Feb 2026

REFINE Beauty has introduced a new line of everyday makeup products that focus on ease, versatility, and design-led appeal. Launched in 2024 by Firdose Ghauri and Mahima Kotwal, the brand positions makeup as something to be used intuitively rather than followed through rigid routines. The current range includes three core product categories: lip balms, lip-and-cheek tints, and blush-highlighter sticks. All products are designed for Indian skin tones and built around multi-use

Tucked into the leafy bylanes of Bangalore, a 40-year-old apartment on Hayes Road has been reimagined as a deeply personal home for a young couple in their twenties. Spanning 1,100 square feet, the space carries the quiet charm of an older Bangalore neighbourhood, one shaped by colonial bungalows and lingering Art Deco influences. To reinterpret this setting without erasing its character, the couple turned to Pratyusha Kethinedi , founder of House of Katha , whose design appr

At 47A Khotachi Wadi, the quiet heritage precinct becomes a stitched archive of the city in Echoes of Bombay , a hand-embroidery exhibition by Kailash Poojary, on view from 13 February to 15 March. The space transforms into a tactile map of Bombay, where architecture, labour, faith, and memory are rendered not in stone or ink, but patiently in thread. Conceived over a year, Echoes of Bombay reimagines the city’s layered past through a series of hand-embroidered works that tr