Stories in The New Indian Express
Kinche.com is a brand that merges the story of a jacket with upcycling and craftsmanship to create a garment that is so much more than what meets the eye. India has been a land of jackets whether it is the Sherwani, Bandhgala and the Nehru jacket. Designer Payal Jaggi has given jackets a twist with… Read More Jackets that tell a story
Fancy a watch where Swiss automatic movement meets Muonionalusta Meteorites, then look no further. Bangalore Watch Company™ (BWC) has launched a new watch collection that pays tribute to five decades of India’s space exploration through its collection Apogee, a limited line of automatic watches. BWC was founded in India’s watchmaking ground-zero in 2018 by Bengaluru… Read More Space Time
Malleshwaram Hogona! Is a street art project aimed to reclaim walking spaces to ultimately make them safer for women and the local community. The street art project called Malleshwaram Hogona (that means let’s go to Malleshwaram) is a collaboration that has 12 art works by 13 artists with Geechu Galu and the Bengaluru Moving Campaign.… Read More Walk the Talk Malleshwaram Hogona!
House by Three, a sustainable luxury enterprise merges high fashion, luxury clothing and luxury interiors to help people lead the luxe life. House of Three is clothing for the mind, body and soul. What started as a pret label based on an aesthetics of a marriage of contrasts, drawing from anthropology, art, architecture, geometry, music… Read More House of Three
Stories on a Banana Leaf is an online art exhibition by Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) that explores the intersection between food and art. A woman dances in between red chillies. A man fry’s fish on a stove. A capsicum that looks like a pumpkin. The common thread that connects these statements is food.… Read More Art Gets a Delicious Makeover
Appemidi (meaning raw unripe mango) is a mango that is endemic to Karnataka’s Western Ghats and is a tart, acidic mini mango variant that has a GI (Geographical indicator) tag in Karnataka. There are about 40 variants of this mango each of which has its own taste including one that tastes like cumin. Typically harvested from… Read More Appemidi Mango
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) workshop ‘Meghdhoot – The cloud messenger’ seeks to interpret select verses of poet Kalidasa. And if you are looking to delve deeper, NCPA’s has a workshop that will help you broaden your perception towards the written art form and understand the thoughts of the original poet who… Read More National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) workshop ‘Meghdhoot – The cloud messenger’
‘Unlocking the object’ is an exhibition of paintings and sculpture where the narrative of an object and its relationship with memory for an artist is being showcased. What is common to S H Raza, Bhupen Kakker, T Vaikuntam, Mithu Sen, Arunkumar H G, Sakshi Gupta, George K, Nandi Shah, Banu Batliboi, Bheeshma Sharma, Gurjeet Singh,… Read More ‘Unlocking the object’
Artists are making a case for sustainability and bringing the cause of the environment to the forefront by adopting green ways. Artists often find inspiration in nature and perhaps it is this ethos that is now spiraling a slow but sure movement where art itself is becoming natural and eco-conscious. Leading Korean pop artist, Choi… Read More Art Goes Green
The Karuna Quilt Movement has a two-fold intention of providing employment as well as appreciating frontline workers. When the pandemic arrived unannounced last year, it caught all of us by surprise. Life as we knew it was thrown out of gear and adapting to the ‘new normal’ in the face of depression and negativity has… Read More The Karuna Quilt Movement