The lodge has three categories of rooms A tiger sits outside my bathroom. Separating us is a three-centimetre, double-laminated glass window. His gaze follows me as I gingerly tread across the bathroom floor. I brush my teeth, wash my face; our eyes trained on each other all the while. But soon he gets bored. Perhaps my grooming session isn’t…
Actor Moses Koul models Raghavendra Rathore’s line of breeches | Photo Credit: Special arrangement At this time of year, when parts of India stand at the cusp of autumn and winter, you can hear the sound of horses thundering past as polo season nudges its way into the social calendar. Along with the sturdy gloves,…
Radeesh Ratnakar Shetty Radeesh Ratnakar Shetty is the owner of more than 400 lamps collected from across the world. At Deepotsav, Radeesh’s collection is being showcased at his store, The Purple Turtles in Jubilee Hills. The collection of lamps pays homage to the timeless significance of traditional oil lamps, where one can see lamps such…
On a crisp November day in Oxfordshire, Leena Nair, the statuesque 54-year-old CEO of the uber luxury fashion brand Chanel, sat inconspicuously in the second row of BoF Voices, a prestigious annual conference organised by Business of Fashion, the fashion focused digital media company. Wearing a gold buttoned red Chanel jacket, with leather pants and…
Every stitch in Punit Balana’s creations is a proud paean to Rajasthan. The garments are shaped by memories, art, colours, music, culture and localities from the State that he calls home. Be it Bagru, Sanganer, or the buzzing chowks of Jaipur, all of them find representation in Punit’s collections. “Jaipur is where everything began. I…
Over a half century ago, an Austrian American named Horst Rechelbacher visited India and was so bowled over by Ayurveda that he founded a hair care company based on the ancient practice — using minerals and herbs such as kukui (candlenut) and ajwain (caraway) to mango, mogra (Indian jasmine) and sea buckthorn, in formulations so…
Is there a better time than Holi to launch a new jewellery museum? Not if you are in Jaipur, where the country’s annual celebration of spring is celebrated by the city’s royals with bonfires, singing, feasting and a lot of colour. And not when the museum is dedicated to ‘meenakari’, an ancient enamelling technique brought…
Imagine waking up to giant icebergs, glancing down from your balcony to find a colony of penguins on the ice or the beauty of the most far-flung inhabited island on Earth — Tristan da Cunha! From the snowy surrounds of Antarctica to Mexico’s tropical West coast, for the residents of The World, Residences at Sea…
Kanika Vriksha has elements drawn from Tamil Nadu There are walk-in closets, we know. But Anusha Ashyanth has a walk-in crockery closet that is brimming with exquisite pieces bought from her travels around the world. And now it also has collections created by her. “My wardrobe is smaller than my crockery closet,” laughs Anusha who…
Mercedes-Benz EQA | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Made in India: Range Rover Sport Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover scored possibly the biggest coup in the Indian automotive space by announcing a Made in India Range Rover Sport. For the first time in the brand’s history, a Range Rover Sport has been made outside the UK, in…
