Like most commuters on the New York subway, the masked man, whose side curls and tzitzit indicate he probably belongs to the ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, looks steadfastly ahead, ignoring his neighbour. It must take some effort, though: the veshti-clad gent spreading across two seats and reading Prajavani, a trusted Kannada daily, must be a […]
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A little over 150 years ago, over 30,000 hand cut and mounted samples of Indian textiles were painstakingly organised into an album series to educate and inspire commercial and design industries in India and Britain. Its creator, John Forbes Watson, called them ‘trade museums’. Watson would have been pleased to walk around the ‘India in […]
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Jennifer Lopez on the carpet at the Met Gala 2023 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “It’s important that the pointy thin heels don’t get stuck in the weave. The carpet should pass the stiletto test,” says Santhosh Velayudhan. Managing Director of Extraweave at Cherthala in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, Santhosh is discussing the wall-to-wall bespoke carpet that […]
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Jennifer Lopez on the carpet at the Met Gala 2023 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “It’s important that the pointy thin heels don’t get stuck in the weave. The carpet should pass the stiletto test,” says Santhosh Velayudhan. Managing Director of Extraweave at Cherthala in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, Santhosh is discussing the wall-to-wall bespoke carpet that […]
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An Air India Airbus A320-200 aircraft | Photo Credit: REUTERS An Air India flight from New York to Delhi was diverted to London on Monday due to a medical emergency, according to an official. According to data available on the flight tracking website Flightradar24, the flight is being operated with a Boeing 777-337 (ER) aircraft. […]
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Sabyasachi Mukherjee, India’s most influential bridal designer, opens his first store in the US with a special edit and priceless art Sabyasachi Mukherjee, India’s most influential bridal designer, opens his first store in the US with a special edit and priceless art This Sunday, when Kolkata-based couturier Sabyasachi Mukherjee opens his first US store in […]
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From Bharti Kher’s Ancestor collecting wishes at Central Park to Shivani Aggarwal spotlighting ‘societal traps’ in Dubai, going behind thought-provoking work by South Asian women artists on the international stage From Bharti Kher’s Ancestor collecting wishes at Central Park to Shivani Aggarwal spotlighting ‘societal traps’ in Dubai, going behind thought-provoking work by South Asian women […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American attorney Arun Subramanian to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. A communication in this regard was on September 6 sent to the Senate by the White House along with other judicial nominations. If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Subramanian would be the first […]
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The 21-year-old has now reached the quarter-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments, becoming the youngest man to do so since Novak Djokovic in 2007-08 The 21-year-old has now reached the quarter-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments, becoming the youngest man to do so since Novak Djokovic in 2007-08 Jannik Sinner rallied from 3-1 […]
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Put together by curator Myna Mukherjee, the exhibition will feature some of South Asia’s cutting edge artists Put together by curator Myna Mukherjee, the exhibition will feature some of South Asia’s cutting edge artists Techné Disruptors (II), an exhibition at New York City’s leading experiential gallery High Line Nine this month, will feature works imagined […]
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