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    Brandon Bays: 21st Century Healer

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    March 16, 2012
    Brandon Bays: 21st Century Healer

    After fighting cancer, Brandon Bay’s life has now become an ‘ongoing journey of freedom’. “I feel deeply graced,” she tells us on a visit to India to conduct a workshop about the healing process for the first time.

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  • Luxury

    Maithili Parekh: From India to the World

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    March 16, 2012
    Maithili Parekh: From India to the World

    From an oil trader in Morgan Stanley to an art connoisseur and one of India’s most prominent voices in the art arena, Maithili Parekh has straddled a wide spectrum of experiences. We catch up with the Indian head of Sotheby’s on her inspired journey.

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  • Lifestyle

    Sharmili Rajput: In the Company of Women

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    March 12, 2012
    Sharmili Rajput: In the Company of Women

    When Sharmili Rajput, marketing director for Oriflame, puts her head back and laughs with an open confidence, you realise that working in a company of women, for women, must come with certain emotional perks too. We get some insight.

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  • Lifestyle

    DIFL: Starting Small, Kicking High

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    March 10, 2012
    DIFL: Starting Small, Kicking High

    What kind of passion is it that keeps these Delhi moms and dads turning up at 8.30 am every Saturday at the Kathuria Public School grounds, come rain, shine or fever? Turns out, it is not just their love for soccer, but their commitment to the Delhi International Football League…

    Continue reading →: DIFL: Starting Small, Kicking High
  • Life

    Women Are Doing It for Themselves

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    March 8, 2012
    Women Are Doing It for Themselves

    This generation of Indian women is unique in that we were born in an age when women were still expected to be the primary homemakers, but were brought up in a globalized world where careers and a steady income are paramount to one’s sense of identity. While straddling both worlds,…

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  • Life

    Angelina Jolie: A Mighty Heroine

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    March 1, 2012
    Angelina Jolie: A Mighty Heroine

    What makes our cover girl Angelina Jolie relevant to today’s generation of women, struggling with the after-effects of last century’s feminism, is the fact that she has managed to stay all-woman, to uphold and even glamorise the feminine aspects of nurturing, cooperation and motherhood, while negotiating her way to the…

    Continue reading →: Angelina Jolie: A Mighty Heroine
  • Lifestyle

    Pooja Jain: The Write Path

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    February 17, 2012
    Pooja Jain: The Write Path

    Pooja Jain is self-effacing when it comes to her own role at Luxor but that does not negate the fact that she was the driving force behind the introduction of international brands Pilot, Parker and Waterman in India, and Parker’s roping in of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador…

    Continue reading →: Pooja Jain: The Write Path
  • Lifestyle

    Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya: Thai To Go

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    February 14, 2012
    Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya: Thai To Go

    Having lived in the US and Thailand, and now in India for the past four years as the director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya has had an interesting journey full of twists and turns. He engages us in a witty conversation.

    Continue reading →: Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya: Thai To Go
  • Luxury

    Philippa Gregory: Queen of Intrigue

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    February 12, 2012
    Philippa Gregory: Queen of Intrigue

    A chat with the queen of historical fiction, Philippa Gregory, on her latest books and on royalty in Tudor England.

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  • Luxury

    Luxury Meter: Zero Cost and High Value

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    February 1, 2012
    Luxury Meter: Zero Cost and High Value

    The value of most material goods and services is intellectual, not real. It is only once we understand what goes into its making do we begin to appreciate or aspire for a product or service. It’s all in the mind, a collective illusion created by our species to keep the…

    Continue reading →: Luxury Meter: Zero Cost and High Value
  • Lifestyle

    Siddharth Mathur: Room with a View

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    January 14, 2012
    Siddharth Mathur: Room with a View

    After nine years in the corporate corridors of London’s private banking, Siddharth ‘Sid’ Mathur returned to India to follow his first love – food. As food and beverage director of Impresario Entertainment & Hospitality, Mathur has a pan-India role overseeing the group’s thirty-odd restaurants, but he says it is still…

    Continue reading →: Siddharth Mathur: Room with a View
  • Life

    Pandit Bhajan Sopori: And His Fingers Sing…

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    January 7, 2012
    Pandit Bhajan Sopori: And His Fingers Sing…

    Pandit Sopori believes firmly in the healing power of music. His compositions have been used for psychological therapies in clinics around the world, and he insists that it can mend the ways of even the most hardened criminals.

    Continue reading →: Pandit Bhajan Sopori: And His Fingers Sing…
  • Lifestyle

    Robert F. McDonnell and Maureen Gardner McDonnell: A Virginia Moment

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    January 4, 2012
    Robert F. McDonnell and Maureen Gardner McDonnell: A Virginia Moment

    For those who love wine tours, jaw-dropping landscapes and a dose of good old-fashioned American culture, the governor of Virginia Robert F. McDonnell, and first lady Maureen Gardner McDonnell have plenty of arguments to offer.

    Continue reading →: Robert F. McDonnell and Maureen Gardner McDonnell: A Virginia Moment
  • Luxury

    Keep It Simple, Sweetheart

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    January 2, 2012
    Keep It Simple, Sweetheart

    In a sense, ease-of-use becomes a great leveller: We all start from the same default setting, and move deeper or higher depending on our aptitudes and passions.

    Continue reading →: Keep It Simple, Sweetheart
  • Fashion

    Vidhi Singhania: Heritage Value

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    Aekta Kapoor

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    December 6, 2011
    Vidhi Singhania: Heritage Value

    Though she hails from one of India’s wealthiest business families, owners of JK Industries, all Vidhi Singhania can talk about is her passion for keeping Indian heritage alive. “The international luxury label Hermes has launched a sari. Why aren’t more Indian designers looking into this as a lucrative business opportunity?…

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