Your brand might be global but seems to have a heart firmly placed in India? Yes, I am a Sikh American with Punjabi and Thai heritage. Although I grew up in the United States, I spent almost every summer as a child in my parents’...
How did you come about with the idea of featuring your grandmother in your social media videos? It wasn’t preplanned. It just happened. I used to do videos on my own and one day I needed my grandma for a particular dialogue cover video from...
Re-writing tradition has never been a smooth sail, and history reveals that the re-writers have received more stones than bouquets. The case has been no different with singer-writer duo Sooraj Santhosh and Shruti Sharanyam (formerly known as Shruti Namboodiri) either, who decided to re-write the...
We’d be lying if we do not agree that he caught our attention in Ala Vaikuntha-purramuloo and that’s saying something cause he was sharing screen space with Tollywood’s ultimate hottie – Allu Arjun. That led us to watch ChiLaSow and we weren’t left disappointed. Sushanth...
The air is thick with the trilling of crickets. Gossamer thin strands of cobwebs glisten with dew as the winter sun falls gently on the tall sal trees, ubiquitous to the region. Bushy-tailed monkeys playfully scurry about and there’s a pack of them near the...
What led to the creation of your brand? I was reading the Bible when I happened to stumble upon the name Thorkal — a lady who stitched clothes for kings and queens. This was the image I wanted for the brand, that whoever comes through...
It happened every three years. But this time it didn’t. And I am surprised. Eleven years is a long time to be playing these games. But I have known no other way than to act on impulse and seize the moment, for most part of...
What led to you creating a brand like Nylangan Hindustan? We launched our brand — Nylangan Hindustan, aiming to break stereotypes in design and style, by creating an artisanal clothing line that is accessible to all and moves away from the constructs of age to...
The love for travel is a much experienced one. As Indians, we love to travel the length and breadth of our country and one of the most romantic travel modes is the Indian railway. The railway has a magic that is hard to explain. Those...
Would the word humanitarian do justice to the work you do? My primary aim in life is to help at least one billion people around the world to gain access to basic healthcare, education and opportunities that allow them to break the cycle of poverty,...
