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Continue reading →: Wedding Vows December 2013 editorialI cannot help but recall the chilling events of last December when a 23-year-old Delhi-based physiotherapy student’s life was snuffed out in yet another instance of gender violence that now dot newspapers with alarming frequency. A happy wedding was not in her destiny.
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Continue reading →: Rajesh and Nupur Talwar: Parent TrapDays before a CBI court in Ghaziabad is to announce its verdict on the controversial murder case, Dr Rajesh and Dr Nupur Talwar, who are the prime accused for the murder of their daughter, find solace in relating anecdotes from her life and looking desperately for the meaning in the…
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Continue reading →: Diva’ni: Bollywood Scripted in Every StitchComing at a time when more and more Indian fashion designers are waking up to the lucrative luxury bridal market, the tie-up with KBSH makes perfect sense for YRF, for the three-generation-old sari major is already waist-deep in designer wedding wear.
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Continue reading →: Sumedh Rajendran and Masooma Syed: In Art and WarTen years into a relationship that has been tested unreasonably due to their nationalities, the famous duo wear their Indo-Pak badge lightly, even with raised eyebrows.
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Proof of Heaven, by Dr Eben AlexanderOver the past four hundred years or so, the chasm between spirituality and science has grown wider and wider, so that today, it is considered unscientific to talk about God. One needs to seek ‘proof of heaven’, as it were, before committing to any belief.
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Signature of All Things, by Elizabeth GilbertSet in early 19th-century Europe and America when science was quickly gaining popularity for making better sense than religion when it came to explaining the language of the universe, the novel — Gilbert’s second in 13 years — traces the rich life of Alma Whittaker, the only daughter of a…
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Continue reading →: Wedding Vows November 2013 editorialLet’s be honest now. Honeymoons aren’t as perfect as they’re made out to be. Not many of us in the new jet-setting, mismatched-official-leave situation are lucky enough to have one at all – my husband and I only managed to drive down for a night to a golf resort in…
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Continue reading →: The Big Buffet: India’s Booming Wedding MarketSet against a gloomy backdrop of a slowing economy, rising inflation and falling value of the rupee against the dollar, the luxury wedding market in India shines so brightly with its zardozi gold threads and kundan-studded glitter that one is tempted to label it ‘recession-proof’.
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Continue reading →: The Dream Weavers: Meet India’s Wedding SpecialistsWhether it is a luxurious ambience or impeccable service; candid moments captured for posterity or a movie that will tug at your heartstrings forever; the bride’s delicate glow or the intricacy of the wedding invite, these are India’s ultimate dream weavers of fairy-tale weddings.
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Continue reading →: SN Goenka: He Brought Out the Buddha in UsAs the news of the death of SN Goenka, the founder of the Dhamma organization that teaches Vipassana meditation across the globe, made its way across the virtual world on the night of September 29 this year, the memory of a 56-year-old grandmother from a village in Haryana, a state…
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Continue reading →: Five-Star Culinary Workshops Have Raised the BarIn the past few years, five-star culinary workshops teaching global cuisine have become increasingly popular.
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf DobelliIf only common sense was that common, goes the refrain. Rolf Dobelli’s book The Art of Thinking Clearly, already a best-seller in several parts of the world before it made its entry into India, explains the components of common sense in 99 pithy chapters.
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Continue reading →: Blame It on the Gene PoolThese days, however, a swashbuckling new stream of genetics – epigenetics – has started to display that, in fact, not only can nature be altered by nurture, but that nature actually influences nurture in the first place. One only has to glance at Indian politics to see how, with the…
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Continue reading →: Plug the Drip: 3 Easy Ways to Conserve WaterMore and more urban Indian residents are waking up to the unavoidable reality that by 2025, one in three Indians is going live under ‘scarce water’ conditions. If we don’t start saving now, there’s a dry spell coming up. Where do we begin? In our kitchens, bathrooms and balconies.
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Power of Silence By Graham TurnerWhat does silence mean to you? And what does it mean to the various keepers of religion, monks, musicians, therapists, mountaineers and actors around the world who delve into it and employ its powers on a daily basis? In this part-memoir, Graham Turner looks at the cultural, spiritual and even…
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