Fashion at its core, is related to the most fundamental act of self-expression and identity. It is perhaps the most powerful function of self care. As long as we feel the need to express ourselves, we will need fashion since the desire to convey emotion and communicate through the act of clothing is inherent and hard wired in humans.
Read MoreAnita Lal is the founder of the luxury brand, Good Earth that was started in 1996. Lal was a Psychology graduate and a studio potter before launching the brand. Good Earth started as a boutique and has now transformed into one of the most well-known luxury and lifestyle brands from India.
Read MoreGautam Sinha is the founder of the New Delhi-based ‘leather and thread’ brand, Nappa Dori. It was launched in 2010 after Sinha had a chance encounter with leather while working for a Scandinavian client and crafted a line of belts. Nappa Dori is a luxury brand that introduced the vintage, wanderlust-inspired travel goods like colourful trunks that replaced the ubiquitous backpack. Sinha also added Cafe Dori to his leather venture that enhances the experience of being a part of the brand.
Read MoreAn author and oral historian, Aanchal Malhotra’s debut novel Remnants of a Separation: A History of Partition through Material Memory is a moving exploration of personal stories of the journeys made across the Radcliff Line, during the 1947 Partition of the Indian sub-continent. Her work is a ground-breaking milestone in the socio-cultural ethnographic study of the greatest migration in history.
Read MoreChristine Chitnis is a writer, photographer and author of Patterns of India (Clarkson Potter, 2020). We speak with her about her travels in India and the storytelling process.
Read MoreI think my passion for travel started before I was even born. My parents spent two years cycling around the world, and I was conceived in and named after the Annapurna mountain range in Nepal. They had trekked through the area and were convinced it was one of the most beautiful parts of the world.
Read MoreWe met with Suhair Khan at the Google London office, who leads global initiatives and partnerships at Google Arts & Culture. Her diverse work within art, culture, and technology got us curious on her viewpoints on global identity and material culture.
Read MoreCaitlin is a cultural entrepreneur from Oaxaca, Mexico who runs Thread Caravan, a boutique travel and workshop initiative that aims to bring more awareness to cultural heritage craft processes and support artisan entrepreneurs via experiences rather than consumerism. We speak with her about her socio-cultural journey and everything design and textiles!
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