Jaipur’s Leela Bordia, who founded Neerja and gave a new lease of life to Jaipuri Blue Pottery has a candid chat with me about the challenges she faced, her quest to keep the designs original yet traditional, and the dangers of keeping them from being copied and mass-produced by others. […]
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My next post – what do you think it’s about?
Have a look at the pic….and try and guess what or who my next post is about. So what’s my next post going to be about? Any guesses? 😉 UPDATE: I had to take off the pic of the broken plates – but I want you guys to know […]
Someone special turned 6!
Yep! We had a b’day in the family, and we had so much fun! Here are a few snapshots! It was special (in her words) because1. Her grandparents were around.2. The decorations were hand-made by her3. It was her first b’day with her li’l bro (he missed her last b’day […]
‘High-Light’ of the week: Sharanya Menon’s Customized Lights
This one is called ‘Tree of Life’ What do you do when you are jobless? Crib and wallow in self-pity, of course! Well, that’s what I did when I completed my degree and couldn’t land up in a job. Satyam Shivam Sundaram Now, that’s my story….Sharanya Menon, on the other […]
Saffron Marigold’s Spring Collection with Shopping Guides
I love it when design houses use their products to create ‘looks’ or inspiration boards. Often people buy products, and then don’t really know how to put together a ‘look’ with what they buy. What a waste of a purchase! So that’s why I want to highlight Saffron Marigold’s attempt […]
Women’s Day Special – Guest Post from Patricia from Colors Dekor
What better way to celebrate women than have a very talented home decor blogger do a post for us, here on The Keybunch! Patricia from Colours Dekor needs no introduction. Her blog is testimony to her many talents! We trusted her completely with a meaningful women’s day post, and she […]
Women’s Day Buildup ~Rachana Saurabh: Self-taught artist with a style of her own!
Women everywhere, everyday do extraordinary things to face life’s challenges and come out triumphant. March 8 is a day to celebrate woman-power; it’s for celebrating you and me, and women like Rachana Saurabh, who take what life gives them, and emerge with a winning attitude. When I first saw Rachana’s […]
Online Shopping @ Fashion and You, Heaven and Home: Same Product, Different Prices!
Metal Planter from Heaven and Home Same Metal Planter from Fashion and You I love virtual shopping – period! I can browse through shopping sites endlessly ogling at all the lovely products displayed – good time-pass, I must say J. It’s nice to spot a bargain, grab it before it […]
Shopping Online for Madhubani Art
A guest from US couldn’t help staring at the Madhubani paintings we had put up in our living. He bombarded me with questions about the art and I felt like a fool when I could not answer his questions except that I said it’s a kind of tribal art. Of […]
Tia Pakhi by Anaïs Basu
Designer Anaïs Basu has just brought her Tia Pakhi range to India, with a debut exhibition in Kolkata. You know I am one for stories, and I have one for you here – it’s about a French girl who fell in love with India, its crafts, its people and even […]