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James Ketchell flies past the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island on his gyrocopter

How British adventurer James Ketchell flew into the Guinness World Records

Deepa Alexander He became the first to officially circumnavigate the globe in a gyrocopter in 2019. In 2023, he will sail the world with young ex-offenders in a bid to give them a second chance

Wearing a cactus

Priyadarshini Paitandy Leather pouches and wallets made from the spiny plants lend a luxurious feel and help cut plastic pollution

This Madurai couple promotes the art of drawing kolams

Soma Basu A Madurai home features kolams on its walls, thanks to the handiwork of a local street artist

The 12-part series titled Divine Fauna

Motifs inspired by Dravidian temple architecture feature in this series of artworks

Gowri S Motifs of fauna inspired by temple architecture make an appearance in this series of pen sketches by architect and artist, Matthew Samuel

How to do squats?

Susan Joe Philip The exercise targets the quadriceps, hamstrings and the glute muscles and helps to strengthen the lower body

A still from ‘The Meeting Place’

Lamborghini’s promotional campaign showcases a slice of Kerala and its culture

Athira M The campaign, ‘The Meeting Place’, is made by Vimal Chandran and Sharan Velayudhan for the Italian car major’s global photography and art project, ‘With Italy, For Italy’

A brand that empowers women artisans in rural India

Shilpa Nair Anand A clothing brand works with artisan clusters of women in rural India providing them with sustained employment

Parna hydroponic farm

Coimbatore’s hydroponic farm delivers fresh greens within three hours of harvest

K Jeshi Sustainable farming and fresh, zero-carbon food are the philosophy behind the city’s first urban hydroponic farm, located inside an industrial building campus. To know more, MetroPlus makes a visit

Multimedia

A nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat is seen during a media presentation in Singapore, the first country to allow the sale of meat created without slaughtering any animals, on December 22, 2020

Watch | Lab-grown meat finally hits the menu in Singapore

Talking temple foods with Shoba Narayan and Rakesh Raghunathan

Watch | Climbing new heights in Copenhagen

Watch | Honey adulteration in India

Fashion

Wearing a cactus

Priyadarshini Paitandy

Leather pouches and wallets made from the spiny plants lend a luxurious feel and help cut plastic pollution

A brand that empowers women artisans in rural India

Shilpa Nair Anand

A clothing brand works with artisan clusters of women in rural India providing them with sustained employment

The 2021 skincare and beauty update

From Ayurvedic ingredients to bee venom, what’s new in the Indian skincare and beauty market this year

Jo Malone and products from the Zara Emotions line

How Jo Malone created over 40 fragrances in 2020

Rosella Stephen

A slow fashion label celebrates the embroidery of the Toda tribe of The Nilgiris

PRIYADERSHINI S

Now Ethnic motifs and embroidery of the Toda tribe of The Nilgiris on a pret line

Food

Joynagar moa. File photo: Special arrangement

For the first time in its history, Joynagar moa being exported

Bishwanath Ghosh The highly popular Bengali sweet, available only during winter months, is highly perishable

Krishna Kishore, Executive Chef, Hotel Novotel

Chefs from Visakhapatnam talk about the year that went by and the lessons for 2021

Aishwarya Upadhye From unavailability of ingredients during lockdown to the big debate around immunity boosters, it’s been a tumultuous year for the chefs. Three chefs from the coastal city reveal how COVID-19 has changed their lives

Motoring

Travel

Fitness

How To... How to do squats?

Susan Joe Philip The exercise targets the quadriceps, hamstrings and the glute muscles and helps to strengthen the lower body

Are 2021’s New Year gym memberships going online?

Sunalini Mathew To some extent, say experts in the tech-led fitness and diet space, as they talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown gave digital products a boost that’s likely to stay

Homes and gardens

Clay roof tile on the wall as art and broken bathroom tile flooring.

Homes and gardens

Build it green with clay roof tiles

Nandhini Sundar Architect Manoj Patel says they cut down heat ingress, and can be used as stylish facade for exteriors and interiors. By Nandhini Sundar

Homes and gardens

In the #houseplantclub

Chryselle D’Silva Dias Becoming ‘plant parents’, a millennial trend that’s been around for a few years, came to a head in 2020. Now, influencers, stylists, and master classes are helping keep the momentum

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Digital circus Society

Rambo Circus’ digital show comes home on September 25

Noshtalgia | Food

Malai pao, meat feasts and ice cream: My grandfather’s joy in eating

Homes and gardens

This cactus collector from Kerala loves to adorn his garden with thorny beauties

Weekly Bytes | Apple’s eye-tracking technology, Microsoft ending Flash Player support and more

A vote for India’s national butterfly

Food

The Oberoi Gurgaon brings dhaba food home

COB, BAMBOO, WATTLE AND DAUB

With climate change and other crises upon us, it’s time to consider mud and bamboo architecture more seriously. A look by Sathya Prakash Varanashi

Google explains how it predicts traffic, plans routes on Maps

Google Maps uses machine learning in combination with various data sources including aggregate location data, historical traffic patterns, local government data, and real-time feedback from users, to predict traffic.

Everyday sneakers and structured gowns

Gaurav Gupta now has an online store. Also, there’s a new space for sneakerheads on Ajio

Watch | Meet the man who has 2,500 cacti plants on his terrace

A video on Balakrishnan from Kozhikode, who grows around 2,500 cacti plants on his terrace

Get your DIY game on

Get your DIY game on with these easy projects by Teja Lele Desai

Going overboard with clean living?

