Create a casual café ambience at home using these design tips by Teja Lele Desai

We have to minimise the damage to nature and convince ourselves about eco-friendly architecture in terms of alternative design approaches.

Mandu’s Jami Masjid is a red standstone structure featuring an amalgam of three styles. By Chitra Ramaswamy

Using a modern approach to traditional ideas, we can build green buildings which are attractive and require minimal maintenance.

Architect Dean D’Cruz tells us why he quit designing luxury homes and switched to sustainable architecture.

The specific role played by land, culture as a reference in design, creeping in of globalism…plenty of issues were analysed by architect B.V. Doshi and his Australian counterparts.

Confused about how to revamp your home? Ranjani Rajendra has a few helpful suggestions

Newcomers to cities find them a better option for saving as well as asset accumulation.

Having dealt with yet another severe monsoon, the city is limping back to normal. Nidhi Adlakha writes about the impact on buildings and what went wrong.

It is time to realise that we need to build with nature and not against it, and thus avoid Chennai-like tragedies.

On one hand, the State Government wants Hyderabad to be recognised as a World Heritage City by UNESCO, and on the other hand, it deletes the provision concerning heritage and conservation

We show you how to recreate that holiday feel at home

With wallpapers as their muse, designers are exploring maximalism through motifs inspired by nature and architecture 

Meet the Indian designers doing away with cramped classrooms and dull walls and prioritising schools with flexible furniture, collaborative spaces, and interactive elements

Why healing others can come at a personal price, and words of comfort can cause more harm than good

Why are we often obsessed with what others are going to think, asks Phuphee

A win abroad overcomes a mental barrier. The series following the one where India won in Australia for the first time, they won again. That is why it is important for India to win in South Africa.

Test cricket may be rushing to its end faster than we imagined, and in the next decade younger fans will need to be told what it was and why it no longer existed

From kuzhi paniyarams with Dutch ties to the local cousin of the East African injera, Tamil Nadu’s coastal food shows us that history is preserved not just in our museums but also in our kitchens

Will Bazball work in India? Theoretically, there is no reason why it shouldn’t, but in practical terms, there are two reasons. One of them is Ravichandran Ashwin and the other Ravindra Jadeja.

‘The underlying theme was clearly fiscal consolidation with an ability to maintain the infrastructure spends at the existing run rate’

Not all ‘curses’ should be ignored, as Phuphee proves — this time with medical help and a bowl of ice cream

Not so long ago our best players came from the cities and traditional centres: Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai. For a little over a generation now, they have emerged from the old backwaters. This continues.

With the birth of a baby you gain something precious, but you also lose something of yourself. This is when support and a sisterhood become essential

Patrons of fashion and design, tawaifs weren’t mere entertainers. Their stories still inspire, as explored in Netflix’s new series, Heeramandi

Phuphee’s lesson on celebrating the power of individuality

There exists a literary practice where old favourites are given fresh adventures by later writers. These are mostly well written, and respect the backstories the original authors gave their characters

James Anderson played for long and reinvented himself periodically, cutting pace for accuracy and bowling with a grace and seeming lack of effort which is one of the game’s great sights.

Phuphee breaks down why the institution needs “two wheels”, otherwise it is just a crazy bull wandering around aimlessly

Engaging with vernacular diversity is a practical way to convey biodiversity concerns and values. It also helps to understand the plural ways in which communities value nature. June 5 is World Environment Day

I am excellent at saying ‘I’. Happily, it is also the most important word for the swearing-inner

The Parsi community is the transition zone between the monotheistic and polytheistic mythologies of West and South Asia

From Akbar’s rupiya to the Rupay app that’s going international, tracing the adventurous run of India’s currency

Women are more than capable of saving themselves, says Phuphee. They don’t need magic, maybe just a helping hand

The story of Ram travelled across the seas, and Thailand’s erstwhile capital Ayutthaya is proof

Wisdom according to Phuphee could be knowing when to add fruit to a meat dish, or how to let your kids pursue their dreams 

The newest comedy special to drop on OTT trains its scathing jokes on bosses and discontent at the office

Which is holier, the head or the feet? Hindu bhakti traditions will change your perspective

 In the pages of a 114-year-old album, a photographer discovers what’s missing from documentation today

Helping people shouldn’t mean exhausting yourself, says Phuphee. Take a walk, meet a friend, recharge your soul