Rolling out smokeless chulhas for Himalayan kitchens

Rolling out smokeless chulhas for Himalayan kitchens

Girish Chanyal is Smokeless Cookstove Foundation’s Uttarakhand-based trainer who is a relentless community enabler who constructs smokeless chulhas. Nitisha Agrawal, the Founder & Director of the NGO SCF, traces Chanyal’s journey from gardener to trainer for BeejLiving My eternal love affair with the Himalayas led …

On the Oudh Trail in Assam

On the Oudh Trail in Assam

Beejliving travelled to Hojai in Assam to discover one of the most precious perfumery ingredients in the world, oudh, with Ajmal Perfumes We’re making our way to the outskirts of Hojai, a small town in Assam, to a plantation of agarwood trees in pursuit of …

Alibag’s Best-Kept Secrets – Discover its Hidden Gems

Alibag’s Best-Kept Secrets – Discover its Hidden Gems

BeejLiving visited Alibag for 24 hours. Meandering through Alibag’s best-kept secret, a lesser-known paradise in India Just a ferry ride away from Mumbai, Alibag, located in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, is no longer the sleepy coastal getaway for city dwellers. Alibag’s best-kept secrets include a new …

The case for preloved luxury fashion in India

The case for preloved luxury fashion in India

Does a market exist for preloved traditional Indian luxury fashion? Aashni Shah, the founder of Revivify, a resale platform for preloved South Asian designer wear weighs in for BeejLiving “Sustainable fashion brands play a necessary role in shaping how the fashion industry can improve its practices and …

Meditation and Mindfulness for Healing the Mind

Meditation and Mindfulness for Healing the Mind

The pandemic has led to a new healthcare approach–building immunity by healing the mind Covid has shown that we cannot rely on medicines alone. We need to build our immunity, aligning ourselves to the natural biorhythm of the body. A rich diet, mindful lifestyle and …

The Dotted Line

The Dotted Line

BY ARYA brings a modern perspective in reviving craft traditions in global Indian fashion Arya Giri’s label BY ARYA strives to revive traditions while creating a vocabulary for global Indian fashion. Since childhood, the designer has been exposed to weaver communities and craftsmanship, through her …