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Author Deepak Dalal’s new books for young readers put the spotlight on conservation

K Jeshi Author Deepak Dalal’s two new books, one set in Lakshadweep Islands and the other on Snow Leopard Adventure in the Himalayas, create a connection between young readers and wildlife, and eventually conservation

Has the pandemic influenced NaPoWriMo?

Sweta Akundi Themes of isolation, nostalgia and hope are popular in this year’s National Poetry Writing Month challenges

A family gets together for barbecue and music at SaffronStay Fiesta in Nashik

#Villacation — have you tried this new holiday trend yet?

Priyadarshini Paitandy In dire need of a change of pace, holidaymakers are opting for the villa life to work and play

How Jamakkalam weavers are reinventing this heritage product

Chitra Deepa Anantharam From innovative designs to playful fabric blends, the age-old, GI-tagged Bhavani jamakkalam is undergoing a makeover

This is the greenest DIY home décor trend that everyone is raving about

Priyadarshini Paitandy Made a terrarium yet? Social media is brimming with accounts — of novices and experts — that specialise in these miniature gardens, the numbers steadily growing.

Kalaripayattu exponent Arifa Kodiyil

Kalaripayattu exponent Arifa Kodiyil on learning and teaching the ancient martial art form of Kerala

Saraswathy Nagarajan Arifa Kodiyil, a four-time State champion, believes every woman should learn Kalaripayattu to defend herself

Harpith and Harpita Pandian

Meet 14-year-old entrepreneurs who work to popularise the spelling bee

Susan Joe Philip The Chennai-based twins now have over 1,000 registrations from 10 countries in their website

BIRDS Environment

When the season’s last fleet of migratory birds flew over Madurai

Soma Basu Photographer S Venkatesh captures flamingos and several other rare birds in Madurai's water tanks as the migration season of the birds draws to a close

Multimedia

Employees at the Afrupro packaging warehouse work on an avocado packing line in Tzaneen.

Watch | South Africa's theft ridden avocado industry

Watch | Brittany's pink granite coast

Watch | Icelandic volcano's first eruption in 900 years

Clockwise from far left: Deepak Guggari’s cardboard partition walls, domed residences on Iran’s Hormuz island, the glass Apple Store in Thailand, Aravind Manoharan’s new build - a farm house with cob walls, and Sameep Padora’s black limestone step temple

What’s in your walls: plastic, paper, carbon?

Fashion

A still from ‘Fever’

This Korean dance-fashion show is where tradition meets modernity

Dance-fashion performance Fever hopes to revisit Korean traditions with a contemporary outlook

Make a fashion statement with your mask

Prabalika M. Borah

From a hastily re-purposed scarf to designer pieces strung with pearls, these essentials have evolved into popular, stylish accessories

Anamika Khanna: ready for a reunion

FDCI x Lakmé Fashion Week join forces after 15 years, while Khanna returns to the runway after a hiatus of over two years

(Clockwise from far left) Charlotte Tilbury, the Magic Cream Treat & Transform moisturiser, and the new launches

interview Luxury

Charlotte and the magic cream

Divya Kala Bhavani

Have you checked out Yadvi Agarwal’s handpainted jackets?

Priyadarshini Paitandy She talks about what it means to be a mindful and sustainable designer

Food

An orange-based mocktail with staranise

Hold the alcohol! 2021 will be the year of mocktails

Divya Kala Bhavani Bartenders across India chat about how the re-emerging bar culture sees bigger demand for more innovative, premium mocktails

Dates are an integral part of Ramzan fare across the world. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

ramzan 2021 A date with dates: How the fruits are an essential part of the Ramzan diet

Nahla Nainar As Ramzan approaches, dates will again be an unmissable part of feasts across the globe, in its natural form, or as part of innumerable dishes

Motoring

Travel

Fitness

Standard push-up

How to... How to do a push-up, for beginners

Susan Joe Philip Learn the right technique to do push-ups from experts

Feeling demotivated? Check out these books brimming with words of wisdom

From fertility struggles to being more practical in your day-to-day life, here are some must-reads

Homes and gardens

Homes and gardens

This is the greenest DIY home décor trend that everyone is raving about

Priyadarshini Paitandy Made a terrarium yet? Social media is brimming with accounts — of novices and experts — that specialise in these miniature gardens, the numbers steadily growing.

