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Manisha, Vijay and Tanmay have spent all their Diwalis overseas. 2014 is special to them, because it’s their first Diwali in India. Manisha got in touch with me with photographs of their Diwalis past for our “How do you celebrate Diwali” event, and I must say they are lovely!! Says […]
The Purple Turtles is a lifestyle boutique in Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The owner and founder Raadeesh Shetty, quit a flourishing career in advertising to start the store. He had always enjoyed helping people transform their living and working spaces. He loves connecting with artists who use their creativity to […]
I am loving the recent wave of east-west fusion products. I embrace it because times have changed, and contemporary styles are not desi but desi-global – styles that will not look out of place in a concert hall in Germany, a drawing room in Venice, or at an arty do […]
Namaste! Have you started decking up your home? Are you busy with your mitai and farsan preparations? If not, this new series on our blog is sure to get you going, and put you in the festive mood! I am pleased to kick off the “How do you celebrate Diwali?” […]
I call it a happy quirk of fate. I had been eying a diya arthi at a local store in Pune for the longest time. Last Sunday I was at the Sanskriti Lifestyle late-night Diwali Exhibition and I almost bought one, but the price put me off! Early Monday morning, […]
I recently spent a morning at Phoenix Mall in Pune at the invitation of the folks at Caravan Craft. Before I tell you what I found in-store, I want to explain Caravan Craft’s rather awesome mission (in my own words). It aims to bridge the gap between India’s rich reservoir […]
I first ‘saw’ Karishma (her pic rather) on Facebook, when her cousin posted wedding pics of Karishma and Anish. She made a beautiful blushing bride, and the pictures were shot so beautifully that they went a bit viral, and the comments kept pouring in. I did my share of going […]
Did that pic catch your eye? It did mine – I saw that beautiful old door, with the carving on it – and I couldn’t quite place the design – was it Mexican, was it Spanish, was it Indian? “It must be Indian,” I thought, “because that little girl is […]
Working from home has its positives and not-so-positives. My home office is just a little space borrowed from my dining area. Luckily we have an open plan home, so nobody has asked me what a computer is doing so close to the dining table! The main positive is that I […]
Two events last weekend led to this delicious, melt-in-your-mouth, moist and dark-as-sin chocolate cake. One, I got a new oven – bigger than my old one and two, my neighbor who is leaving for the US decided to give me all her unused caking ingredients. So I decided to bake […]
