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THE SEPTEMBER RESET
Rules were meant to guide us, not limit us. This year, let’s rewrite the script and dress with more freedom, intention and personality. Fashion is at its best when it gives us the confidence to express who we are. So, this September, forget the idea...
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CINEMA’S ONGOING NEGOTIATION BETWEEN ART, COMMERCE, AND ACCESS
Cinema was born as both an art and an attraction. The earliest films by the Lumière brothers were not narratives but observations. Workers leaving a factory, a train arriving at a station and the like were filmed and presented. Even these moments became commercial spectacles,...
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THE ART OF LOOKING LIKE YOURSELF
With more than a decade of experience in dermatology, Dr Amrin Banu Shaik has built her practice around a simple idea: good aesthetics should never come at the cost of healthy skin or individuality. As the founder of Brillare Aesthetic Clinic in Banjara Hills, she...
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BEYOND THE CURRICULUM
With higher education facing unprecedented changes due to technological disruptions and evolving career landscapes, navigating this complex terrain falls squarely on the shoulders of Dr. Fatima Vasanth, the Academic Director of Patrician College of Arts and Science. With more than four decades of experience in...
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UNAPOLOGETICALLY HERSELF
Sakkshi Mhadolkar is a rising presence in Telugu cinema, bringing an artist’s discipline and a creator’s candour to every frame. Raised around film sets by her father, a dance choreographer, she grew up surrounded by performance, storytelling and the belief that there is always more...
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‘I WANT TO TAKE MY POETRY AROUND THE WORLD’
All of 25, poetess, storyteller, performer and content creator Ruchika Lohiya is already building a sizeable audience with her Hindi, English and occasional Urdu poetry. But the journey to the stage was hardly planned. Growing up in Jodhpur, she began writing in diaries as a...
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DISCOVER THE ORIGINS OF THE SPICE TRAIL WITH INDIA AT C-SALT, SHERATON GRAND CHENNAI RESORT AND SPA
As part of “The Spice Route Chronicles – A Journey Across the Ancient Maritime Spice Route,” C-Salt at Sheraton Grand Chennai Resort and Spa begins its six-month culinary expedition with India – “Origins of the Spice Trail.” This September, guests are invited to journey through...
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PILATES – A TREND?
A Originally named “contrology” by its creator, Joseph pilates, the pilates method is a holistic system of physical and mental conditioning. It focuses on core strength, precise movement and breathwork to harmonize the mind and body. The basic principles of Pilates are: Centering, control, concentration,...
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BLENDING EMPATHY AND EXPERTISE IN NEUROLOGY
Driven by a deep-seated passion for medicine, Dr. Bhuvaneshwari Rajendran fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a doctor and is now a leading neurologist in the country. Currently, a Senior Consultant in Neurology and Neurophysiology at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, she also consults at her own...
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FIVE SHADES OF BRIDAL GLORY
In a visual symphony of colour and craft, Sree Advaita steps into five distinct bridal moods, each a masterpiece in its own right. Tradition meets grandeur in the Kanjeevaram saree, its bottle-green silk adorned with annaparavi motifs and a maroon blouse echoing the same artistry....
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