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Rati Chaudhary’s setting for an intimate dinner

Amidst the pandemic, balconies have become a joyful escape pod for several Indians

Aishwarya Upadhye People are now rediscovering the importance of this tiny space and sprucing it up to suit their comfort and needs

The best packaged breakfast cereals for kids

K. Jeshi We sent dieticians food labels from the aisles of the supermarket and online, and had them narrow down on the next best option to fresh, home-cooked morning meals

A composite image showing Rakhi’s nail art

This Kerala artist turns fingernails into a fitting canvas for her intricate artworks

Harikumar J S Nail art by Rakhi Giri Sankar from Thiruvananthapuram showcases deft works on a range of themes

Gunjan Shrivastava has done her doctoral studies in visual art and a diploma in textile design. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU

Gunjan Shrivastava’s art speaks up for an eco-friendly perspective

Nahla Nainar The Mumbai-based contemporary artist’s latest online exhibition is a statement on allowing our environment to repair itself

Upcycled bridal gown designed by Rachel

Weddings turn sustainable, waste-free celebrations during the pandemic

K Jeshi From paperless invites to recycling lehengas, families are turning to smaller, more sustainable weddings

What’s the good word for 2020?

Saraswathy Nagarajan Seven Indian authors choose the words that capture the essence of a pandemic year

Egg tray by Goli Soda Studio

Indian artists upcycle discarded glass bottles to tableware

Anisha Menezes Artists across the country fashion elegant tableware from discarded glass bottles, shining light on the possibilities of upcycling

Jacqueline Fernandez

Building brand Jacqueline Fernandez

Susanna Myrtle Lazarus With over 46 million followers on Instagram, the actor talks about her social media strategy and her criteria to endorse any product

Multimedia

Watch | Paris' rooftop cellist

Watch | World's first hydrogen powered double-decker buses

Good Earth Marrakech Adil Jacket : This patchwork cotton number for men — which can be paired with both kurtas and shirts — comes with a geometric black Ajrakh hand-block printed pattern and a striped cotton-silk lining. ₹28,000 on goodearth.in

Diwali ready: the jacket

Watch | India’s first batch of homegrown asafoetida

Fashion

A composite image showing Rakhi’s nail art

Weganool fibres

A snapshot from the collection

This Kerala artist turns fingernails into a fitting canvas for her intricate artworks

Nail art by Rakhi Giri Sankar from Thiruvananthapuram showcases deft works on a range of themes

From milkweed to wool in Auroville

Gowri Shankar is taking the vegan cashmere substitute Weganool to brands like Louis Vuitton and Hugo Boss. And he is roping in farmers for its production

Rina Singh of Eka on bringing 2020’s upcyling trend to menswear

Making a case for a trans-seasonal wardrobe for men at a time when ethical design is key

KM Siddharaman of Sri Balaji Silks displays a heavy wedding sari at his showroom in Elampillai. Photo: Nahla Nainar/THE HINDU

Soft, affordable and online: How Elampillai’s saris became a hit on social media

silk masks A matching mask for your sari blouse

Prabalika M. Borah The friendly neighbourhood tailor goes the extra mile now to make a mask from the leftover material of your blouse

Food

The best packaged breakfast cereals for kids

K. Jeshi We sent dieticians food labels from the aisles of the supermarket and online, and had them narrow down on the next best option to fresh, home-cooked morning meals

Amrut Distilleries launches Fusion X

Rosella Stephen This special edition whisky from the Bengaluru brand celebrates a memorable decade and is just what we need to bid 2020 goodbye

Motoring

Travel

Fitness

How to get a skin that defies age?

Susan Joe Philip Here are tips from experts on how to take care of our skin after turning 40

Social matters Digital social influence has an impact on the way we exercise; the author (below)

excerpt How often you work out is decided by social media and your friends?

