Meet Kyra, India’s first meta or virtual influencer
Kyra is the brainchild of Himanshu Goel, business head at TopSocial India, a Gurugram-based marketing firm
24 Jul 2022
India's first: A backpacker hostel for vegan wayfarers
India’s first vegan backpacker hostel in Bengaluru is a boon for people with different food choices
17 Jul 2022
Coming out of the closet is a more fashionable way, designer Rudraksh leads the way
With an aim to make fashion genderless and using the rainbow as his canvas, young gay designer Rudraksh is going all vivid and vocal with radically visible clothes for his label, Gagged
03 Jul 2022
Designer-entrepreneur Jesmenia Zeliang shares her journey with her brand, Heirloom Naga
The Northeast’s distinctive red, black and white woven fabrics have, for centuries, been fashioned into sarongs and shawls
29 May 2022
Folk artist Pushpa Kumari’s Madhubani work exhibited as part of Global Positioning, a public art show in the US
Titled ‘Joy of Living’, the painting is a nuanced representation of hope, particularly in light of the last two years that were taken over by the fear of the pandemic
15 May 2022
Chennai-based game designer Santhosh Kumar Subramanian on his latest board game, Belly Battle
Belly Battle—a trading game where players buy restaurants—has kids coming up with names for restaurants such as “Murakami Sushi, Chole Bhavan, Burgerer, Osteria, to list a few
08 May 2022
Mumbai’s Method Gallery's latest collection of art, titled Muse challenges notion of male as artist, female as muse
To challenge this notion, Method recently presented a show titled Muse that had on display a collection of artworks featuring women through the lens of women
08 May 2022
Delhi-based designer Karan Torani stirs nostalgia of old-fashioned Indian weddings with latest edit Sindhi Tent House
His collection is inspired from desi shadis of yore with a brightly patterned shamiana pitched in the neighbourhood park with guests dressed to the nines in their glitziest best
24 Apr 2022
TrusTrace, a moral fashion platform, helps track the environmental damage caused by everything you buy!
Ethical consumers concerned about whether a sports bra was made by child labour, or the yarn for something came from an endangered forest, can now simply scan a QR code on their phones and find out
17 Apr 2022
Reviving the fabric of freedom
Fashion label A Humming Way is revolutionising the way khadi has been perceived for generations by taking its experimental designs to global runways
03 Apr 2022
Bambai Nazariya: A Place of Pride
A new café in Mumbai run by transgenders is all about bringing social inclusivity into dining spaces
27 Mar 2022
Doodle Mapuls, an initiative by three architects, explores the artform like never before!
Mad about doodles? Here’s how a trio of architects came together to create Doodle Mapuls, a range of vibrant artwork on apparel and accessories
06 Feb 2022
This mental health cafe in Mohali is here to help you de-stress
A cafe in Punjab’s Mohali offers outlier body and mind therapies that include puppy love
23 Jan 2022
Online fashion studio 'Aishr' blends beauty, culture to create wearable art
The brand works on reducing carbon footprints by using sustainable muslin fabric with biodegradable dyes and all products are made in limited quantities to avoid wastage
26 Dec 2021
'The Plated Project' takes the artistic route to address hunger
Launched in 2019, the project claims to have sponsored 511,400 meals around the world. By joining hands with, artists they create one-of-a-kind plates that cost between Rs 700 and Rs 3,000
19 Dec 2021