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Meet the millets — a healthy snacking and dietary option

Ruth Dhanaraj With the United Nations declaring 2023 as the Year of Millets, pearl, foxtail, amaranth, broomcorn and buckwheat are back in the news, and on menus

All dolls lined up for Bombe Habba

Ranjani Govind From a 1,500 square foot showcase to 150-year-old heirlooms, the dolls form a significant part of Navaratri

A personalised nesting doll set from Colored Rims

Chandigarh-based Colored Rims woos the gifting market with its personalised nesting dolls

Athira M The startup launched by three friends, Manpreet Singh, Shreya Gupta and Shruti Chauhan, has handmade home decor and utility kitchenware, apart from the dolls

Feeding animals is one of the attractions at Vakasana Farms in Rettanai village.

Farm stay holidays: Book an anti-resort, with wifi and goats

Nahla Nainar After months of lockdown, people are travelling again. But now, instead of package tours and overcrowded destination travel, they are opting for more laidback holidays in rustic surroundings. Discover the luxury of working from a farm

Taapsee Pannu wearing a mask designed by Neeha Salma

Kerala designer’s masks travel to Bollywood

Athira M The hand-embroidered masks are designed by Kozhikode-based Neeha Salma

Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma

Rocky and Mayur, through their digital series ‘#RoadTrippinWithRnM’, tell us how to travel

Praveen Sudevan The duo answers how to make friends with locals, get past the language barrier, find the best places to eat and more

Socials for the soul: a peek into a new-age wellness retreat

Nidhi Adlakha Four friends in Kochi are encouraging locals to replace that Sunday boozy brunch with an outdoor workout at Aurah Socials

The Breitling Top Time Classic Cars Capsule Collection

Geneva Watch Days, an update

Rosella Stephen How Czapek’s new Antarctique was the star and Breitling’s tribute to American sports cars from the ‘60s was a bold move indeed

Multimedia

Annual migration of birds from the Northern Hemisphere to the Indian sub-continent has begun

Serene space created by Roshni Nair

Woke gardeners replace green deserts with urban jungles

Actor Kalki Koechlin

Watch | In conversation with Kalki Koechlin on her book ‘The Elephant in the Womb’

A personalised nesting doll set from Colored Rims

Chandigarh-based Colored Rims woos the gifting market with its personalised nesting dolls

Fashion

A women shows her henna design in Jaipur on the eve of Karva Chauth on October 29, 2015.

One of the saris in the Chaand collection

Designs from the 2021 Meta Gala (Crypto Fashion Week). From left to right: ‘Optimis as Cultural Rebellion’ by Matthew Stone, ‘The Empress of the Metaverse’ by The Fabricant, ‘Bollywood Meta Suit’ by Ravi Guru Singh and Lorena Bello

And now, a GI tag adds more vibrancy to Rajasthan’s Sojat Mehndi

PRIYADERSHINI S

Known for its entrancing, deep burnt-red stain, the world famous Sojat Mehndi of Rajasthan got its due on September 14. We explore its harvesting, manufacturing and various art and medicinal forms — as well as the issue of adulteration

Woven splendour for Lakme Fashion Week

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo

Gaurang Shah’s Chaand for FDCI X Lakme Fashion Week is a fusion of weaving techniques

The story behind the world’s first ‘Meta Gala’ and the first-ever Indian digital fashion NFT

Divya Kala Bhavani

Having sold the first Indian digital ensemble as an NFT, lawyer and crypto enthusiast Ravi Guru Singh chats about the continuing convergence of fashion and crypto

Figuring out what to use.

How can waste in the fashion design process be reduced?

Peeush Chhabra Shivalika Chaturvedi Jagruti Tiwary

Moser & Cie’s Edouard Meylan with fellow CEOs Jean Christoph Babin of Bulgari (far right) and George’s Kern of Breitling at Geneva Watch Days 2020

watches It’s the rise of the independents at 2021’s Geneva Watch Days

Rosella Stephen Informal events like Geneva Watch Days and instant feedback on social media platforms are helping independent watch brands adapt and grow during the pandemic

Food

Meet the millets — a healthy snacking and dietary option

Ruth Dhanaraj With the United Nations declaring 2023 as the Year of Millets, pearl, foxtail, amaranth, broomcorn and buckwheat are back in the news, and on menus

Short Eats Chennai’s newest dessert places serve treats and savouries with style

Deepa Alexander Delish and S!gn, both in Anna Nagar, make you reminisce about the pre-Covid glamour days of a dinner night, ending on a sweet note

Motoring

Triumph’s new Tiger Sport 660 revealed

Toyota Fortuner Legender 4x4 launched

Mercedes India records rise in Q3 2021 sales

Volkswagen launches Polo, Vento Matte editions in India

Skoda’s Rapid Matte Edition launched

Travel

Assam’s Dimasa people’s Judima rice wine finally gets a GI tag

Prabalika M. Borah

Skyfall at Kodaikanal

Private residences across India open their doors to the COVID-weary

PRIYADERSHINI S

From stand up paddling and jet skiing to rope walking and rock climbing, travellers are taking to adventure sports in a big way

