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09

Feb

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Things to do in Indonesia’s West Java

Flying from Singapore to Kertajati is an experience: from the aircraft’s window, one can see the Indonesian sea dotted with numerous islands. The breathtaking non-metro destinations of West Java now witness an enhanced flow of tourists thanks to the newly-added Embraer flights from Scoot, the affordable carrier of Singapore Airlines. From September last year, Scoot’s carriers are being scheduled twice a week from Singapore to Kertajati in Greater Bandung. The demand for Scoot flights from India is robust due to an increase in demand for leisure holidays to Southeast Asia. Scoot operates over 40 weekly flights from six cities in…

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09

Feb

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Chowrangee is Hyderabad’s new arts and culture platform

 Sounak Chattopadhyay and Arpita Chatterjee  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hyderabad’s cultural scene receives a boost with Chowrangee, a new-age platform for arts and culture. The group’s inaugural event, Raag-o-Rang, features Hindustani vocalist Sounak Chattopadhyay and theatre practitioner Arpita Chatterjee portraying Gauhar Jaan in a multilingual solo musical.Love for two cities Arpita Chatterjee  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A group of music and theatre enthusiasts with a deep appreciation for Hyderabad and a strong connection with Kolkata have come together to create Chowrangee, according to the platform’s president, Santanu Paul, founder of TalentSprint, an EdTech firm based in the city.…

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09

Feb

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Over 90% of corporate employees aged below 25 experience signs of anxiety: Report

Data from over 83,000 counselling sessions, 12,000 elective screenings, and over 42,000 assessments conducted between January and November 2024 were analysed. | Photo Credit: Illustration for representation only A pan-India report on key trends and challenges around workplace mental health has found that over 90% of corporate employees under the age of 25 reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety, compared to 67% of those over the age of 45, in 2024..The ‘State of Emotional Well-being Report 2024’ has been brought out by 1to1help, an employee assistance programme provider, for the second consecutive year. Data from over 83,000 counselling sessions, 12,000 elective…

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09

Feb

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Art meets craft at this art quilt exhibition in Chennai

Tina Katwal and Varsha Sundararajan | Photo Credit: Sangita Rajan At The Square Inch, a quilting studio in Chennai, various art quilt pieces are laid out depicting vibrant imagery — from soaring birds, lush tropical foliage to flowers. Each quilt square is in shades of purple, yellow, red, blue and green, and tells a different story. The quilt exhibition curated by Quilt India Foundation (QIF) is a theme-based competition hosted in the city annually. This year, with entries from 105 quilters around the world, the theme is Birds of Paradise. Each quilter has interpreted the theme in their own way. “Every participant…

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09

Feb

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What makes Chennai’s children read?

For parents who want their children to start reading more and for children wanting to delve into a different range of genres, where does one start? Amidst constant discussion about screen time, books, and how to strike a healthy balance between the two, the city of Chennai is currently home to a host of interesting initiatives that facilitate a love for reading and losing oneself in the magical world of words.At the Goethe Institut in December last year, a gaggle of children watched on in delight as children’s author and illustrator Ashok Rajagopalan enacted scenes from his much loved book, Gajapati…

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09

Feb

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How India’s Chinese community celebrates Chinese New Year across generations

In the week leading up to Chinese New Year, Kolkata’s Tiretti Bazaar transforms into a vibrant reflection of the city’s Chinese-Indian heritage. Red lanterns, symbolising prosperity and good fortune, adorn the streets, while calligraphy banners on shopfronts wish visitors health, happiness, and success for the year ahead.Victor Chen, originally from Kolkata and now based in Mumbai as general manager of Courtyard by Marriott Mumbai International Airport, makes it a point to return home for the festivities. Despite the dwindling Chinese-Indian population in Tiretti Bazaar — once around 20,000 but now closer to 2,000 — many traditions remain intact. “This is…

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09

Feb

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Chennai | Anaka Narayanan’s capsule collection has a weaving story to tell

In The Maheshwar Edit, Anaka experiments with bold stripes, textures and colours | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Anaka Narayanan’s capsule collection, The Maheshwar Edit, has a story to tell. In 2022, Anaka, the founder of Brass Tacks headed to Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh for an apprenticeship with weaver Nisha Verma. “I was keen on learning how to weave and knew that to commit the process to muscle memory, I would have to do this for a longer period of time,” she says.I went in with an open mind and told myself that if I wanted to delve deeper into production and…

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09

Feb

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Now, rent a Water Metro ferry to go on backwater tours

The air-conditioned ferries are said to be the first of their kind in Asia under a single command and control system being given on rent for film shooting during off-peak hours. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin In keeping with the hop-on, hop-off concept, Kochi Water Metro Limited (KWML) has begun renting out its popular electric-hybrid ferries for groups of people to go on backwater tours. The air-conditioned ferries are said to be the first of their kind in Asia under a single command and control system being given on rent for film shooting during off-peak hours. “Encouraged by the response, we…

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08

Feb

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Kochi | ‘Go With The Flo – The Period Game’ is an educational board game that debunks myths around menstruation

Go with the flo board game  | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The educational board game Go With the Flo - The Period Game is exactly what you think it is. It is about menstruation, and probably India’s only board game on the subject. It is designed to demystify menstruation and aims to create menstrual literacy not only for girls who have reached menarche, but for parents and educators.  The games has been brought out by Sradha Culture Lab, an initiative which focuses on gender, culture and psychology. Ranjini Krishnan, the founder of Sradha Culture Lab, explains, “Menstruation is an important…

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08

Feb

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A brew school in Kerala which trains baristas

The aroma of coffee leads my way as I make my way up the stairs to The Brew School (TBS) at Kadavanthra junction. Situated on the second floor of Daffodils, a building on KP Vallon Road, it looks more like a chemistry laboratory than what one expects ‘barista school’ to be. The ‘classroom’ has all kinds of equipment required to make coffee - V60 drippers, all manner of kettles, French presses, coffee grinders, drip scale and coffee cups of varying sizes. A dozen-odd students listen intently as an instructor shows them the right way to make a cappuccino: the ratio of…

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