Maintain your inner confidence with Natasha Moor

Entrepreneur, philanthropist, celebrity makeup artist extraordinaire, and founder of Natasha Moor Cosmetics, these are just a few ways to describe Natasha Moor. Natasha Moor has dedicated her time and expertise to empower individuals to find their inner confidence through the transformational tool that is makeup, be it as an international makeup artist or through her cosmetics brand. Natasha believes that …

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The Light Within

It is an unexplainable feeling each year when the air thickens with new big-budget movies, a hint of cool weather, and childhood memories of new dresses, money from aunts and uncles, the smell of warm Kesar and cardamom-scented homemade gulab jamuns, gaajar ka halwa, and boxes of nuts and sweets. Yes, it’s that time of the year again, time for …

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Book Club

ARUNANJALI MARIA Book: The Henna Artist By: Alka Joshi I absolutely loved the vibrancy, colours, sights, sounds and smells of India that come alive in the book. The vivid description of Rajasthan, the scents, smells of herbs, of cinnamon and cardamom are just magical. The mention of the local delicacy like ‘rabri’ and the flagrance of henna add to the …

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Favourite Bollywood classics to watch this Diwali

vc_rowvc_columnvc_column_textAmongst the many traditions our families had during festive seasons as we were growing up, one of our favourites was sitting together and watching a movie after all the celebrations were over. It would be a time to reflect, relax and simply enjoy the distraction a good movie provides after all the festivity. KARZ (1980, Romance/Drama) Did you know that …

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Retail-tainment is for real!

Despite all the attention on e-commerce, a majority of people still prefer to visit their favourite convenience store for their daily needs. Let’s be honest, with all the hustle this city has to offer, a visit to the nearby grocery store can be very de-stressing, even therapeutic! Being in one’s own little zone for a while, walking around and not …

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Entertaining at home this fall

Fall is one of my favourite times of the year. It’s the beginning of the festive season with a lineup of celebrations right up to Christmas. This season may feel different from previous years due to the global scenario, and many people around the world are going to choose to have smaller and more intimate gatherings instead of big ones. …

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Exploring Sri Lankan cuisine

Devilled Chicken Kottu (Famous Street Food) Kottu (also known as kottu roti or alternatively spelt kothu roti (Tamil:கொத்து ரொட்டி; Sinhala:කොට්ටු රොටී meaning chopped roti) is a Sri Lankan dish made from godhamba roti (a type of Sri Lankan roti) and vegetables, egg or meat, and spices. The bread is described as very similar to the type found in the South …

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