The Kerala-inspired home
The very mention of the word, ‘Kerala’, brings to me, visuals of coffee and spice plantations, the breathtakingly beautiful backwaters and palm-lined trees. Now, I mention the next best thing and that…
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Araash Fresco Painting: A new identity with pops of colour
The euphoria of a discovery that eventually summarises the very purpose of one’s work is difficult to express. If we’re fortunate, we experience it, and life is never the same again! Probably Muirne Kate…
Home decor with a little help from Indian scripts
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss’s pearls of wisdom…Words tend to have a profound…
Khadi: The handspun, handwoven wonder is relevant again
Last evening, I overheard a little boy making elaborate plans with his grandfather for the summer holidays. The summers for us meant a no-rules, no-schedule, fun-filled month at our grandparents’ home….
Pink is the Navy Blue of India
“There are no accidents… there is only some purpose that we haven’t yet understood.” This famous quote by Deepak Chopra was just so apt for me this morning! As it…
The Art of Knitting: Put down that phone, pick up some needles
On my way back home today, a sense of déjà vu enveloped me. I witnessed a scene familiar to my childhood – rays of the late afternoon sun, a group of beautiful women talking,…
The resurgence of the poetic Parsi Gara
Last week was quite busy, in a social sort-of-way with pre-wedding functions and then the wedding over the weekend. Phew! While the bride and the bridegroom were the cynosure of…
Dastkar Design Fair 2017 – Our top 10 picks
The Dastkar events have a special place in my heart. The ‘Nature Bazar’, the venue of the events at Anderia Modh in New Delhi, is a delightful place, displaying the…
Livecrafts: Empowering Creative Hands
We are passionate about handmade crafts of India. Delving deeper into the stories they spin, makes some of them even more endearing. I believe that stories have the power to…
Light up your home
‘A million conversations in my mind, some nutty, some silly, about the lights I hope to find…‘ This search extended to the virtual space on the internet, where I explored the…