What It Means to Make a Living From Tradition in India Today

What It Means to Make a Living From Tradition in India Today

A collaboration between BeejLiving and MeMeraki that looks beyond objects to the people who make them, exploring four artisans’ work, hopes, and the futures they are trying to build. MeMeraki began as a deeply personal project for founder Yosha Gupta, rooted in her love for …

How Architect Apoorva Shroff Is Redefining Sustainability, One Bamboo Beam at a Time

How Architect Apoorva Shroff Is Redefining Sustainability, One Bamboo Beam at a Time

Architecture Learns to Breathe Again with Lyth Design’s Hungry Caterpillar, a Food Street made of Bamboo. BeejLiving explores. It’s a warm September afternoon. I make my way to the outskirts of Delhi, to Ashoka University, one of India’s leading liberal arts universities that has been …

A Princess at the Edge of Heritage and Memory

A Princess at the Edge of Heritage and Memory

Amid Bhavnagar’s salt winds and silent courtyards, Princess Brijeshwari Kumari Gohil works to preserve what time has left behind. Surrounded by objects of memory since childhood, Princess Brijeshwari Kumari Gohil has grown into a custodian of art and heritage, shaping how we experience the past …

The Transformation Within India’s New Wave of Designers and Storytellers

The Transformation Within India’s New Wave of Designers and Storytellers

From silent shifts to radical turns, four creatives speak of how life has transformed with time Transformation isn’t immediate. Or noisy. It requires patience, presence, and the willingness to let life unfold at its own pace. Beejliving traces how a new generation of Indian creatives …

In India, a Gentle Future for Luxury Is Being Carefully Nurtured

In India, a Gentle Future for Luxury Is Being Carefully Nurtured

What does it mean to nurture the future of luxury? Carrying legacy into a data-heavy world? We’re not talking about chatbots in couture or NFTs posing as provenance. Rather, nurturing something slower, more deliberate, a pursuit with purpose. Three minds. Three maps into the future. …

On Caring for Clothes (The Way Your Grandmother Taught You)

On Caring for Clothes (The Way Your Grandmother Taught You)

Beejliving presents a guide to caring for clothes. Treat your wardrobe like an heirloom, not a haul The Philosophy Before we get to soap and steam, let’s talk about soul.Clothes, in Indian households, are not things.They’re memories stitched with thread.A silk kurta worn to a …