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Your pre-wedding legal handbook

Yes, weddings are chaotic; logitics are all over the place, drama abounds, emotions are out of control... the whole cliche is true. But amid...

Absurd wedding rituals that have stood the test of time

If you can look at it from far enough away, weddings can actually be thoroughly amusing. From the seemingly trivial, managing guests and their...

Marriott India turns wedding planner

Marriott India is offering their properties across India to customers, becoming the perfect hosts as they give you the opportunity to have a hassle-free...

Making a statement: Grand entrances at Indian weddings

Mares aren’t likely to go out of style, neither at night nor at weddings. But, steeped in tradition as the act of the groom...

New wedding decor studio in Shahpur Jat helps you style your special day

Rani Pink Weddings, a company that specialises in customising wedding décor has launched its first studio in Shahpur Jat last week, a gorgeous mesh...

Wanderlust vows: Say ‘I do’ on an island, desert or beach

Planning a wedding is serious business, with the process often beginning before there’s even a wedding to plan. It must be memorable, they say;...

Cheat code: How to get fit(ter) in 30 days

On the face of it, there are no shortcuts to fitness. But there can a be a way around it, especially when the wedding...

Be a 70 mm bride with Diva’ni’s collection

For Bollywood lovers, it will soon be possible to adorn the clothes your favourite actors on screen wear. Diva’ni is country’s first cinema inspired...

Movie Review: Nothing heroic about this one: Advani’s ’80s remake crumbles

What does it mean to be a hero? Is there any purpose to his existence, if he doesn’t get to save good people from...

At ASE: Bigger iPads, smarter watches and a better TV

The wait did not end with the conclusion of IFA Berlin. It was time for Apple to get back in the game. Android had...

Weighing Apple(s) & oranges: Huawie wins Force Touch race

IFA Berlin, held between 4-9 September featured announcements from all over the tech industry as companies tried to showcase their newest products. It was...

Geek Empire: Horological Smartwatch

By Frederique ConstantRs 70,000 onwardsThe luxury watch manufacturer Frederique Constant has now entered the smartwatch business. Their Horological Smartwatch seems to be a smart choice for...

LiftO, the urban hitchhiking app

Your car guzzles down petrol and releases pollutants into the atmosphere with the aggression of a tiny brick factory. Swapping it for a hybrid...

Quit searching, start clicking

How much can you scroll up and down your Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram accounts? Or randomly search for content that can keep you engaged...

Gadget Review: An all round solid pair of cans from Skullcandy

Looks matter. In a perfect world, headphones would be a functional device, meant purely as a tool to facilitate the process of listening to...

Gadget Review: As good as new, and cheaper

The 42” 3D LED television by LG isn’t one you’ll just be able to pick up from the showroom. The one we received for...

Game Review: Empathy for the devils of our roads

I spend the better part of my daily commute cursing in Hindi at buses and bus drivers who’re forever changing lanes, cornering me, driving...

They’re one step ahead of you: Hackers target phones

Faster battery drains, apps crashing and slower processing in general — it could be a result of your phone being given too much to...

Movie Review: Slapstick porn doesn’t cut it with this sequel of Welcome

This is a brief example of how dialogue and action begins in Welcome Back. Scene: Mafia dons Uday aka Nana Patekar and Majnu bhai...

Fargo and Hannibal lead the way in TV adaptations

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is the kind of guy film directors love: with his commanding screen presence, his understated dialogue delivery and air of...

Designer Payal Sen’s second stint in the exhibition space

10 on 10, a multi-brand exhibition curated by fashion designer Payal Sen returned this year with its second edition. The exhibition is a platform...

Taking the road by Storme: Tata’s brand new Safari

The Tata Safari has been in production since 1998. During these 17 years, the car has managed to gather a fair share of fans...

Training Jeeves: The art of housekeeping

Ever fancied the towel-swan sitting atop your cushy bed the moment you checked into a plush multi-star hotel? Or the guy behind the bar,...

Hemant & Nandita go international

Designer duo Hemant & Nandita have announced two new associations with e-commerce giant Amazon.com and the online luxury portal Neiman Marcus. These tie-ups will...

Showstoppers that made Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015

The Lakmé Fashion Week had no dearth of familiar faces from the film and fashion fraternity gracing the ramp for both established and new...

A headbanger’s journey to the brutal, hateful extremes of metal

Extreme metal in itself is a meaningless term. It merely signifies the degree to which a piece of music you’re listening to is “metal”...

