A curated guide to slow, sustainable living in India
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 …
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 …
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. …
Designer Vaishali Shadangule’s eponymous label Vaishali S. celebrates her passion for classic Indian weaves, ever since the label’s inception in 1991. The designer became the first Indian woman to showcase at the Paris Couture Week recently. Her latest bridal collection, ‘Shakuntala’ continues her exploration of …
In our fifth column in the series of reimagining a conscious future, Yash Dongre – Business Head – House of Anita Dongre Limited speaks to BeejLiving about balancing social impact with commerce. The fashion house is nearing the magical figure of a nearly 1,000 stores across the globe under …
Kerala had ‘Ayurvastra’ researchers practicing centuries old traditional fabric treatment methods. Ayurvedic doctors and researchers prepare dyes, macerations and treatments that infuse the textiles with medicinal characteristics. These include chitrathai (ginger plant), tulsi (wild basil), Madagascar Periwinkle (vinca rosea), the tails of the bell plant and sandalwood, amongst others. The list is a highly curated selection of natural oils and plants that are integral to the science of Ayurvastra.