Adenium flowers

Homes and gardens

Online communities that swap, share or exchange seeds and plants are on the rise

Athira M Instead of buying at nurseries, gardening enthusiasts are trading plants and seeds via Facebook groups

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animal care Life & Style

Tools to keep your pets cool during summer

Art

Meet photographer Vinodh Baluchamy who prints photographs on fresh leaves

Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan’s book for children paints a vivid portrait of celebrated artist Raja Ravi Varma

Food

City restaurants keep up with the rising demand for nutritious meals for COVID-19 patients under home quarantine

A neurosurgeon leads a cleaning campaign in Kochi

Stretch marks are now well-earned stripes for many on social media

Light fare for warm days — home delivered in Delhi

Jain Annapurna Shudh Satvik Rasoi in Delhi home delivers fresh food with minimal processes and spices

How parents and peers influence alcohol consumption in India

As Delhi lowers the legal age to consume alcohol, we explore how peers and parents influence the decision of when to start drinking

These women on the Trans Himalayan Cycling Tour are riding through ‘what will people say’

A fun Facebook post by feminist-activist Kamla Bhasin, of One Billion Rising, actually had a whole story behind it

Actor Divya Dutta’s forever connection with her mother in audiobook ‘Me and Ma’

‘Gippy’ and ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ actor Divya Dutta talks of the emotional bond in her recently-launched audiobook ‘Me and Ma’

Mixing metals in the kitchen

Revival stories from Zishta as it brings its traditional cookware to Chennai

For watch dials, green is the new blue

The verdant hue nudged aside blue in 2020 and the trend continues this year with watch dials in colours such as pistachio and cocktail olive

Restoring art & interiors

World Art Daywas celebrated on April 15 to build awareness on creative activity. Ranjani Govind takes a look at the making of Thanjavur and Mysore paintings, now an intrinsic part of ethnic decor.

Dial up brilliance: bejewelled timepieces at Watches and Wonders 2021

Baguette-cut diamonds and sapphires are clearly the flavour of the season, as seen at Geneva’s Watches and Wonders

Mike Horn and a hydrogen-fuelled future

In a post-pandemic world where sustainability is on everyone’s mind, Mike Horn shows us nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it

With flagship electric car, Mercedes takes fight to Tesla

Daimler now joins rival Volkswagen AG with a dedicated electric platform. BMW will launch a dedicated platform in 2025.

Selling books on the footpath and writing books — Kerala bookseller on his love of words

Shamnad N discovered a fondness for fiction, selling novels on the footpath. Now, he has two books to his credit

The squire from Tikli Bottom

Remembering Martin Howard, naval pilot, raconteur and buffalo farmer, who hosted everyone from backpackers to retired prime ministers at his Gurgaon haveli

Mojitos by the sea

Mixologist Mervyn Payaso demonstrates the theatre of his craft and brings mocktails out of pubs on to the streets of Kochi

Taste Ukhrul brings the best Manipur’s natural bounty

Leiyolan Vashum and Zeinorin Angkang are bringing the rich natural produce of Manipur’s Ukhrul province to food lovers in various Indian cities, through e-commerce

Heritage enthusiasts celebrate history and heritage via virtual platforms

As we approach World Heritage Day on April 18, local communities curate online conversations to connect and celebrate Indian heritage and culture despite the pandemic

But, who spends $69 million on digital art?

Well, Vignesh Sundaresan (Metakovan) and Anand Venkateswaran (Twobadour) are still delighted with ‘Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days’, their polarising Christie’s buy that is changing the conversation around Art

Intel unit to build a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles

The Transporter fleets will begin commercial operations in 2023, and the companies will produce over 35,000 Mobileye-driven Transporters between 2023 and 2028.