Sinan Aral Social influence and peer support affect exercise behaviour. This and more from a book on how social media shapes our lives

Homes and gardens

Rati Chaudhary’s setting for an intimate dinner

Coronavirus Homes and gardens

Amidst the pandemic, balconies have become a joyful escape pod for several Indians

Aishwarya Upadhye People are now rediscovering the importance of this tiny space and sprucing it up to suit their comfort and needs

Homes and gardens

Houseproud in 5 The ‘lazy’ edit for winter evenings

Surya Praphulla Kumar Quilts and candles to a cheese knives set, your essentials for lazy weekends

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Nissan forays into compact SUV segment, drives in Magnite at ₹ 4.99 lakh

The best packaged breakfast cereals for kids

Coronavirus Homes and gardens

Amidst the pandemic, balconies have become a joyful escape pod for several Indians

Art

Gunjan Shrivastava’s art speaks up for an eco-friendly perspective

This Kerala artist turns fingernails into a fitting canvas for her intricate artworks

Weddings turn sustainable, waste-free celebrations during the pandemic

World AIDS Day: The disappearing conversation around HIV

As we commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1, we explore why the chatter around HIV has diminished since the 1990s

What’s the good word for 2020?

Seven Indian authors choose the words that capture the essence of a pandemic year

83% of Indian employees worried about returning to office without COVID-19 vaccine, study says

Indian employees are rapidly adopting digital toolkits and skills with a concern of being left behind as remote working has accelerated the move to a digital-first environment.

Indian artists upcycle discarded glass bottles to tableware

Artists across the country fashion elegant tableware from discarded glass bottles, shining light on the possibilities of upcycling

Sip whole leaf: Assam tea gets a new form

A team of researcher-entrepreneurs has come up with the ‘world’s first’ whole leaf tea dip without a bag.

Radio Kadal gives voice to the fisherfolk in Kerala capital

Coastal Students’ Cultural Forum, an NGO, documents the indigenous knowledge of fishing community in the district through a community radio

Weekly Bytes | Microsoft 365's new features, Meet’s attendance reports, and more

Here's our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.

Tesla could widen release of ‘self-driving’ software in two weeks

In October, Tesla released a beta, or test version, of what it calls a “Full Self Driving” software upgrade to an undisclosed number of “expert, careful” drivers.

Building brand Jacqueline Fernandez

With over 46 million followers on Instagram, the actor talks about her social media strategy and her criteria to endorse any product

The ‘lazy’ edit for winter evenings

Quilts and candles to a cheese knives set, your essentials for lazy weekends

Turning a scrubland green

Agastya Innovation Foundation campus in Kuppam, once a barren patch of land, is now full of flower- and fruit-bearing trees. Systematic planning helped, says M.A. Siraj

Amrut Distilleries launches Fusion X

This special edition whisky from the Bengaluru brand celebrates a memorable decade and is just what we need to bid 2020 goodbye

Crafts from across the country go online

Shilp Route brings together a range of unique products by 15 hand-picked artisans from across the country

From milkweed to wool in Auroville

Gowri Shankar is taking the vegan cashmere substitute Weganool to brands like Louis Vuitton and Hugo Boss. And he is roping in farmers for its production

Rina Singh of Eka on bringing 2020’s upcyling trend to menswear

Making a case for a trans-seasonal wardrobe for men at a time when ethical design is key

Check out the ‘Maradona museum’ at this Kerala hotel

How Hotel Blue Nile in Kerala has converted its room 309 into a “museum” ever since Argentine football legend Diego Maradona’s stay in 2012

Soft, affordable and online: How Elampillai’s saris became a hit on social media

The saris produced by this power loom weaving hub near Salem have found fans everywhere, thanks to social media

Feeling hungry? Check out these recipes for a rainy day

Soups, halwas and rasams... Indian cuisine serves up a wonderful spread of warm options for surviving the cold and wet months

Microsoft Office files in iOS devices can be edited using Google Workspace

The availability of Office editing on iOS will allow users to edit, comment, and collaborate using powerful real-time tools.

