Imagine going to a restaurant, ordering something you have been craving for days and finally receiving a dish that tastes absolutely wonderful. Everything should be perfect, right? But then you remember that you waited 25 minutes just to place the order, the table was sticky and the music was so loud that you could barely…
Rangoli is one of the oldest ways of welcoming guests and, according to tradition, bringing good fortune into the home. With Diwali only days away, many families are already bending over the floor with colours, flowers and diyas in hand. You do not need to be an artist to make a pretty one. A few…
Obviously, Kareena and Saif were a massive topic of conversation, but the party itself was stuffed to the brim. Manish Malhotra’s annual Diwali bash is basically the single biggest date on the celebrity social calendar, bringing out every heavy-hitter in the business. Photographers caught Janhvi Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Bhumi Pednekar, Karan Johar, and…
If you have a brother or sister, you probably know that sibling love comes with its own set of conditions. You can fight over the television remote, complain about someone stealing your favourite clothes and bring up embarrassing childhood incidents without warning. Yet, the moment someone outside the family says something against your sibling, you…
Image courtesy: Instagram/@nivuandvayu For two young boys, the excitement of Diwali now comes with a different kind of cracker. Instead of buying boxes of firecrackers, their mother, Swati Jain, has found a way to recreate the familiar crackling sound using nothing more than 80 wooden ice cream sticks. The sticks are woven together in a…
When was the last time you went an entire morning without looking at your phone? For most of us, that probably sounds like an impossible challenge. We wake up and check notifications, spend hours staring at laptop screens, scroll through social media during breaks and often end the day watching something on our phones. Somewhere…
Meet Hari Buddha Magar (Instagram) Hari Budha Magar is a Guinness World Records ICON. He was just 31 when a mine blast in Afghanistan changed the life of former Gurkha soldier Hari Budha Magar forever. In 2010, he was then with the British Army’s Royal Gurkha Rifles. The Nepal-born soldier stepped on an improvised explosive…
For the high-profile evening, Aishwarya selected a rich, red chiffon silk drape pulled straight from Manish Malhotra’s festive collection. The saree itself was surprisingly minimalist in terms of heavy surface work, letting the fluid flow of the fabric take center stage. What gave it that ultimate festive pop was a thick, intricately detailed gold zari…
Old sarees, dupattas and scraps of embroidered fabric make beautiful torans. Cut a long strip of fabric to fit your door, and sew or glue on lace, mirror work, beads, tassels and small bells. For a hanging with a traditional look, cut scalloped or triangular shapes from bright fabric, such as red, yellow and green,…
Getting laid off completely sucks. But when you genuinely loved the place you worked at, having to pack up your digital desk hits ten times harder.That’s the exact emotional roller coaster former Canva employee Shraddha found herself on after getting caught up in the company’s recent wave of job cuts. Yet, despite having every right…