Chennai’s iconic Spaces now flows into Synck, where culture and coffee collide

Synck has a sprawling cafe offering progressive, vegetarian menus. And cocktails with a Chennai soul

Has the pandemic influenced NaPoWriMo?

Themes of isolation, nostalgia and hope are popular in this year’s National Poetry Writing Month challenges

Citroen C5 Aircross launched in India

Citroen has launched the C5 Aircross SUV in India with prices starting from ₹29.90 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), which is available in a choice of two

Hyundai Alcazar revealed

Hyundai has revealed the production-ready Alcazar SUV ahead of its launch. While the new three-row SUV is based on the same platform as the Creta,

Royal Enfield hikes prices of Bullet 350, Classic 350 and Meteor 350

Royal Enfield has hiked prices of its 350 range including the Meteor 350. The manufacturer had previously hiked prices of its motorcycles by around Rs

Q&A with Hormazd

Gloster vs CarnivalI have test driven the MG Gloster and Kia Carnival — the Carnival goes up in terms of driving than the Gloster, which feels

Audi’s S5 Sportback is back with more than a facelift

An unchanged powertrain, comfortable suspension and unflinching road grip makes the Audi’s range rather easy to pilot

Gautam Sen’s latest book is on India’s historic fascination with automobiles

In ‘The Automobile’, author Gautam Sen chronicles the history of motor cars in India and how a passion for cars fuelled the industry even before Independence

Check out the updates on KTM’s Duke 125

With tweaks in its sharp tank extensions, updated subframe and more, the vehicle goes beyond mere styling

Bohag Bihu Bird Count 2021 set to begin on April 14

As the Bohag Bihu Bird Count 2021 begins on April 14 in Assam, birders across the country talk about the significance of this month in bird watching

Google, Instagram lack effective policies against self-sabotaging behaviour: report

Stanford researchers ranked 39 online platforms including social networks, search engines and gaming platforms to identify the clarity in public-facing policies relating to self-harming behaviour

Watch | South Africa's theft ridden avocado industry

A video on the 'superfood' avocado that has been subject to thefts in South Africa.

A 1944 wedding invite resurfaces to throw light on a life and times in Kanjirappally, a small rural town in Central Kerala

A Karippaparampil family wedding in 1944 at St Dominic’s Cathedral began a trend of pilgrims to board and lodge at the family home before proceeding to the Sabarimala temple

Everything you ever wanted to know about whey protein

Do you really need whey protein to build muscle? Experts weigh in

Celebrating Vishu with ‘Vishukkanji’ and ‘Vishukkatta’

Ahead of Vishu 2021, we examine the popularity of ‘Vishukkanji’ and ‘Vishukkatta’ and how they are prepared at different households in the northern Kerala

Ugadi, Puthandu, Bihu, Vaisakhi: How India ushers in a new year

Amid COVID-19 second wave, subdued but spirited celebrations usher in the new year, whether it is Ugadi, Navreh, Bihu, Vishu or Vaisakhi

Who’s the boss (burger)?

Boss Burger in Delhi delivers veg and non-veg bun delights

How to do a push-up, for beginners

Learn the right technique to do push-ups from experts

The Pandemic has redefined the days of the week

More than a year of living amid a raging pandemic has upset our routine, and altered our perception of what each day means to us

Jaipur’s design community is standing strong

Despite tourism drying up, the Pink City’s creative entrepreneurs are weathering the pandemic, pivoting where required, giving back to their artisans, and showing solidarity

New insulation boards

The construction industry can expect entry of materials based on carbon dioxide (CO2) in the near future as a German firm, Covestro, has developed

Watches & Wonders 2021: the lineup

From golden ‘beach to tuxedo’ watches to smoked dials and integrated steel bracelets, taking stock of trends at the industry’s biggest virtual fair

Sabyasachi on your sofa

With another Asian Paints collaboration, the designer extends to home furnishings that explore print on print and old-world motifs

Uptick in residential sector

Steady rise in sales and launches in first quarter of 2021. By M.A. Siraj

Swatch and Panerai’s ‘green’ launches at Watches and Wonders 2021

Watch brands from both ends of the price spectrum talk sustainability

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