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25

Aug

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Punit Balana’s designer label turns 10

Every stitch in Punit Balana’s creations is a proud paean to Rajasthan. The garments are shaped by memories, art, colours, music, culture and localities from the State that he calls home. Be it Bagru, Sanganer, or the buzzing chowks of Jaipur, all of them find representation in Punit’s collections.“Jaipur is where everything began. I grew up surrounded by block prints, crafts, embroidery, textile... Craft was a part of my everyday life. The city is layered: one day you are looking at the geometry of Amer Fort, the next day, the colours of Johri Bazar. I don’t think I looked for…

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25

Aug

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Inside Rahul Mishra’s new flagship store at Kala Ghoda

In Mumbai’s historic Kala Ghoda precinct, the ground floor of the City Ice Building has been transformed into Rahul Mishra’s sprawling flagship atelier. It is the fashion designer’s largest retail endeavor in India, conceived as a museum-like maison by architect and designer Rooshad Shroff, whose work is synonymous with exquisite Indian craftsmanship for the modern aesthete.Behind the luxury Mumbai outposts of Louis Vuitton, Kunal Rawal, and the design Mecca Nilaya Anthology, Shroff also collaborated with artist and designer Patrick Kinmonth to envision and execute the 2023 India in Fashion exhibition at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre. It had featured Mishra’s couture.…

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24

Aug

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Here’s how Rooshad Shroff transformed an 80-year-old ice-storage facility in Mumbai into Rahul Mishra’s largest maison in India

Rain has been cascading in plumes, only to pause just before the launch of designer Rahul Mishra’s largest maison in the country, in Mumbai, at Kala Ghoda district. On his way from Mumbai Airport to the new atelier, Rahul says that he had been looking for the perfect space for his flagship outlet before he chanced upon the City Ice, a nearly-80-year-old building, in Kala Ghoda. The sprawling 7,500 square-foot property, which served as an ice-storage facility in the 70s, will now house some of the most exquisite collections by Rahul who became the first Indian designer to be invited…

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24

Aug

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Meet N Harikesan Nair from Thiruvananthapuram, recipient of the Kerala State Farm Awards for the best nutrition garden

“It is all about becoming self-sufficient.” That is N Harikesan Nair’s principle behind his love for farming. The retired bank employee from Thiruvananthapuram is currently basking in the glory of winning the award for the best organic nutrition garden at the State Farm Awards 2024. One cannot help but listen in awe as he lists the variety of crops and plants he cultivates at his home at Sree Nagar, Kalippankulam, near Manacaud. Besides the area around his home on the 10-cent plot, farming is being done extensively on two terraces, covering an area of 2,500 sq ft.“I have been doing…

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23

Aug

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Thiruvananthapuram-based couple launches Badi Rasam, a ready-to-eat meal pack for ₹49

Ashifa Firdous and Faizal Subair, who launched Badi Rasam | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A ready-to-eat meal pack for ₹49. That is Badi Rasam for you. The branded product comes from Thiruvananthapuram-based couple, Faizal Subair and Ashifa Firdous.Currently available within the city limits, the pack has Kerala matta rice, sauteed green gram, a pickle, tomato rasam and badi. “Badi is a sun-dried dumpling made of lentils. The badi we use has black gram (uzhunnu). The dumplings are dry roasted and powdered. It is mixed with sautéed shallots, green chilli and garlic. This is a traditional dish prepared in many North…

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23

Aug

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This Kerala social worker visits homes of donors to harvest hair for wigs for cancer survivors

Social worker PA Zeenath sees her work as a calling, something she has to do. It is a calling that she has answered, with empathy and compassion, perhaps born out of her unfulfilled dream of becoming a nurse. For the past 20-odd years she has been doing her bit as a caregiver for HIV patients, those suffering from cancer and anybody else who might need her service. Zeenath is a part of the Snehatheeram Charitable Trust, Aluva, a support and care centre for those living with HIV AIDS; it also offers institutionalised home-based care for the terminally ill. However, rather than confining…

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22

Aug

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Here are the hottest new games launched at the biggest gaming show on earth — Gamescom

Gamescom, the biggest gaming expo in the world, sets the stage for top brands and trendsetters in the world of gaming. Now, in its 16th year, Gamescom stands witness to over 4 lakh passionate gamers from across the world, flocking to Germany — braving the hot European summer from August 19 to 24 in Koelnmesse GmbH (Cologne Trade Fair) — to witness the launch of the new Xbox as well as the reveal of several video games, like Call of Duty and Borderlands 4. Based on reaction, popularity and the buzz on the ground, we have cherry-picked a few trends that…

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22

Aug

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Over 200 Top Nature photographers join forces for Prints for Wildlife fundraiser

In the last five years, Nature and wildlife photographers across the world have raised over $2.1 million for conservation. This, courtesy of global non-profit Conservation International’s initiative titled Prints for Wildlife. Every year, a community of photographers sell their limited-edition prints and all funds raised go towards efforts supported by Conservation International.  An Asiatic lioness with her cubs at Gir National Park, Gujarat | Photo Credit: Jie Fischer/Prints for Wildlife This year, the fundraiser Edition Hope is slated to ‘respond to a new, urgent threat: the global shift away from environmental protection’. The team addresses how conservation programmes around the…

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21

Aug

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Why Bengaluru’s Museum of Art & Photography is leaning into tech and the tactile

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a new-age museum in our smartphone era must create perfect selfie spots. Over the past decade, founders, architects, exhibition designers, curators and artists have had to also imagine their works and spaces to double up as Instagram backdrops. At Bengaluru’s Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), however, this isn’t at their “core of building a museum-going culture”, says Abhishek Poddar, the founder of this museum. “At MAP, these interactive elements, whether analogue or digital, are always intentional choices, not add-ons.” Abhishek Poddar, founder of MAP | Photo Credit: Prarthana Shetty Accommodating this buzzing…

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20

Aug

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Fashion label Cos launches in India

When a minimalist brand launches in maximum city, you expect the contrast to jar. After all, there is nothing minimalist about India. Luxury here typically envelopes you in sparkle, opulence, and chaotic colour. Yet, COS, known for its unapologetically practical aesthetic, manages to fit right in with its soon-to-be-launched Autumn/Winter collection, which is flamboyant with texture and extravagant with detail.   Karin Gustafsson | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement We are in Mumbai for COS’ India launch, and the city is framed by brooding skies and lashing rain. An apt setting for the clothes, with their inky colours and liquid drapes. In…

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