Music Review: Music for Drifters & regular people

Music for Drifters, the very literally named album by Brit band Field Music, is a commissioned work created as a soundtrack to the 1929...

Event licensing streamlined

Organising a gig in Delhi is something that is best avoided. Bureacratic hurdles abound in the capital, and obtaining the right permits from the...

An ever evolving musical journey

Between playing and recording with Mumbai-based metal band Scribe (where he’s the vocalist), jamming for a new project with Sidd Coutto (it’s unnamed as...

K-pop’s magnetism, the Korean Wave and the Theatre of the Absurd

A whole bunch of the boys from the boybands performing at Siri Fort in Delhi last week — for a showcase of Korean pop music...

Restaurant Review: Backyard is the newest hipster joint in town

BackyardAddress: A/2A, Aurobindo Marg, Hauz Khas, New DelhiT: (011) 3310 7930Meal for two: Rs 2,500 (with alcohol) plus taxesYou know those Instagrammed top shots...

Young turks pushing the frontiers of fashion

Getting people's attention in the world of fashion, fast-paced and tirelessly regenerative as it is, can be quite an ordeal for young designers. One...

Into the Matrix: Audi gives the A6 a powerful facelift

The premium car market in India it seems doesn't take a break. Every few weeks, there's a new car launched. While Mercedes launched a...

Ethical fashion: Creative upcycling goes from ramp to reality

The Swedish retailer Henne and Mauritz (H&M) is well known for its "fast fashion" business model, wherein it counts on its customers making cheap...

Delhi’s oldest foster home for animals is strapped for cash, facing shutdown

Animal lovers in Delhi woke up to terrible news a couple of weeks ago. Friendicoes, a name that’s synonymous with animal shelters as far...

Music Review: Repetition as melancholic motif

At what point does deliberately executed repetition as a creative motif in a song lose its charm? Is it five minutes? What about 10...

Chart your way through the best music festivals in India this season

Keeping all illusions of fluidity and individualism on one side, everyone's always a Type. You will never like all music equally; you can't not...

No money, no food, no problem: An idiot’s guide to travelling in India

I'm not a fussy traveller. I'm unattached to luxury, can sleep anywhere, travel via any mode of transport, eat street food for weeks, and...

The daily fix for internet addiction

The country celebrated 20 years of the internet last week. It was in 1995 that VSNL brought internet to India and since then we...

The stream of consciousness: Sudhir Kakar and the novel

Sudhir Kakar is an expert in psychoanalysis who also writes books. But to my mind, he is a writer first who nevertheless happened to...

The year of artistic ‘appropriation’

Anish Kapoor is having a rough 2015 and things have gone conspicuously sideways these last few months. In June, his sculpture at the Palace...

Land of the thunder dragon

Only the brave can fly into the Land of the Thunder Dragon, as Bhutan is sometimes mystically referred to by its denizens. The flight...

Opponents use Archana Express to derail Nitish

Exhausting the political weapons against Bihar Chief Minister and senior JDU leader Nitish Kumar, his detractors are now planning to launch a personal attack...

Police will recreate Sheena crime scene

The Mumbai police will recreate the scene of crime involving all the three accused in the Sheena Bora murder case. The custody of Indrani...

Rahul visit to J&K fails to end factionalism

A faction-ridden Congress in Jammu and Kashmir failed to mobilise its workers on the ground, thus turning Rahul Gandhi’s first visit to the state...

BJP puts team of outsiders in charge of 2017 U.P. polls

As it begins preparations for the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party is relying on outsiders to win control of...

As elections near, UP babus start defying ministers

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are still a year and a half away, but the bureaucracy has started defying the ministers of the Samajwadi...

J&K Chief-Sec seeks voluntary retirement

The Jammu and Kashmir government is likely to accept Chief Secretary Muhammad Iqbal Khanday’s request for voluntary retirement. Khanday has asked the government to...

Fear triggers migration from border villages of Jammu

The deaths of three civilians, including two women, in R.S. Pura sector due to incessant shelling by Pakistani forces have compelled people from dozens...

Moderates under threat as power shifts in Hizb

On Friday, militant group Hizbul Mujahideen held a silent march, and Hizb flags were hoisted near Jamia Masjid and in various parts of downtown...

Serendipity is deepening Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Sunil Kant Munjal

Yogi Adityanath Honors Atal Bihari Vajpayee As A Beacon Of Good Governance

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