The conversation around beauty in India is as old as time. Long before botox shots, chemical peels and red light therapy, there existed rituals built on elements found in nature. While today’s market offers concern-focused scientific treatments and products, the lack of clean and unadulterated ingredients is undeniable. Diipa Büller-Khosla’s brainchild, co-founded with her husband Read More
Against a canvas of light, shadow, and stone, this editorial celebrates Indian menswear through the lens of modern architecture.
Indian textiles carry a strange intimacy, although most of us only recognise it much later, usually while emptying an old wardrobe. In India, clothes rarely exist as just clothes. They collect stories, absorb people and memory, and become records of lives lived. That relationship has shaped the way we speak about craft for generations. We Read More
Few words have been stretched as thin by the design industry as craft. It appears almost everywhere with ritual regularity, often used to describe everything from textured finishes to handmade imperfections. But somewhere along the way, craft became a visual shorthand rather than what it has always been: an inheritance of knowledge. For architect and Read More
Preservation is second nature to a lot of people, especially us Indians. It’s engraved in the way the country remembers – through food, textiles, craftsmanship, rituals, and even art. It reveals itself through recipes passed down without measurement, heirlooms folded into cupboards for generations, rituals repeated instinctively, and crafts carried forward through the memory of Read More
Ever wondered why certain pieces remain so difficult to part with. Why does a grandmother’s bangle tucked away in a velvet pouch feel more valuable than something infinitely more expensive bought yesterday? Why do old jewels continue to exert such emotional force long after the people who wore them are gone? Perhaps because there are Read More
Through a contemporary design language and a centuries-old craft form, Gopi Vaid offers a compelling case for revival through relevance. At the heart of her eponymous label is Marodi, once only reserved for India’s royalty. Today, the designer reimagines this highly intricate technique for discerning consumers possessing global tastes. The result is a thoughtful dialogue Read More
For countless centuries, craft and culture have been the roots of community. Since childhood, we are introduced to historic textiles through family heirlooms, embroideries made by our grandmothers and the sarees, shawls and dupattas worn by our mothers. No matter which part of India one is born in, there are vernacular crafts that are definitive Read More
A visual exploration of the anatomy of love in all its contradictions – messy, magnetic, and enduring. Muse: Rudrapriya, Bardeep Dhiman; HMUA: Neetu Tamang; Assisted by: Tuba Laraib.
The first time I met Pratik Gandhi was over a Google Meet call, somewhere in the middle of a day he casually described as “ fairly free.” In reality, it was one that was overflowing with calls, events, looming schedules, and another meeting waiting immediately after this one. Knowing we had just an hour with Read More