Celebrating history: Through New Year’s past into New Year’s present!
The morning of December 31 can feel quite weird. A mix of grief, restlessness, and euphoric anticipation. It is New Year’s Eve. Cakes, gifts, fireworks are set and people prepare…
Keeping buildings alive | 4 conservation architects on continuity, repair, and responsibility
Buildings age the way cultures do: unevenly, politically, selectively. And cultures do not endure by clinging to form, but by carrying forward the spirit. Few practices make this distinction as…
The Festival of India in Coonoor: A month-long curated exhibition in Coonoor, celebrates timeless crafts and textiles from across the country
On a misty evening at Coonoor, in the heart of the Nilgiris, I step into Respect Origins’ Crafts Bazaar for an exclusive preview of The Festival of India, a curated…
The future of dating in 2026: Why travel, casual connections and offline meetings are redefining relationships
A friend of mine recently told me, quite casually, that she had travelled to Bengaluru, Goa and even Kerala in 2025 to meet three different men she had matched with…
Mindful meals, nature walks and fitness: Visakhapatnam’s slow living shift
Visakhapatnam’s cultural and social calendar has long been shaped by speed. Quick meals, activity-overloaded weekends, fitness regimes built on burn and exhaustion and travel defined by checklists have been familiar…
Fort Kochi’s viral Christmas tree shines bright with more than 100,000 lights
We have all seen that gorgeous lime yellow raintree in Fort Kochi, which has gone viral ever since the lights were turned on on December 25. Although the tree has…
Terns restaurant in Coimbatore: Themed around the world’s longest migratory bird, it celebrates curated global cuisines
It’s a sunny day, and a cool breeze sweeps over as I enter the newly-opened Terns by Habitat Holding for lunch. The building resembles a runway with two sweeping wings,…
Visual artist Taarika John celebrates Kerala’s classical art forms with an illustrated book
Taarika John | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Illustrator and visual artist Taarika John explains how she came to create her illustrated book, Sacred Rhythms, Painted Faces, on 10 classical art…
Craft-focused jackets to invest in next year
“The jacket is the first thing people notice and the last thing they forget.” Tom Ford, one of fashion’s most formidable forces, isn’t wrong. In the colder months up north,…
Of trends, lifestyle, living spaces: How 2025 redefined these and more
As the year 2025 comes to an end, we look into who dominated India’s art and design ecosystem. In the fashion scene, we cover craft-focused pieces that lean into native…