Ethnic chic

It’s that time of year when shoppers head for the state emporia on Baba Kharak Singh Marg to pick up hand-woven textiles and artefacts For every Zara trip, most of us make, we do sneak into our quintessential Khadi Gram Udyog to check on their latest stock of hand-woven textiles and handicrafts from around the […]

Decoding millennial mindset

Millennials need to realise that it’s all their fault. All of it

Turkish delights

In a restaurant as huge as the first-class lounge of an international airport, you can get the best of international cuisine with both style and substance It would cost you Rs 40,000 for a return flight ticket from Istanbul, plus hotel charges, plus other expenses if you want to amble down to the streets of […]

Pondy diaries

For a north Indian from landlocked Delhi, a visit to Puducherry has to be all about the ocean and the aptly named paradise beach, lessons in french history and shopping at Auroville’s main market This one was a difficult trip to execute. As a north Indian, I could not have competed with a Bengali friend […]

Conceptual clarity

Sudarshan Shetty employs inanimate objects to signify the essential unity in contradictions, saying opposites aren’t mutually exclusive Sudarshan Shetty may not be conspicuous in a group of people. Donning a white shirt, he silently emits calm energy that permeates even a crowded room. One of India’s top global contemporary artists, he is no glib talker […]

Sociable contact

Jugmug is a place where people from all walks of life can come and converse over a cup of tea without being conscious of who they are or what they are wearing, rich or poor A lot can happen over a cup of tea. A lot happens in this country over a cup of tea  […]

High on sorbet

Carefully curated drinks at this lounge in Olive Bar and Kitchen are a great pick-me-up after a hard day of work Right beside Olive Bar and Kitchen is Serai — a culinary cocktail bar with couches that beckon you to lounge on them for hours on end. Almost a year old, Serai at Olive is […]

Serbian sojourn

The adventure never stops. Architectural marvels, delicious food and Nature in its pristine glory, the republic of Serbia’s beauty will leave you yearning to come back for more I was penniless in a country where I knew no one, nursing the wounds of being pickpocketed in an overnight train from Zagreb (capital of Croatia) to […]