When you engage in a conversation with a local artist or craftsmen, it builds a bond or sparks a change in perspective. You will have unwittingly wandered into the labyrinth of what experiential travel means. It is interesting to say that for the new traveller...
Remember Orkut? There was also Hi5 - the social network for meeting new people. Soon arrived Facebook to have us all sign up so we could catch up with former classmates and get a peek at our peers day to day. Social Media has driven...
It’s true that because the smell is invisible, we are reliant on external cues for how we should interpret what it is that we’re experiencing. But, if people can buy clothes online looking at the colours, fits and sizes, why is it not possible to...
Founded in 2018 by Samarth Kholkar and Sandeep Mukherjee, BLive offers unique, experiential, guided tours on electric bikes with an aim to promote sustainable tourism in India. The story of BLive started in early 2018 when two friends decided to come together to find an...
There is a certain addictive quality about Arya Dhayal’s music. Perhaps it is the way she sings, with abandon, or the way she switches between Carnatic, Western, Bollywood and Malayalam seamlessly to make musically delightful creations. The classically trained singer had been posting music videos...
While the sheer volume of scientific information shared everyday in the group would astound a layman, Manoj Karingamadathil, who originally founded the group, says there has always been a knowledgeable community of birders in Thrissur, and all over Kerala. “It’s just that they got an...
Sparrow conservation at the beginning Sadhana says, “Being a nutritionist is also my passion because serving people has been my ambition. I love people and connecting with them. Counselling about their health gives me immense pleasure and happiness because there is so much ignorance regarding...
Wings – the biggest differentiator between us and them! They can practically go anywhere for free, see the world, go over forests and oceans and rivers and wherever they fancy. Don’t we just envy them? We all carry a similar dream of freedom and travel,...
An initiative by Mercedes-Benz Sundaram Motors on Women’s Day to inspire their women employees. TVS Sundaram Motors has always been one of the most employee friendly organizations in India and this was one of their many TeX (total employee experience) initiatives. The event was held...
At a time when even successful restaurants had to shut shop for want of customers, Radhakrishna Sweets, an unobtrusive little outlet which opened during the worst of Covid times, reaped profits. All because of its signature dish, the “biscuit chaya’’ (tea). It might sound like...
