Floating vetiver islands in Coimbatore lakes to purify water

Floating vetiver islands in Coimbatore lakes to purify water

Floating Treatment Wetland, a joint effort of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and Tamil Nadu State Land Use Research Board (TNSLURB) at Ukkadam Big Tank | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M Always brimming with water, the Ukkadam Big Tank or Periyakulam is the city’s pride. Spread over 120 hectares and one of the foremost tanks […]

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Delhi-based designer Ashita Singhal, winner of Nexa presents the Spotlight, upcycles scrap to create luxury fabric

Delhi-based designer Ashita Singhal, winner of Nexa presents the Spotlight, upcycles scrap to create luxury fabric

Designer Ashita Singhal poses with her weavers at the Lakmé Fashion Week X FDCI 2024 at Jio World Convention centre in Mumbai Ashita Singhal’s clothes look avant garde, but did you know they are made of waste? “At Paiwand Studio, we believe beggars can’t be choosers, so we use everything we get,” laughs Ashita, founder […]

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Eco-friendly gift packaging options for New Year 2023

Eco-friendly gift packaging options for New Year 2023

Furoshikli wraps by Aeshaane | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Furoshikli wraps by Aeshaane At Aeshaane, all the remains of yesterday are taken and turned in into art, literally and figuratively. The retail store believes in sustainable and eco friendly ways of repurposing their products and their packaging. Read more |The eco-friendly New Year gifting guide […]

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Eco-friendly Christmas ornaments to shop

Eco-friendly Christmas ornaments to shop

Discarded wood barn homes at The Carpenters Ark  | Photo Credit: Mary Malini Cowbells at A Bee In The Garden Every Christmas, Soumya Thomas-Joseph and her team at the Bengaluru-based studio craft a range of handmade products such as ornaments, gift bags, fabric baskets, and Christmas stockings using locally sourced fabric. “Our raw materials are […]

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Kethel’s is a byword for spicy fried chicken

Kethel’s is a byword for spicy fried chicken

Hotel Rahamaniya, which is more than 70 years old, is the home of Kethel’s fried chicken Hotel Rahamaniya, which is more than 70 years old, is the home of Kethel’s fried chicken Had KFC, aka Kethel’s fried chicken, in Thiruvananthapuram? Try this KFC at Hotel Rahamaniya, tucked away in a bylane in Chala, the centuries-old […]

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Cloth bags made by women of drought-hit Dalit hamlet in Andhra Pradesh travel the world

Cloth bags made by women of drought-hit Dalit hamlet in Andhra Pradesh travel the world

Meet the women from a Dalit hamlet in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, who are behind the successful Paalaguttapalle Bags enterprise that provides them a sustainable livelihood Meet the women from a Dalit hamlet in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, who are behind the successful Paalaguttapalle Bags enterprise that provides them a sustainable […]

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Visakhapatnam’s latest millet meal destination

Visakhapatnam’s latest millet meal destination

Millet Rasoi conjures up the spirit and flavours of rural Andhra Pradesh with ragi muddha, millet noodles and a comforting jowar biryani Millet Rasoi conjures up the spirit and flavours of rural Andhra Pradesh with ragi muddha, millet noodles and a comforting jowar biryani Earthy walls painted with kolam patterns and a thatched roof welcome […]

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