After nearly ten years, one of India’s most respected craft platforms returns to Chennai. From 30 January to 5 February 2026, the Dastkari Haat Crafts Bazaar, curated by Dastkari Haat Samiti, re-emerges at the NIFT Campus in Tharamani with a week-long celebration of India’s living craft traditions, inviting the city to pause and rediscover the handmade. Once fondly remembered for transforming the shaded environs of the Kalakshetra Campus into a vibrant craftscape, Dastkari Ha

Positioned firmly in the ultra-luxury fine jewellery space, ANOR has quietly emerged as one of the most distinctive new maisons in India’s evolving diamond landscape. Founded by fourth-generation diamantaire Bina Choksi, the brand operates at the intersection of discretion, design integrity, and premium lab-grown diamonds, a category that is still finding its true language in the Indian market. ANOR was never conceived as a brand chasing scale or accessibility. Instead, it wa

LEAFOBERRYY has launched Mucin Fusion Face Serum, a plant-based hydration formula positioned as a vegan alternative to traditional snail mucin products. The serum focuses on moisture retention, skin comfort, and texture support, using botanical ingredients known for their binding and cushioning properties. The key ingredient in the formulation is okra extract, a plant-derived mucilage that naturally binds water and creates a soft, plump feel on the skin. Often associated with

Located within Epicuria, Nehru Place, one of Delhi’s most active food and entertainment destinations, Thanks & Beyond is the latest restaurant venture by restaurateur Priyank Sukhija. Spread across 8,000 square feet, the restaurant is conceived not as a singular dining space, but as a layered environment where architecture, interiors, and hospitality work together to shape the overall experience. Designed by Natelier by Bent Chair, led by Natasha Jain and Neeraj Jain, the pro

Amina Bhatia curates a 1,100 sq ft menswear flagship for Arjan Dugal in Mumbai, blending historic architecture with contemporary elegance. The heritage ceiling, soaring 16 feet high, becomes the centrepiece of the narrative, while the steel beams—one running along the ceiling and another positioned at nine feet—are transformed from structural components into defining elements of the design. With a keen understanding of structure, Amina uses these members to introduce a mezzan

Abhishek Sharma’s latest couture collection, Ratiaranya , was presented in New Delhi in December through a format that resisted spectacle. Shown at The Upper House by Tivoli, the presentation unfolded as a contained experience, allowing the work to be read closely rather than consumed quickly. The collection draws from emotional states rather than overt narrative. References to awakening, desire and instinct appear subtly, carried through texture, form and movement instead of

Dhoomimal Gallery opens its December programme with Ski(e)n: Re-membering through Performance and Thread , an exhibition that brings together RCA alumni Abhijna Vemuru Kasa and Insha Manzoor under the curatorship of Jyoti A Kathpalia. Both artists work from deeply personal terrains, yet their practices intersect on questions of memory, identity, and the structures—cultural, familial, and political—that shape the body. Abhijna, who divides her time between Hyderabad and San Fr

Late afternoon light falls across the Liberty façades of Cremona, catching the pale stucco of Via Manzoni and slipping quietly through restored windows. Inside, the 10 Manzoni Aparthotel opens like a secret, with eight residences that read less like rooms and more like compositions. The house, reborn from early-twentieth-century architecture, carries its age gently: ornate cornices, terrazzo floors, and the shadow of craftsmanship that once defined the city. Every detail has

For more than a century, Poltrona Frau has turned craftsmanship into a language of quiet precision. Its latest collaboration, with Six N. Five—the Barcelona-based studio led by Argentine digital artist Ezequiel Pini—extends that legacy into a new dimension: light as emotion, design as poetry. The partnership, revealed with The Five Seasons 2025 collection, is built around two sculptural lamps that explore how digital imagination can find tangible form. Moonbeam and Foliage ar

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There is nothing ornamental about Kamini Kusum’s Soch Se Bhi Aage . Spread across a little more than 180 pages, the book is a...

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