Big Bong Theory
You want your cities clean and green; stick to Delhi. You want your cities, rich and impersonal; go to Bombay. You want them high-tech and full of draught beer; Bangalore’s your place. But if you want...
View ArticleIncorporating the Corporate Saree
It has been almost three years now since I have been working in a corporate office. One thing that remained unchanged in all these three years was my work wear. I have always stuck to western formals...
View ArticleThakurbari Influence in Fashion
Fashion, I believe, has always been a cumulative outcome of years of social, political and regional influence. If we probe into the fashion evolution in Bengal, a major chunk of it has evolved from the...
View ArticleThe Heart and the Mind
“I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together...
View ArticleQissaa: The textile narrative
“It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” – Patrick Rothfuss For the...
View ArticleBeating the Heat with Vaayu by Made in Bengal
When it comes to Fashion, I have always placed Comfort over anything else. With the soaring temperatures in the city, combining Fashion with Style poses to be a huge challenge for most of us. Unless...
View ArticleElegance, feat. Debarun Mukherjee
“Women who stay true to themselves are always more interesting and beautiful to me: women like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe and Anna Magnani – women who have style, chic, allure and elegance. They...
View ArticleSunny Side Up
“Summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. For those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the...
View ArticleMaa, Meye o Pujo
Birthday and Pujo have been synonymous for me, on most years. The year I was born, the day was what is known as the “Kojagori Lokkhi Poornima”, the first Full Moon, a week after Durga Puja. Needless to...
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The Maharani Within Each One of Us
India, vividly known for its culture and history has mostly celebrated its Kings. But there have been a lot of lesser known Queens (read, Maharanis) who have laid the stepping stones to the liberal...
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