E-platform ‘Aamozish’ helps to learn Urdu in seven days

E-platform Aamozish helps to learn Urdu in seven days using animations and self-assessment quizzes

A matching mask for your sari blouse

The friendly neighbourhood tailor goes the extra mile now to make a mask from the leftover material of your blouse

How Tamil meme nation kept Chennai’s spirits high during Cyclone Nivar

It kept meme makers and comedians busy, as they conjured up witty content

The asthma diet

With winter setting in and pollution levels soaring, people with lived experiences and health professionals tell us what foods may work and what may not, to help you breathe better

Options that make it easier to add greens to your diet

Coimbatore-based start-up Keeraikadai.com has launched five ready-to-eat curries made with greens

Microsoft Flight Simulator gets new airports, visual enhancements in U.S. update

Gamers will also be able to experience the visual enhancements made to 48 other airports, 50 new points of interest across the country, and new activities on each coast.

India Design Forum’s virtual debates look at rethinking the scope of architecture

Coimbatore-based India Design Forum’s series of virtual debates looks at re-evaluating architectural practices and the relevance of the spaces we live in

Should we put ourselves on a digital diet?

How many times do we eat in front of a screen? How many times have we used an OTT platform to lull us to sleep? It is possible that the real diet must be on screens and the screen time we’re fed on

Photography series shines the spotlight on Chennai’s lightmen

Photographer Madhavan Palanisamy on his latest black-and-white project, ‘The Reflector’

Biryani Macha to The Void: Why Chennai’s chefs lean on simple yet familiar foods

As we draw closer to the end of 2020 under grey skies, buffeted by gusty winds, city chefs lean on popular, simple and most importantly, familiar foods to bring some cheer to a challenging year

Microsoft Teams rolls out new personalisation features

The new features will let users to add personal accounts in the desktop or web app to easily stay on top of work as well as personal conversations through a single interface.

At Majuli, the masks come out on raas jatra

Raas Utsav, a two-day festival in Assam featuring plays in which actors sport masks made of natural materials, will be held with precautionary measures this year

Karuna Quilt Movement uses crowd-sourced blocks to make patchwork quilts for the frontline workers

Taruna Gandotra-Sethi is glad that she has been able to reach the target of acquiring the blocks needed to make 100 quilts by November 15, three

Watch | Paris' rooftop cellist

A video on Camille Thomas who has taken to playing her cello on Parisian roofs during France's COVID-19 lockdown

Discover real-life stories of queer love from across India

Museum on Queer Swipe Stories, an Instagram account by Gaysi Family and Tinder documents the wonderful everyday-ness of queer love from across India

Vimal Chandran’s 2021 calendar, Songs for the Birds features his watercolour paintings

The works are from his illustrations called Unposted Letters

Work-from-home living has imbibed ‘a no rush timetable’ for these Indians

We chat with people who’ve turned their lockdown routines around, and can teach us a thing or two about time value and management

Remembering friends and Fa Yian

The good thing about the pandemic is that it has given us moments to pause and remember the friends who loved Fa Yian

Anjaleka Kriplani takes affordable luxury online

How Anjaleka Kriplani has worked across generations to stay relevant and thrive

Cow hugging: What is it?

People in the West are increasingly taking to embracing the cow for hours as a healing therapy for various illnesses and particular anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

How a T-shirt commemorates a landmark battle

Delhi-based experience design company, Motherland, is using a T-shirt as a medium of storytelling, to tell people about 6 Kumaon battalion’s contribution to the Battle of Walong

Retail store launches and royal beginnings

A round-up of what’s been happening in India and around the world, from The Hindu Weekend desk

Anita Dongre is all for slow, relevant fashion

Launching her first flagship store in Hyderabad, designer Anita Dongre says the pandemic has made people celebrate classy, timeless styles

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