The clean face cleansers you didn’t know that you needed

The clean face cleansers you didn’t know that you needed

The balm + powder duo from Juno & Co. have upped my cleansing game I’ve been a double-cleansing fan since childhood. I follow a special regime of cleansing milk (now miceller water) followed by a face wash, topping it off with a moisturizing routine (that’s …

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 …

Anonymity and the artist: Princess Pea and the Khud Se Pooche campaign

Anonymity and the artist: Princess Pea and the Khud Se Pooche campaign

Anonymous visual and performance artist Princess Pea through her contemporary art practices brings to the forefront international issues of tradition, identity and celebrity with an underlying satire on global societal concerns. She presents to the world her alter ego in the form of a ‘living …

Care of the crowning glory in the pandemic

Care of the crowning glory in the pandemic

A hair care routine I’ve finally settled into after much trial and error Hair brings one’s self-image into focus; it is vanity’s proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices.  –   Shana Alexander The most freeing thing I’ve ever done in my life …

Wild yeast in the kitchen

Wild yeast in the kitchen

Wild yeast has become wildly popular during the pandemic. For years I’ve been following Anita Tikoo’s Instagram account  a_madteaparty chronicling her sourdough journey using lively wild yeast starter and local flours and other culinary experiments. A practicing landscape architect, she grows seasonal produce on her …

A moment of mindfulness

A moment of mindfulness

When I close my eyes, the world around me quietens. A soft calmness descends on my mind, which follows my body, on cue, into repose through meditation, a moment of mindfulness. I had been meditating by myself off and on, till last year I learnt Transcendental Meditation. In TM, you work with a mantra to guide you into the inner recesses of your mind. Whenever your monkey mind rushes about, the mantra, like a hook, draws you back in.