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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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20

Aug

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Enjoy home-made puddings at Tree of Treats in Thiruvananthapuram

Tree of Treats, a weekend home cafe located at Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram, comes to life at five on Friday evenings. The fairy lights wrapped around the name board, patio furniture arranged on the front porch, and wobbly puddings soaked in sauce or coated in toasted coconut welcome customers to this makeshift eatery. The place is an extension of Treesa Joy and Arun Antony’s home. If you listen carefully, you can hear three-year-old Anthoy as he runs around the residence. Arun and Anthoyi at Tree of Treats | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The evening cafe, as Treesa describes it, began in July,…

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19

Aug

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Buy a slice of palace life at the Royal Fables pop-up in New Delhi

Royal Fables returns to New Delhi with its 15th edition, bringing with it the erstwhile grandeur of princely India reimagined for the modern world. Presented in association withSONACHAANDI by the house of Shilpi Gupta and Atul Jewellers, the one-day pop-up will showcase India’s royal heritage through crafts, cuisine, couture, and collectibles.Among the many highlights, on display will be the Karkhana Chronicles — a campaign, featuring collaborations between royal families and artisans, that focusses on preserving India’s textile heritage by supporting artisan communities, particularly those impacted by the pandemic — and a tribute to palace ateliers still alive in forts and…

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19

Aug

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Movie Review: Before the Flood by Fisher Stevens

The Garden of Earthly Delights | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons In its just-over an hour and a half long runtime, ‘Before the Flood’ does not say much about how climate change entirely can be stopped, and perhaps, with good enough reason. Director Fisher Stevens, whose Academy-Award winning, ‘The Cove’ exposed the brutal slaughter of dolphins in Japan, teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio as they travel around the world to discover the causes and shocking effects that climate change has had across the globe. The film opens with the famous painting by Jheronimus Bosch, ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’, a canvas…

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19

Aug

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MMA Choir presents global choral concert with Poland’s Concerto Glacencis Choir in Chennai

The MMA Choir | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Madras Musical Association (MMA) Choir is set to join voices with the renowned Concerto Glacencis Choir from Poland for An Evening of Global Music, a choral concert that promises to be both rich and diverse. The performance will bring together 80 singers from the MMA Choir and 43 visiting choristers from Poland, creating an evening of sound and spirit that celebrates harmony across cultures. The two choirs have collaborated before, most recently in Klodzko, Poland, in 2023. This time, Chennai audiences will experience the blend of bold local voices with international finesse…

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