THIS year is indeed a very special one for designer Pallavi Jaikishan. As one of India’s first couturiers, Jaikishan is celebrating 50 years of being in the business. Jaikishan’s elegant saris and lehengas, opulent with English roses and pastel colours, with threads and sequins from France, have been consistently beauteous for all these years. “Everyday … Read more

I listen wide-eyed to stories of his legendary father Pandit Taranath, mother Sumathi Bai who was a brilliant orator and writer in English in that early 1920s era, of amazing vignettes of childhood in the Premayatana Ashram on the banks of Tungabhadra river, and of the famous and fascinating people visiting there. A child growing … Read more

Author Pervin Saket has collaborated with four different illustrators to create children’s books around the lives of P.T. Usha, Bhakti Sharma, Arunima Sinha, and Chandro and Prakashi Tomar. These sports women are role models for the young. Pune-based poet and novelist Pervin Saket is out with a set of four children’s books about sportswomen who … Read more

Sagrika Rai’s 25-year-old Warp & Weft is an institution for Benaresi saris. IN 1997, when the young bride and new mother Sagrika Rai missed her hometown Varanasi, or Benares, as it’s commonly known, she decided to do the next best thing. The then 26-year-old brought to Mumbai the finest Benaresi saris the city had seen. … Read more

After an overwhelming response from the IT hub of India – Bengaluru, Comic Con India – the largest pop-culture celebration is all set to dazzle the capital city – Delhi. Fans of comics, manga, anime, superhero films and all things fun are in for a treat as Maruti Suzuki Arena Delhi Comic Con, powered by … Read more

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s latest book, Independence, is about three sisters set against the backdrop of India’s quest for freedom. Set in the heady days of 1946, before India’s Independence, the book is a natural progression for the author whose last work was the acclaimed, The Last Queen, about Maharani Jindan, wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, … Read more

The essence of Jazz and the complexities of the art form – Giants of Jazz instils and exemplifies what jazz fans value as an art form. The music festival will entirely engulf one’s senses. So come and share the delight that only the purity of art can bring with your family and friends. The Piano … Read more

Famous Film, TV and Theatre actors Anup Soni and Nivedita Bhattacharya take the audience through this episode of spine-chilling thriller. The production bears the stamp of a typical Atul Satya Koushik production i.e., lavish sets, costumes, music and a spectacular wholesome experience. India’s leading theatre group The Films and Theatre Society is all set to … Read more

Reputed artist Ganesh Haloi has over the decades etched his name as one of the leading painters in the realm of abstract art. “Ganesh Haloi’s career as an artist that we have on our records begins around the 1950s. But, that was a period when he turned out more figurative paintings. But, his abstractionism took … Read more

Tejal Mathur on creating ‘environmentally relevant” spaces. NO ONE could have been to Mumbai’s older Pali Village Cafe, opened 12 years ago, and not come totally charmed by its decor. The restaurant in its former avatar was one of the most beautiful spaces in Mumbai, only to be rivaled by its sister space, Pali Bhavan, … Read more