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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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BS6 Innova Crysta: a high quality, dependable package

review Motoring

2020 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX: a fairly substantial upgrade

Coronavirus Hyderabad

Hyderabad braces for mellowed Ganesh Chaturthi

Homes and gardens

Kaizen begins on the shop floor and extends to the living room

These pyjamas won’t look out of place on a Zoom call

Food

Bread turns canvas to create edible art

Answering your vehicle-related queries

It’s time to buy a car Venkatesh Subramanian: We are a family of four – though my elderly parents may join us at times – and require a car primarily

Chennai’s street food ventures are remarkably resilient during the pandemic

There is no stopping Chennai’s small food ventures: from Sundari akka’s Marina beach fish fry to Mylapore’s Jannal bajji shop. Despite months of lockdowns, and all the challenges associated with COVID-19, they are busy again. We join the queue

Ornamental table roses are in full bloom in home gardens across Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Business is in full bloom for those who grow portulacas and purslanes

Have you tried these artisan coffee brews from Chennai?

Undeterred by the challenges of 2020, Chennai’s artisan coffee roasters have been scouring the country for beans with character; finding unexpected stories and intriguing flavours

‘Comments about Aparna shows our own biases’: Indian Matchmaking creator Smriti Mundhra

Academy award-nominated Smriti Mundhra, creator of Netflix show ‘Indian Matchmaking’, on how her show gave impetus to uncomfortable discussions about arranged marriage within families

Celebrating Madras Week in 2020

A seven-part series on Chennai and its people, in lockdown, celebrating 381 years of resilience...

World through the lens

On World Photography Day today, let us celebrate some positive photostories of lockdown

How this Kerala doctor-couple is empowering a TN tribal community

Online sale of organic turmeric by Dr Regi George and Dr Lalitha Regi, helps the tribal community in Sittilingi, Tamil Nadu

Short film Chakravyuham explores the world of online puzzles

Santhosh Kumar Rangaraj explores the murky world of online puzzles and the dangers they pose in his short film Chakravyuham

Who are the Kodavas? A riddle that ethnologists are yet to crack, says P.T. Bopanna

Author PT Bopanna says while there are a number of theories on who the Kodavas are, none are scientific enough to establish the origin of the race

Noise ColorFit NAV review: Inexpensive buy for fitness buffs

Noise ColorFit NAV smartwatch is an inexpensive buy for tracking your fitness but does it do much else?

Jewels for the jumbos: on Space for Giants’ latest collab with Gemfields and Net-a-Porter

African conservation charity Space for Giants’ latest campaign features 15 capsules on Net-a-Porter and a jewellery line at Gemfields with Zambian emeralds and Mozambican rubies

Farm aggregators, the apple of our eyes

Despite coronavirus lockdown aggregators find ways to help farmers by taking Indian apples, honey and spices to homes across the country

What is the best way to lose that lockdown belly fat?

Sports physician Dr Kannan Pugazhendi answers our readers’ questions on fitness

Which is your happily-ever-after?

All this talk of matchmaking has us questioning if it is better to marry for love, or be ‘arranged’. Help us decide

Mock meats that taste like the real deal get popular in India

Unlike plant-based protein foods of the past, which were aimed at vegetarians, the new mock meats are meant to taste like the real thing and be marketed to meat-eating customers

A brinjal-shaped car chugs to Lonavala

Hyderabad’s Sudha Cars Museum, featuring wacky automobiles, launches a branch in the popular hill station

Reimagining hospitals in a post-COVID world

How our healing centres can be built in a post-COVID world

Watch | Why did gold prices spike in July?

A video explainer on the rise in gold prices around the world in July 2020

Sunday Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

Alas, the very name of picture produces a sadness of heart I cannot describe: Samuel Morse

Mahindra unveils Thar in modern avatar

The SUV will be introduced in the market on October 2.

Waste not, want not: upcycled clothing and accessories for your post-lockdown wardrobe

Marie Kondo or not, we Indians can be big hoarders. As we emerge from lockdown, some fashion upcyclers to inspire and possibly help repurpose what we already have

How art survives a crisis: on the success of virtual auctions like Pundole’s Fine Art Sale

Pundole’s Fine Art Sale last week is one of many virtual auctions to find success during the pandemic. Is there an explanation?

The new indie craft helpers

Meet the individuals who began working with weaving communities during the lockdown to help them tide the pandemic and beyond

‘My people have no skin tone’: author Jeff Kinney on his new book and writing inclusively

Promoting his newest book, author Jeff Kinney talks about writing inclusively with diverse characters

Is digital fasting the new wellness trend?

Limiting social media activity to one platform, be it Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, could be your first step to taking back control

The no-sugar teatime beverage

This company is trying to introduce people to Ayurveda, through a substitute for tea and coffee

These “robins” provide food to the needy in hundreds of cities around the world, even during the COVID-19 pandemic

In 150 cities across India, the Robin Hood Army has seen a massive rise in people offering food for the needy. The reason? Lockdown worries, and an innate desire to lend a helping hand

Watch | What is an immunity passport?

A video explainer on immunity passport, also known as risk-free certificate

BS6 TVS Jupiter: carburettor gets replaced by a fuel-injection system

With this, the company claims that the scooter is 15% more fuel-efficient than the model it replaced

2020 Tata Nexon facelift: improvement in perceived quality, overall fit and finish

The 2020 Tata Nexon facelift is far more thorough and comprehensive than most. Not only has the front end been heavily revised to give it a completely

Plain Tiger: The butterfly next door

The Plain Tiger butterfly is a tough survivor, pretty and profuse, even in urban areas

The economics behind the award-winning Araku coffee

As US-based Rockefeller Foundation picks Hyderabad’s Naandi Foundation to be one of the ‘Top 10 Visionaries’ worldwide for its Food Vision 2050 Prize, we revisit Naandi’s ‘Arakunomics’

Calligraphers come together to celebrate Independence Day

‘Akshar Bharat’ sees calligraphers from across the country showcasing lyrics of the National Anthem in 15 native scripts

Tata Motors introduces subscription plans for Nexon EV

There is a choice of three tenures: 18 months, two years and three years

Telugu food channel Amma Chethi Vanta marks a milestone

Avula Bhargavi on receiving the ‘YouTube Gold Play button’ award and her three-year journey

This English artist teaches children how to make Taj Mahal out of milk cartons

Jodie Marsh-Hoffman teaches children to make art from old milk cartons and cardboard boxes among other household items

COVID-19 has changed how Ayurveda centres administer treatments

Ayurveda centres are taking extra precautions even as they take in patients for mandatory wellness treatments during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam

Bring home a pet

Humane Animal Society, Coimbatore, has dogs and cats ready for adoption

Gymming in a post-pandemic India, what does the future hold?

As the first wave of gyms starts functioning, how safe is it for you to get back on the treadmill? We find out

Watch | Covest: First smart jacket made in India

A video on Covest, a smart jacket with various in-built capabilities

Adapting buffet brunches for takeaway in the pandemic times

‘The buffet is dead. Long live the buffet.’ Luxury hotels’ strengths are service, ambience and lavish frills. How can that be home-delivered? Chennai’s chefs experiment with boxed brunches and weekend pop up menus

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