Indian begums and British vicereines were interlinked in their love of zardozi. It is the first international luxury brand to do an official calendar show in India, and highlights creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri’s decades-old relationship with the Mumbai-based Chanakya Craft Collective. To see a house like Dior showing their pre-Fall collection — a proper calendar show, not just an …
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition questioning the legality of allotting 116.16 acres of land, which is part of the lands acquired for industrial purposes near Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, to a private university at a concessional price. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe …
It seems only apt that a column that usually restricts itself to politics, digressing occasionally into related areas such as economic affairs and foreign policy, focus on Delhi’s bad air problem, which surfaces around this time every year. A long-term approach involves de-desertification, re-greening and re-wilding of the Aravallis; the move to greener fuel for vehicles; better garbage management; and …
