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Today is Sri Rama Navami and it is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Lord Rama, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, who was born on the ninth day (Navami) of the Chaitra month to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya. It celebrates the victory of righteousness (dharma) over evil and honors the God for…
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The last seven years I have been following the tenets of over 7 health coaches, starting with Simrun Chopra in 2019, for like almost all the programs she had to offer, then after an ACL tear following a skiing incident that did not facilitate the high knees and jumping jacks that Chopra liberally administers, I…
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Ive always loved the smell of petrol, pulling into a petrol bunk, its another matter the price of the petrol and the heart burn that it involves burning this fuel for the environment and for my lungs, that is not inclined to the good sense in me. But recently at IndiaWood 2026, specifically at the…
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What do you achieve by travelling my father asked me last week, a question he supposedly poses to everyone who loves to travel, has to travel or rather wants to travel. I wanted to think for a second but instead I instinctively replied for the wonder that travel entails, quickly adding that it was also…
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Its strange that this week there were so many lessons but the major one was to not land on my knee, and for that its better had I been a mermaid and lived in water, for then the landing wouldn’t have mattered one bit. And the next lesson was seriously how to say no. They…
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Kochi has attracted various sailors in the past the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. Along with the rulers of erstwhile Kerala These foreigners also left their prints in the state. Muziris, which was a mythical ancient city now under the water was the centre of this trading port, also, a hub where even juice…
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As a child when I made art, I loved the idea of pastels and lightly pressured work, where the white of the ivory page became a medium as I sketched or painted lightly with colour that would be pasteled as ever with the white coming through. The softness that white brings to every colour ridiculously…
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In this age of hustle and conditioning the ones who finally win are those who choose peace. Yes, peace over purpose, peace over policing, peace over points, for if one is peaceful, one is relaxed and relaxing is key to every enjoyment of the moment. Frenzy, frantic, fierce are all great provided they are only…
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Colour is an emotion, it always is. Think of a blue sky versus a grey one, versus a pink-tinged orange one or the deep velvety blue or black, all rife with completely different moods and hence emotions. Of all the expressionist painters, say Van Gogh who brought sunny, cheery sunflowers to life or Monet who…
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When a client comes back to ask one to design their new home after 10 years of completing their earlier one, it is nothing short of a dream and when they ask one to design a home that is dreamy then it is a total dream! Thus began the work on this project that was…
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Temples have begun to commercial, or well they always were, was the debate as we walked into the beautiful Vellore Golden Temple built to worship the Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Venkateswara and the pseudo-Mom of Lord Ganesha who was given to her by his mother Goddess Parvati. This temple houses both Lord Ganesha…
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Being chair of the Ladies Circle this year, I hosted, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore a very interesting Marketing workshop at the premier college of marketing itself. One the building itself is so gorgeous with its stone build, and two the building impresses one to the T, no wonder architect…
Vedasri Siddamsetty 