How trekking companies in India are redefining luxury with gourmet meals and massages
At 6.45am on an uneventful day in July, seven trekkers and I wished each other cheery ‘good mornings’ at our campsite in Trunkhol, Kashmir, some 3,500 metres above sea level.…
Fun meets fitness at the newly launched BOUNCE adventure park in Bengaluru
As I inched closer to the top of the 10-foot high climbing wall at the Bounce indoor adventure park, a scene from The Dark Knight Rises came to mind, where…
Two Visakhapatnam girls to represent India in free style artistic skating in Asian Games
Visakhapatnam girls Dontara Greeshma and Akula Sai Samhitha who will be representing India at the Asian Games in the free style artistic skating event to be held in China. |…
Want to learn how to swim in the sea? Chennai now has instructors who specialise in open water swimming
Minutes before getting dropped off mid-ocean at Kovalam (Covelong) for our first open water swimming lesson, Murthy Megavan, the founder of Murthy Surf School, tells me that I am to…
With ruffles, prints, and quirky silhouettes, swimsuits are going from beach to bar
When the pandemic took a little breather in the last quarter of 2020, it propelled Maldives and Goa to superstar status. People were jet-setting (some in private charter jets) to…
Tamil Nadu at the Comrades Marathon | Six runners speak about clocking the gruelling 87.7 km run
(From Right) Erika Patel, Chandrasekhar G, Vasu Rangachary, Dharmendar Bafna, Rose Naidu, Yasmin Gulab The road to success at the gruelling Comrades Marathon in South Africa is pock-marked with perseverance,…
Coimbatore gets LuLu’s first hypermarket in Tamil Nadu
LuLu Hypermarket | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S The first impression takes your breath away. Day two at the newly-opened LuLu Hypermarket, located at Lakshmi Mills Compound on Avinashi Road…
Meet Madhuri Palli, the first female runner from Andhra Pradesh to complete the gruelling Comrades Marathon
Madhuri Palli, the first female runner from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to have completed the grueling Comrades Marathon in South Africa. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “The atmosphere during the…
Hyderabad designer Shravan Kummar to showcase handlooms from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at the forthcoming NATA and TANA summits
Kavya Venkatramana, Nisshka Jaisooria, Meera Khandelwal, Vishal Siwach, Shloka Madhu, Bal Krishna and Ratna Rao sport handloom collections by designer Shravan Kummar | Photo Credit: RAGI/Special Arrangement Pochampally ikats, Ponduru…
Interview | Muthamizh Selvi, the first woman from TN to summit Mount Everest
N Muthamizh Selvi at the Everest summit | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At 12.20 a.m. on May 23, N Muthamizh Selvi, a teacher of Japanese from Tamil Nadu, was among…
Exit through the museum gift shop, suggests Anita Ratnam
Watch | Anita Ratnam’s visual tour of 40 years of collecting wearable art My children and friends know that I must make that mandatory stop at the museum shop if…
Eye on Indian museum shops
Clockwise from top left: MAP, Kamini Sawhney, Mehrangarh Fort, Sharan Apparao, Priya Paul, and Tarang Arora Why are museum shops in India not as thoughtfully curated as those you find abroad?…
This medal-winning athlete from Chennai re-enters sports after 20 years, hoping to inspire his sons
Naveen wearing his medals and holding the Indian flag Each time athlete and entrepreneur Percival Naveen Howie enters the field, he enters with a yearning to inspire his sons. So,…
Zerocircle in Pune is creating bio-soluble packaging from seaweed
Tea bags crafted with Zero Circle’s recycled plastic | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Neha Jain’s professional journey has been quite a ride. From being a student of journalism, she went…
World Environment Day: Meet the sustainability champions of Bengaluru inspiring a greener future
In the bustling city of Bengaluru, where urban growth and development often take centre stage, a silent revolution is underway. A growing number of individuals have emerged as passionate advocates…