How accessible is your apartment community? That’s the central idea of this short film Block A For Accessibility, released with a private screening at PVR Satyam Cinemas on September 25. The 20-minute CBFC-certified film by YWTC (Yes, We Too Can!!!) Charitable Trust, in collaboration with Fiserv as CSR partner and United Way Mumbai as the […]

The Indian design fraternity gears up for its busiest time of the year, bookending the festive season. From Design Democracy in Hyderabad in September to India Design ID in Mumbai in October, and finally the AD Design Show straddling November and December across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad. What does Indian design truly mean when materials, […]

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to increase the policy interest rate, or repo rate, by 25 basis points (0.25 percentage point), making it 5.50%. The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to banks. When it goes up, borrowing generally becomes more expensive for banks, which […]

Bharat Kumar Kandukuri Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) has emerged as one of the city’s most economically significant business corridors, connecting major office clusters and technology parks between Silk Board Junction and K.R. Puram. Home to more than 500 companies and 1.3 million employees, the corridor’s importance has been further reinforced by the rapid expansion […]

Personalising a rental is a given these days, as are rental hacks. With the housing market in India changing rapidly (young Indians are delaying home purchases, choosing instead to rent apartments and direct their savings towards equities and mutual funds), home brands are focusing on flexible living solutions. Even if you have never set foot […]

In the wings of an exclusive preview hosted by Apple at a beautiful content studio in New York City, we were among the first media members to get access to the new line of Apple Home products, which includes the new HomeView, the HomePod mini 2 and the refreshed Apple TV 4K. In addition, Apple […]

The idea of sustainability in the office environment has always been associated with what is displayed on the certificate. A more pertinent question is how sustainable the process is once the certification has been obtained. The questions here are: how efficiently is energy consumed, how is water managed, what is the quality of the air […]

Luxury in a home is often defined by the materials in it. However, increasingly, it is also about how thoughtfully those materials are used. As new design trends come and go, some materials continue to stand apart for their enduring appeal. Marble is one of them. Through the ages, marble has been associated with timeless […]