INDIA’S PEOPLE

January 23, 2021

Design and heritage are integral to India. People of strong aesthetics, design aficionados who follow their heart, powerful voices who reflect character on their face and actors who take us to a world of make believe. Ace photographer Hemant J. Khendilwal captures the strength of their persona through intensely crafted...

The saga of a self-made jewellery designer

January 22, 2021

For Rajputs, their legacy is a source of immense pride. One that links them to history and their inherited heritage and leaves them with many fables to tell. Whatever their profession, position in life and personal sport might be, Rajputs are first and foremost propagators to their family lineage. One...

REMEMBERING THE BRIGHTEST OF THE BABIS

January 22, 2021

It’s a title that is attached to many royal Nawab families of India. A Pashtun tribe, the Babis owe their origin to Bahadur Khanji Babi, son of Usman Khan, who migrated to India and entered the Mughal service and received the hereditary title of ‘Babi’ in 1554 from Emperor Humayun. Nawab...

Light up your life chic and conscious lighting

January 16, 2021

Home is where the heart is. Home is also where all of us spend endless hours today, working, living, loving and thriving within its four walls. No wonder, even when the best of luxe suffered during the pandemic, the one realm that actually grew was home decor… Right from buying...

THE MYSTICAL SUKET DHIR AND HIS FABLED JACKETS

January 16, 2021

A rare mystique surrounds his persona. An image of one who has perchance strayed into a world of flimsy. A world which he, with his intense gaze and near mystical style, is pledged to change forever. Creating a zone, a sweet spot, a realm that no one even knew existed....

BRIJ RAJ SINGH BHATI: THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING

January 15, 2021

The December of 2020 brought a pall of gloom over the city of Jaisalmer with all the flags flying half-mast to mourn the death of its erstwhile ruler Maharawal Brij Raj Singh Bhati, who succumbed to a failed liver at the early age of 52. A dynamic yet introverted leader,...

A FREE-SPIRITED MAN WHO FREED SARI FROM ITS TAD DOWDY IMAGEA FREE-SPIRITED MAN WHO FREED SARI FROM ITS TAD DOWDY IMAGE

January 9, 2021

T hey say a free spirit never dies, it simply soars away. Blending into the clouds as seamlessly as the drape form that personifies the notion of India. Satya Paul, the designer who gave the sari a new avatar in the 1980s, elevating it forever from its tad dowdy image,...

CARRYING FORWARD RICH TRADITIONS OF RAJASTHAN’S TIMELESS JEWELLERY

January 8, 2021

“Ever since I was a little child, I was a witness to many baithaks where the women of the family viewed jewellery crafted by the finest kaarigars of Rajasthan. From haath phool to cummerbunds, from pachelis to kangans, they would be shown the finest within the comfort of their drawing room at Mundru House. And I, being the...

CLOTHES THAT CAPTURE THE NOSTALGIA OF HEIRLOOM

January 2, 2021

Handcraft is a true legacy of rural India that sees handicraft as the second largest employer after farming. It becomes even more relevant in states like Madhya Pradesh where both rural and tribal craftsmen are masters of their art. It’s a heritage that deserves to be preserved through concerted effort....

THE BRIGHT YOUNG STARS ONLINE WHO LIT UP 2020

January 2, 2021

2020 was like living inside a tunnel, with just a few moments thrown in when we rushed out gasping for breath. What we dreamt of was walking recklessly under the sun, hugging a loved one, going to a concert, watching a match...things most of us took for granted earlier, but...