Popular for her unabashed artistic take on societal taboos and patriarchal conditioning, artist Babbu the Painter shed light on the ongoing farmers’ protest through her recent body of work. Since August 2020, Indian farmers have been rallying on the street against the three agricultural bills passed by the government. To show solidarity with this movement,… Continue reading Meet Babbu The Painter, The Artist Who Is Instrumentally Using Fashion For A Social Movement
Have you left your plants unattended since a few days out of sheer laziness (blame it on the quarantine), or has your interest in plants waned because there haven’t been any flowers blossoming? Chances are, the sun, water and a little effort on your part might still revive them. Plants are hardier than we think,… Continue reading Urban gardening during lockdown not going well? Here’s how to save dying plants
Representative images Two years ago, I transitioned from a media professional in a highly organised newsroom environment, to a graduate student in a fairly dynamic, informal classroom setting. As our lectures were just three hours long and limited only to a certain few days of the week, the rest of the time was spent reading… Continue reading 4 rules I follow to work from home and still be productive
Got an extra hour each day thanks to a work-from-home situation? Try your hand at these DIY projects, ranging from simple to complex. Besides cherishing the feeling of creating something with your own hands, rack up bonus karma points with the water-feeder. Attract birds to your balcony or make mood-lighting for your evenings, here are… Continue reading 5 fun DIY projects to try at home this week
As we do our best to protect ourselves from the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve quarantined ourselves at home, we’ve stocked up on groceries, and we’re washing our hands for more than 20 seconds. As we try our best to be more productive in our work from home situation (it’s really hard not to keep looking… Continue reading 5 ways to help others during the Covid-19 pandemic
If you are wondering what to do this weekend in New Delhi, we’ve got you covered. The Future Collective: Conscious Culture Design Fair will kick off this Saturday (29 February) at Bikaner House. Here’s why it is a fun place to spend your weekend: 1. It shows you the eco-friendly way to do things The… Continue reading 5 reasons to visit the Future Collective: Conscious Culture Design Fair this weekend in Delhi
My maiden trip to Sri Lanka has convinced me I’m meant for the island life. And Colombo, I’m pleased to discover, has just that right combination of bustle and calm. The city is full of architectural gems, streets time has forgotten, restaurants serving the best of local and international cuisine, and designer boutiques that will… Continue reading Our curated itinerary for spending the best 48 hours in Colombo
Two months ago, I found myself on a very long flight, from Mumbai to Melbourne, via Singapore, on Singapore Airlines. I remember thinking, “five and a half hours to Singapore, and Melbourne is probably not that much farther”. Of course, I was grossly mistaken—it was another seven and a half hours. Thankfully, I was on… Continue reading Far-east hospitality meets luxury in the sky with Singapore Airlines’s business class
Art, love, or plain serendipity may have brought them to the Pink City, but now these talented expats have made the Rajasthani capital their creative heart and home. Caroline Weller, Fashion designer Anglo-American designer Caroline Weller has flourished in Jaipur for 10 years with her photographer husband Neil Davenport and school going son—and the time… Continue reading Meet the creative expats who have made Jaipur their home
I had been a television reporter for almost a decade when I became a mother. Up until then, nearly everyone around me was from journalism or related to it in some way. It was only through the new prism of my son, that I realised that wanting to be the first to interview accused telecom… Continue reading A letter of hope, from one working mother to another
As the president of strategy and incubation, Ipsita Dasgupta leads Star’s Pro Kabbadi League’s business as well as Hotstar (ex-India). Her transition to media was an unusual one, having come from the global manufacturing conglomerate GE. To add to this, her academic background includes an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in mathematics… Continue reading Media powerhouse, Ipsita Dasgupta on balancing work life and family
The two moved to London in the early 2000s, each pursuing individual careers in fashion. Caroline Issa was working at Tank magazine at the time, while Saloni Lodha was working a full-time job. A stroke of serendipity brought them together and, over a decade later, the editor-designer friends have stuck with each other. Today, Lodha… Continue reading Caroline Issa and Saloni Lodha on making long-distance friendships work
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Nominations for the 2019 Oscars were announced on Tuesday morning. Roma and The Favourite each walked away with 10 nominations. The Academy also looked kindly on Green Book (five nominations), A Star Is Born (seven nominations), Bohemian Rhapsody (five nominations), BlacKkKlansman (six nominations), Black Panther (seven nominations), and Vice (eight nominations). Rami Malek and Glenn Close, who took out best actor and actress at the Golden Globes, were both nominated for Oscars. Christian… Continue reading Everything you need to know about the 2019 Oscars nominations
1. THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Hotel Indigo screams Lower East Side. Graffiti dominates the decor and the Lobby Bar & Café serves up breakfast favourites curated by popular restaurants in the area. Plus, the concierge knows the coolest local spots to check out. 2. THE ART The area’s rich art history finds representation inside the hotel too,… Continue reading Four reasons why Hotel Indigo in New York is on our travel radar
“For me, reading is not a hobby, it is a passion, and my life. If I do not read, I feel I may die. So, I keep reading to live long.” — Benyamin, Author, Jasmine Days [Gallery id=”1731″] 3 books on Benyamin’s shelf: [Gallery id=”1732″]
Here’s a tale that’s so twisted it could be a Lifetime movie: the Daily Record and Daily Mail are reporting that a 21-year-old Scottish college student, Chloe Cowan, recently discovered a fellow undergraduate student at her school had been copying her Instagram photos for almost two years. According to the Daily Record, the woman would… Continue reading Woman discovers a stranger has been recreating her Instagram photos for almost 2 years
“Why do you think it’s obscene?” a medieval king asks Tara Singh, the protagonist of author Trisha Das’s new novel, Kama’s Last Sutra (HarperCollins; on stands now). Singh, a spunky archaeologist, has arrived in the year 1022 CE thanks to a tantric’s spell, and is unsettled by the detailed sex carvings lining the walls of… Continue reading Trisha Das’s new historical fiction novel addresses the issue of consent
A nose is tickled, grows large and red, and the woman to whom it belongs sneezes out plates of food that lie mouldering on a bench. On the floor below, a Chinese worker at a table in a pearl factory uses a system of pulleys to work a fan that wafts a breeze to irritate… Continue reading Is imitation a form of flattery or discovery? Gucci’s Shanghai exhibition has some answers
Good things come to those who wait, and rubies are proof of that. Formed as a result of orogeny (the moving and shifting of tectonic plates, which also gives rise to mountains) millions of years ago, the world has been in love with these wine-hued gemstones for centuries. Montepuez Ruby Mine In fact, in Sanskrit,… Continue reading Mozambique is home to the largest ruby deposit in the world
