Category: Features

Blending personal memories with authentic recipes, Pernia Qureshi in her debut cookbook Ammi’s Kitchen: Heirloom Recipes from Rampur brings a heartfelt celebration of family, culture and the timeless art of home-cooked meals. We recently conducted a candid interview with her. 1. Your favourite cookbooks?None, I don’t cook. I only eat. I was obsessed with Nigella’s show because she made everything look so sinfully delicious. Now I

In India In A Bowl: Complete Indian Meals, The Easy Away, award-winning chef and restaurateur Megha Kohli takes the principles of the traditional Indian meal and applies it to the popular ‘one bowl meal’ concept – with recipes that are not only easy to follow but are also well thought out, balanced and filling. Here is a candid interview that we recently carried out with

A fourth-generation member of the armed forces, Geetika Lidder is a sapper’s daughter and an infantry officer’s wife who has welcomed life with open arms and takes in her stride the highs and lows it serves her. She is now the Vice Principal of the Junior School. She stays in Delhi with her daughter Aashna. Part love story, tribute and family history, with I Am

Géraldine Lenain is an art historian with over twenty years of experience as a specialist in Asian arts. Her book The Last Maharaja of Indore, Yeshwant Rao Holkar II’s first major biography, reads like a journey into the heart of the roaring 1920s and a passage through India on the path to independence, revealing the profound complexities of a life marked by both brilliance and

Sayali Goyal’s Everyday Indian Aesthetic showcases various aspects of Indian design, art, architecture, fashion, and crafts, highlighting the unique and intricate details that define the Indian aesthetic through her eyes, while leaving space for your own interpretation. The book is a collection of her travels across India over eight years, showcasing everyday design elements that reflect Indian sensibilities in materials, colours, architecture, interiors, typography, and

An interdisciplinary designer and a Hindustani vocalist, Pratyush Gupta is a masterstoryteller whose work has been featured in global publications and festivals,including the Times of India, Bangalore Mirror, Courrier International, Creative Gaga,and India Art Fair. Master of the 7 Swars is the most magical pop-up book on Indian classical music thatmakes learning Indian music more experiential, immersive and exciting. Hear, seetouch and feel the music,

Saba Imtiaz is the author of the novel Karachi, You’re Killing Me! which was adapted into the Indian film Noor (2017), starring Sonakshi Sinha. A freelance writer and researcher, Saba writes about culture, food, religion, and urban life, and has reported features from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Jordan, and Lebanon. The co-host and co-producer of the ‘Notes on a Scandal’ podcast. Saba lives in the Netherlands. Tooba

As far back as S. Natesh can remember, he has been fascinated by plants, although it was not until college that he decided to specialize in botany. He has spent over a decade travelling to far-flung places to research and document the most interesting trees in India, from a historical, cultural and botanical perspective. He brings the rigour of a former IIT professor and combines it with his deep passion for the subject. Iconic

Gauri Kelkar‘s 20×20: Twenty Architects x Twenty Iconic Homes of India features a hand-picked collection of India’s most spectacular architecture firms and their projects, showcasing exciting contemporary design while also celebrating our country’s splendid geography. A deep bow to the architects practising in India today, the homes presented in this book give an unique glimpse into how architects working in India have perceived, crafted, created

Madhulika Banerjee teaches at the Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi, and is the author of Power, Knowledge, Medicine. Her work in the field of politics of alternative knowledge systems such as Ayurveda is well regarded. She also works on health, water, and agricultural security. Her latest release, The Herbal Sutra, is a journey into the heart of India’s herbal legacy. A stunningly illustrated compendium