The coronavirus pandemic break has given the industries ample time to do a serious overhaul of their ideologies and way of working to establish a system of sustainable fashion and ORU is a product of this intensive self-assessment. ORU is a homegrown luxury fashion brand...
Bangalore based designer brand Krishnamani is known for bringing to life long-forgotten weaves and motifs has launched a collection in enchanting Kanjeevaram, laden with Zari work. Reviving the dying tradition of royal weaves bearing the crest and life of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom of Southern...
At a time when India is being warned about an impending third wave of coronavirus, mental health experts warn about the long-standing affect the ongoing pandemic has on our sanity. As Dr Vasanth Renganathan, Consultant Psychiatrist in Chennai, says, ‘Mental health issues today are a...
Sampda Mago, 24, from Delhi, and Giovanni Allegrini, 25, from Italy, met at the Himalayas. She was backpacking solo, while he was stuck there during the 2020 Covid lockdown. And when they found that they had a lot in common, they decided to continue their...
The school education system in Chennai appeared fractured when it failed to protect students from abuses of all kinds, by their teachers. The recent #MeToo allegations against several teachers on sexual harassment opened a can of worms. The incident led to widespread outcry, including citizen...
Remember the time when fashion trends changed on a weekly basis and it was hard to keep up? We were spoilt for choices over teaming bike shorts with blazers, denims over leopard print maxis, boiler suit complete with a bumbag and puff shoulder dresses with...
Founded in 2018 by Samarth Kholkar and Sandeep Mukherjee, BLive offers unique, experiential, guided tours on electric bikes with an aim to promote sustainable tourism in India. The story of BLive started in early 2018 when two friends decided to come together to find an...
Antony Varghese, better known as Pepe, his character from the blockbuster hit debut Angamaly Diaries, is an avid travel lover. Like all travel buffs, he too had to put on hold all travel plans of 2020 owing to Covid and the subsequent restrictions. Around December,...
Closets are meant for clothes and not people. But what happens when a person decides to come out into a transphobic society? The life story of Kerala-based celebrity makeup artist, social activist and entreprenure Renju Renjimar is proof that we certainly have a long way...
THE GUT--A simple yet powerful three- letter word and something I have come to think of as beautiful. Whether you are new to understanding your GUT or need a refresher and if you’re like many others who thought the GUT was just our stomach, a...
