traditional

Santa in a country boat, made by Kochi-based Memory Train   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Santa Claus rowing a boat, elephants, hornbills, the Malabar red squirrel, the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus – these are some of the Kerala-inspired Christmas tree ornaments made by Kochi-based company Memory Train, makers of curios, gifts and […]

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