While the pandemic highlights the benefits of a green lifestyle, fearmongering makes it easy to dismiss an important step to wellness: tolerance

One Kerala family’s lockdown project — a book of recipes — is also a compilation of memories

How one family compiled its sentiments and recipes spanning multiple generations, continents and cultures, creating a legacy that is now being turned into an e-book

‘People of India’, a photo book project

A photo book project attempts to visually document the varied people of India, and is reaching out to the public for help

Growing apples in the tropics

Not all apple trees need the mountains to flourish. Some do just fine on balconies, and are becoming popular in low-altitude cities like Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru

What tourism looks like as beaches and valleys in Visakhapatnam reopen

With mandatory use of face-mask, social distancing norms and temperature checks in place, the popular spots in the region have a different feel

These families spent the lockdown at farms, away from the buzz of city life

The lockdown was a picnic for these families that moved to farms from the big city: they woke up with the sun, milked cows, toiled in the fields and slept under a starry sky

Watch | How are walnuts produced in Kashmir?

A video on the production process of walnuts in Kashmir

These retired Army officers went online to celebrate 50 years of training

For the first time in the history of the Officers Training Academy, Chennai, golden jubilee celebrations that were supposed to run for two days, are curtailed to an online meeting

Hero Glamour: powered with a new engine and an all-new frame

The bike comes in two variants — one with a drum brake at the front and the other with a disc brake

Takeaway in a COVID-19 world: thoughtful curation and packaging win

In a country still grappling with COVID-19, it may be a while before you can cook for friends gathered at your dining table. The next best thing: ordering meals thoughtfully curated and packed with celebration in mind

Hyundai Venue: iMT variant debuts a clutch-less manual gearbox

The real advantage can be felt when you are in bumper-to-bumper traffic

Check in. Relax. But touch me not

As guests return, hotels employ digital check-ins, e-menus, MERV-13 filters and more to prepare. Here is what can you expect on your next stay?

Now get quarantine meals at your doorstep

Hotels and restaurants are offering customised subscription meal plans for people under home quarantine

A live, digital fashion showcase by Tarun Tahiliani

Tarun Tahiliani to present a collection that reflects 25 years of his journey in fashion, live on Instagram

Watch | Author Hari Kunzru on his new novel, 'The Red Pill'

A video on British novelist Hari Kunzru talking about his novel, 'The Red Pill'

How to workout using weight plates?

The weight plates in your barbells can be used by themselves to improve grip and strengthen the muscles of your hands and torso

Cartier and Baroda: a journey in jewels

Francesca Cartier Brickell of the Cartier jewellery family and Radhikaraje Gaekwad of the erstwhile royal family of Baroda discuss the gem-rich legacy of their ancestors

The Kerala connect of Bharatbala’s ‘Virtual Bharat’ series

Artistes and technicians from the State who are part of the ongoing project, which showcases 1,000 films about India, talk about their discovery of people and places through this project

A push to make Visakhapatnam cycling friendly

As the city gears up to participate in India Cycles4Change challenge, here is what the cyclists suggest to bring about an eco-friendly change for commuting

Novelist Hari Kunzru’s portrait of the moment

The British novelist talks about his new novel, Red Pill, and why writing this intense story of privacy, surveillance and paranoia was therapeutic

A miniature doll and her mop of hair

How a five-centimetre little doll packed enough of a punch in its message

Suicide Prevention Day: How to save a life

September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. We have experts tell you what to do if you see disturbing messages on social media about someone wanting to take their life

Would you rather go for a quick sprint or a long walk?

Are you the sort of person who prefers to stop and smell the roses on a long gentle walk, or the sort that craves the adrenalin rush of a quick run?

This bus takes you from Delhi to London in 70 days, covering 18 countries

Come summer of 2021, meet giant pandas and cross the Gobi desert, as Adventures Overland takes its clients from Delhi to the British capital

Is sleep now a commodity?

There are mattresses, apps, supplements, masks, teas, essential oils: all promising good sleep. But are we buying them without examining the root cause of the problem?

Rogan art’s connect during COVID-19

Jabbar Arab Khatri shares how the family that practices the 300-year-old Rogan art have been motivating themselves and connecting digitally during the pandemic

Meet artist ‘Da Vinci’ Suresh who creates portraits of movie stars from everyday materials

He uses vessels, soot, firewood, nails, books and more for his works

Amish: I'm a storyteller, not a scholar

Writer Amish says he chose to tell the story of Suheldev, as the 11th Century king is probably among the most consequential and yet unheard of Indian heroes

Cuts like a knife

The tool that occupies the high table in the kitchen

I see a flow towards inclusion: Parmesh Shahani on LGBTQ representation at the workplace

With the second anniversary of the abrogation of Section 377, Parmesh Shahani, a change-maker from the LGBTQ community, advocates for more representation in the workplace, through his new book

Weekly Bytes | Cost of Fortnite removal, new Quote Tweets feature and more

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

As Chennai malls re-open, here is what the new shopping experience is like

Is shopping at the mall like going to the ball as Cinderella: in and out with a deadline in mind? Find out as we mall hop, while following COVID-19 guidelines

No real trends to watch in 2020

As a category, watches celebrate good times and success — two things that have been rare to come by this year. So how has this industry kept ticking during the pandemic?

Camphor trunks and DIY jackets

Post-pandemic retail means more e-commerce platforms. This week, we review three newly launched fashion and design stores

Bengaluru was not down even during lockdown

CREDAI chief says despite the unavoidable crisis, the city’s real estate will recover sooner than most other cities, and there is good demand for completed projects. By Ranjani Govind

YouTuber Anil Geela; from educator to content creator

The Telugu Internet star, who recently shot a vlog on the Kaleshwaram project, talks about his journey from being a teacher to acting along with Gangavva

Rolls-Royce announces AI framework to boost trust in technology

The announcement takes forward Rolls-Royce’s aim to apply AI to all its practices

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