Kreeda’s ‘The Travelling Journal’ will journey across India and different countries

PRIYADERSHINI S

Hyderabad, need a quick getaway? Take the scenic route to these must-visit spots

Prabalika M. Borah

Fitness

A 2020 Women’s Day event by PCOS Club India

pcos awareness month 2021 The PCOS discourse in India is changing, and it’s about time

Divya Kala Bhavani For 2021’s Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month, India sees a surge in dialogue about women’s health as well as the first summit by PCOS Club India dedicated to the ‘cyster-hood’

H Moser & Cie’s Edouard Meylan on running for a cause

Rosella Stephen Education comes first, says the CEO of the independent Swiss watchmaker, as he gives his Nikes a solid pounding

Homes and gardens

Serene space created by Roshni Nair

Homes and gardens

Woke gardeners replace green deserts with urban jungles

Saraswathy Nagarajan Old fashioned manicured lawns are being replaced by environment-friendly tropical gardens filled with fruiting trees, indigenous plants and native flowers

Credit: Getty Images/istock

Homes and gardens

Get crafty with the corners

Teja Lele Desai 15 ways to enliven your home’s drab and boring spots

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Dyson Omni-glide review: When clean design does the dirty work for you

REVIEW Motoring

TVS Jupiter 125 set to conquer the road

Hero Xpulse 200 4V price announced

Q&A with Homrazd Motoring

Of practicality and endurance

A ‘pink bot’ awareness campaign on breast cancer

Mercedes India records rise in Q3 2021 sales

Toyota Fortuner Legender 4x4 launched

The Toyota Fortuner Legender is now available with four-wheel drive. The new Legender 4x4 is priced at ₹ 42.33 lakh (ex-showroom, India) — a full ₹

Triumph’s new Tiger Sport 660 revealed

Triumph Motorcycles has revealed its new Tiger Sport 660 adventure tourer. The bike is quite a departure from the current Tiger’s design philosophy

Annual migration of birds from the Northern Hemisphere to the Indian sub-continent has begun

Considered one of Nature’s great wonders, birds from 29 countries fly to India every year at this time signifying the beginning of migration

Indian fashion debuts in the metaverse with Manish Malhotra’s NFTs

The designer’s collection of five NFTs sold out in seconds on WazirX

Fashion’s wild side: on athleisure label, I Am Animal

Six years after transitioning to a vegan lifestyle, entrepreneur Kunal Avanti launched I Am Animal, a PETA-approved apparel brand, to commemorate

Mental health on your sleeve

Beanies, hoodies, T-shirts and more, with supportive tag lines. Our picks to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2021

Walking tall in an ocean plastic gown

From upcycled plastic in his packaging to now fashioning evening dresses from it, designer Gaurav Gupta has come a long way. He shares what to expect at tomorrow’s FDCI x LFW grand finale

Wear a billboard, with some help from Bandit

On FDCI x LFW’s Sustainable Fashion Day, Bandit launches bags made with flex, tarpaulin and more

Meet the millets — a healthy snacking and dietary option

With the United Nations declaring 2023 as the Year of Millets, pearl, foxtail, amaranth, broomcorn and buckwheat are back in the news, and on menus

And now, a GI tag adds more vibrancy to Rajasthan’s Sojat Mehndi

Known for its entrancing, deep burnt-red stain, the world famous Sojat Mehndi of Rajasthan got its due on September 14. We explore its harvesting, manufacturing and various art and medicinal forms — as well as the issue of adulteration

All dolls lined up for Bombe Habba

From a 1,500 square foot showcase to 150-year-old heirlooms, the dolls form a significant part of Navaratri

Chennai’s newest dessert places serve treats and savouries with style

Delish and S!gn, both in Anna Nagar, make you reminisce about the pre-Covid glamour days of a dinner night, ending on a sweet note

The ‘Squid Game’ effect: How Netflix's Korean show has become a global pop-culture phenomenon

The popularity of the horror-survival series is seeing people getting inventive with cosplays, and recreating the children’s games in the show — from the Dalgona candy challenge to Red Light and Green Light

Tata Punch bookings open; launch on October 20

Tata has opened bookings for the Punch, its new micro SUV, and the price will be announced on October 20. The booking amount is ₹ 21,000.The Punch

Skoda’s Rapid Matte Edition launched

Skoda has launched the new Rapid Matte Edition priced at ₹ 11.99 lakh for the manual version, and ₹ 13.49 lakh for the automatic version (ex-showroom,

Volkswagen launches Polo, Vento Matte editions in India

Volkswagen has launched the Polo and Vento Matte Editions in India. Prices for the limited edition model have been pegged at ₹ 10 lakh for the

Mahindra XUV700 AWD, AX7 diesel-manual now available with Luxury pack

The Mahindra XUV700 is now available with the Luxury pack on the AX7 diesel manual and all-wheel drive models. The two new variants are priced at ₹

