-
Desk Decor: How To Create An Inspiring Workstation
It’s funny how life turns out, one minute (mostly on a Monday morning) you wish your job gave you the flexibility to work from home, and the next, you wish with all your heart you were inching towards your office, one coffee down, road rage in full swing, rearing to start the day. Life, it’s…
-
From House To Home In Just A Few Clicks
That yellow ikat rug you brought from Bali, those dhokra dancers a dear friend gifted to you, your mom’s set of silver frames or that planter you just bought on a whim…these are the things that make your home look like a 3D version of you. And its elements change just as you do…a new…
-
Home Diaries: An Enchanting Adventure
When September came knocking, we were invited by blogger Aradhana Anand to tour her gorgeous Delhi home. Before returning to India after nearly twelve years, Aradhana had begun re-decorating her room to create a space she could move back to and truly call her own. Our morning enthrallment began in the cosy corner where her sofa sits…
-
Treasured Travelogues: India through the eyes of Artists Thomas and Willam Daniell
India has bewitched many an artist who has found such beauty in the landscape and its people that it has prompted them to translate some of the experienced charm onto the canvas. The late 18th century saw an English uncle-nephew duo, Thomas and William Daniell, setting sail to India, arriving in Calcutta in 1786. Upon…
-
Tale Trails: Street-side Sunday Surprise at Daryaganj, Delhi
When Edward Spenser wrote his epic poem The Faerie Queene celebrating the Tudor Dynasty and Elizabeth I, little could he have imagined that more than 400 years later the monetary worth of his words would be tested by a weighing contraption installed in Delhi. At 0.82 kgs, Spenser’s allegorical masterpiece exchanges hands at Rs. 180.…
-
Tale Trails: A Must Visit Literary Icon in San Francisco
San Francisco, the undeniable global capital of liberalization and the birthplace of the hippie revolution and the gay rights movement, has for centuries been associated with culture, arts and creativity. And yet, little is known about how this liberalization came about. The end of World War II saw the emergence of a new genre of…
-
Tale Trails – A hidden haven for booklovers in Ahmedabad
I had read about it. Adjectives like rare, tucked away, quaint, hidden gem etc. can make me visit anything, even a postbox, and this was a full-fledged bookstore. And so it was to be, in the summer of 2013 when I found myself in Ahmedabad, yet again. (It is quickly becoming one of my favourite…
Storytellers of Wonder 