Veenu Sandhu

Good design, bad design and the Apple problem: Insights from Don Norman

The 88-year-old designer, author of books like The Design of Everyday Things, Emotional Design, Design for a Better World was in India as advisor to BITS Design School, Mumbai, for a three-city tour

Pink bowls & yellow bottles: Tupperware's journey from desire to necessity

Tupperware entered the scene in India in the late nineties and quickly infiltrated the urban kitchen

Kulpreet Yadav's Haji Pir recounts soldiers' bravery in key 1965 war battle

A book on the Haji Pir battle would be incomplete without mentioning the Tashkent agreement. The author refers to it upfront

Studying the self

Unlike selfies, self-portraits are celebrated as works of art and are rarely mentioned in the same breath, even though both stem from the same basic human impulse

Unseen artefacts, little-known stories: Humayun's Tomb museum set to open

The museum houses more than 500 artefacts from the collections of the National Museum, ASI and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture

1984: What the women remember

Sanam Sutirath Wazir's The Kaurs of 1984 brings alive the stories of Sikh women caught in the spiral of politics and violence that engulfed Punjab and spread to Sikhs outside state that bloody year

Airbrushed existence

Bad air is an equaliser, uncontained by physical borders and social boundaries, but dialogues around air pollution don't extend to everybody. They have blind spots

The white man's burden on global tourism

Shahnaz Habib's book delves into fundamental questions: Why travel? Where to travel to? And what to see once we're there? In the process infusing a philosophical edge into the concept of travel

French luxury home decor brands turn their attention to Indian market

Over 30 luxe interior design brands from France showcased their creations to tap a new and growing class of rich Indians

Miss World is back in India after 28 years, but the world has since changed

In the interim, the world has changed, as has the concept of beauty

Art galleries full and values surging: 2024 could set a new record

The growing influence of the India market can no longer be ignored

Luxury renaissance: All that made 2023 a year of opulence and achievement

The country set new benchmarks in the luxury sector this year, attracting the world's top brands and exporting the finest

The temple and the mosque: Dream of a Ram-Rahim utopia in Ayodhya

In Dhannipur lies the site for the mosque designated by the Supreme Court after the verdict in the Ayodhya dispute case

Ancient town Ayodhya now means business, reveals its modern avatar

Houses, shops and eateries on both sides have been shorn of their façades, leaving gaping holes through which the world can get a view of the lives inside

Animal instincts, human survival

Just when we are beginning to forget the lessons the Covid pandemic taught us the hard way, Poorva Joshipura's book serves as a stark reminder of the perils that befall when humans mistreat animals

From the islands

Chennai floods and the Tsunami before that remind us that in our pursuit of progress, we must not overlook the enduring lessons preserved by those who have harmonised with nature for millennia

The fine art of stealing

Michael Finkel's book tells the audacious tale of an art thief who amassed a collection worth billions, but it wasn't for monetary gains

Noida Airport a year away, but regional real estate dreams already soaring

'People are coming from all over India to buy land - Delhi, Agra, Meerut, Rajasthan, Mumbai'

Prices rise to record highs as the scale of Indian art burgeons after Covid

When compared to the West and China, though, the value of Indian art is much lower

Young collectors, global recognition fuelling Indian art: AstaGuru CEO

The Indian art market is going through a period of exponential growth, says AstaGuru CEO Tushar Sethi