Woke gardeners replace green deserts with urban jungles

Old fashioned manicured lawns are being replaced by environment-friendly tropical gardens filled with fruiting trees, indigenous plants and native flowers

Woven splendour for Lakme Fashion Week

Gaurang Shah’s Chaand for FDCI X Lakme Fashion Week is a fusion of weaving techniques

Refugee women cook coconut rice, sambol and fish curry at Yalpanam, a Sri Lankan pop up kitchen in Chennai

Yalpanam’s upcoming pop up kitchen features traditional Sri Lankan food made by women to nourish customers, as well as the cooks’ families in refugee camps

Pieces of eight: watches celebrating the octagonal form

Would you agree that the octagonal form is the answer to timeless watch design? Read on

‘Go Kochi’ shows the city’s old and unfamiliar sights in new ways

The video has been made for Kerala Tourism

Watch | In conversation with Kalki Koechlin on her book ‘The Elephant in the Womb’

Kalki Koechlin is an actor, celebrity, award-winner, activist, writer, and a mum. Yet another celeb-turned-author? A-listers have been jumping on the

Kalki Koechlin’s ‘giant experience’: the actor on her pregnancy memoir, ‘The Elephant in the Womb’

The actor’s pregnancy memoir, ‘The Elephant in the Womb’, is filled not just with her poems and rants, but also discusses parenting choices and abortions

Mercedes to launch locally assembled S-class on October 7

Mercedes launched the new S-class in India earlier this year as a fully-imported CBU model with prices ranging from ₹ 2.17–2.19 crore (ex-showroom,

Hero teases XPulse 200 4V ahead of launch

Hero has released a teaser of the XPulse 200 4V, its first four-valve motorcycle, ahead of its launch. This will be the third iteration of the Xpulse

Audemars Piguet raises the bar for gem-setting and gender-fluidity

A capsule collection of Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon models addresses the rising interest in complications among female watch collectors

The khadi conversation in 2021

Conditioning, a memory, an intrinsic part of our culture — the thoughts around this handspun, handwoven fabric are many, as we learn from some of the country’s leading designers

Make your road presence felt with the Honda CB200X

A sleek design, easy performance even at very low speeds and its light weight, makes the Honda CB200X worth considering

Mahindra XUV700 bookings to open from October 7

Mahindra has revealed prices for the new XUV700 ahead of opening bookings for the SUV on October 7. Prices start at ₹ 11.99 lakh for the petrol MX

Tap that! Three microbreweries to try in Bengaluru

These breweries in the city could factor in your weekend plans

A look at the upcoming forest trail at Mumbai’s Malabar Hill

Rahul Kadri of IMK Architects on why an upcoming elevated walkway in Mumbai is a step towards restoring India’s degrading urban forests

Spirited Away: India to the Americas

Add the flavours of Central and South America to your bar with a selection of spirits that star the agave, sugarcane and grape

Juice Beauty’s Indian palette

Karen Behnke on her farm-first approach to skincare, and why creating formulations for melanin-rich skin is key for the Indian market

Buy a fusion pickle from this Kerala startup and pay in crypto

Fancy some fish-mango or beetroot-chicken pickles? Kochi-based food startup Athey Nallatha offers a range of fusion pickles, accepting payment in cryptocurrency. What does this mean for the convergence of the food industry and crypto in India?

How Chennai bodybuilder R Manikandan went from housekeeping to winning medals for India

Representing India at a bodybuilding competition in Uzbekistan, Chennai-based R Manikandan shares his journey from a hotel’s housekeeping department to fitness entrepreneurship

On world vegetarian day, try swapping your chicken burger with plantains, yam or jackfruit

As more Indians appreciate the health and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet, home cooks and chefs are finding inventive ways to make tasty, familiar meals without using meat. They share some of their hacks and a recipe with us

Sipping on kokum feni: Goa’s new restaurants are now wooing locals with creative regional menus

Goa’s international tourists and backpackers have been replaced by an influx of inward-looking Indian travellers, work-cationers and staycationers since March 2020. The result: stylish, responsible restaurants with inventive, regional menus. Here is a primer for your next vacation, punctuated with feni cocktails

ABB launches world’s fastest charger to plug into surging e-car market

The device can charge up to four vehicles at once, and can fully charge any electric car within 15 minutes, ABB said, making it attractive to customers worried about charging times which can run to several hours.

Amrut’s gin comes with a bouquet of 10 botanicals

Amrut Distilleries draws inspiration from the Ooty Botanical Garden to craft a gin with South Indian botanicals, from tea to betel leaves

First Rolls-Royce EV to be badged Spectre

Rolls-Royce has teased its first series-production electric car, with a plan to put it into production in late 2023. Called Spectre, the carmaker will

Jaguar opens bookings for the I-Pace Black

Jaguar has began taking orders for the new I-Pace Black. The SUV was globally introduced this April and comes with several black cosmetic bits on the

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