Handicraft, Your story / 25 May 2025
Pahaad: A Nature-Inspired, Handcrafted Wellness Brand by Akshita Austa
Sometimes, a small burning candle can bring warmth, peace, and happiness in a still moment. But what if it could also carry a purpose other than lighting up a room? A purpose that reflects a way of living—mindful, grounded, and gentle to the earth. That’s the quiet revolution behind a Shimla-based homegrown small-batch candle and wellness brand, Pahaad. Founded by Akshita Austa, an artist-at-heart with…
Artists, Featured, Music / 25 Aug 2020
Back After Eight Years, Deathknell Hasn’t Lost Its Aggression
Back with their second album – “Can’t Stop, Can’t Kill” – Deathknell has returned to its melodic death metal roots. The Shimla-based metal band has dropped their album online on all major Indian music platforms, along with three video releases so far.
Artists, Featured, Music / 05 Apr 2019
A Special Performance by Samar Mehdi at Xanadu Youth Carnival 2019
It’s that time of the year again! The time to get grooving and revel in the musical vibe at the 3rd Season of Xanadu Youth Carnival 2019. Whether you’re a music enthusiast, upcoming artist, or just looking forward to unwind from your hectic work schedule, it is the best two-day festival you need to head to.
Art / Design / Offbeat
While most people throw away cardboard packaging boxes after receiving their products, Japanese artist Monomi Ohno recycles old Amazon boxes into incredibly detailed 3D sculptures. Instead of conventional materials like clay, wood, etc., she uses unusual medium – cardboard to create jaw-dropping figures including footwear, spaceships, vehicles, monsters, musical instruments, animal figures and more.
Art / Painting
Depression fills a person with deep despair and hopelessness. It’s not a normal sadness, this condition can engulf your entire routine for days to months. While there are people who are not able to work, eat or sleep properly in this condition, Polish artist Dawid Planeta has chosen art to fight depression.
DIY / Inspirational
Bengaluru-based Sadhan Radhakrishnan, an employee of an e-commerce company, is an avid gardener. When he moved to the Garden City five years ago, he started missing the greenery around his new home – as his house in Mumbai has four balconies, each with their own mini garden. Bring the same green feel to his house in Bengaluru, he started vertical gardening using plastic bottles, coconut...
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Offbeat
To make reading easier for everyone, e-books and audio books have already been established. But have you ever imagined books to interact with you? Well, there’s one-of-a-kind Human Library in Hyderabad where books are replaced with humans for conversation. Instead of books, here you can actually borrow people who will be the ‘living books,’ telling stories and sharing their life experiences.
Photography
Every fairytale has a beautiful princess and a handsome prince. But Russian photographer Olga Barantseva has reimagined her own fairytale world, where a prince has been replaced with ‘real’ wild animals. With her surreal photographs, she has managed to capture the world that’s far away from the digital world or just beyond one’s imagination.
Art / Painting
Vincent van Gogh’s famous Starry Night painting has been an inspiration for many artists and designers. This time New York-based artist Aja Kusick has recreated this beautiful painting, but with a pop culture twist. As part of her Starry Night Pop Culture series, Kusick inserted some famous pop culture icons into van Gogh’s renowned ‘The Starry Night (1889),’ which now can be seen in a...
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