Indholdsfortegnelse for November 26, 2018 i India Today

When we last did a cover story on diabetes in 2003, India had 33 million diabetics, more than the population of Canada. Fifteen years later, this figure has climbed to 82 million, equal to Germany, the world’s 17th most populated country. India houses the world’s second largest population of diabetics after China. From a lifestyle disease, diabetes has turned into a violent virulent epidemic, figuring in the prime minister’s speeches and the government’s health action plans. Our cover story 'Death by Sugar' examines the havoc wrought by this disease in recent years and detects some alarming new trends. One of them is that diabetes can be aggravated by air pollution. A new study on 1.7 million individuals published in The Lancet Planetary Health this July shows how inflammation from lethal…

“Name changing is an attempt to demolish the idea of India we grew up with. It’s an assault on the country’s composite Ganga Jamuna culture and trying to tell Muslims they don’t belong here. But be sure it is as much my country as yours. We are just not going anywhere” Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister MEHBOOBA MUFTI had an impassioned response on social media to news of more name changes mandated by the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier this week, the state cabinet approved the renaming of Allahabad and Faizabad as Prayagraj and Ayodhya, respectively. Other cities are waiting eagerly in the wings. Ahmedabad, the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said, could become Karnavati before the general election. While name changes have been mooted for…

The author feels that the surge of Hindu nationalism has catapulted Narendra Modi into the kind of position that Indira Gandhi occupied during the Emergency Emergency Chronicles is perhaps the most comprehensive scholarly examination yet of the Emergency. Looking back more than four decades after Indira Gandhi stunned India and the world by suspending democracy, historian Gyan Prakash argues forcefully that this was no momentary distortion in India’s democratic record or a nightmare that came from nowhere and vanished without a trace, leaving only its villains and heroes. He instead views the Emergency as a tale of a political system’s crisis and failure. To make his point, Prakash musters an impressive pile of factual and anecdotal details of that period and places them in a historical context. The Dayton­Stockton professor…

The Rajasthan state unit of the BJP recently conducted a survey that recommended 85 sitting MLAs, nearly half the party’s strength in the assembly, be denied tickets. At a recent visit to the party headquarters in New Delhi, CM Vasundhara Raje is believed to have dared the party high command to deny tickets to her supporters. They didn’t. A majority of sitting MLAs have got tickets. The whisper in party circles is that implementing the survey recommendation would have led to a split in the party.…

Q. What do you consider your big achievements as the government reaches its mid-term? A. We are blessed with natural and human resources. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who says NE means new engines of growth, discovered the true potential of this region. Such a narrative gives us a lot of energy to work for the development of the people. The difference is visible. Earlier, the people of Assam had to struggle and resort to agitation for one single bridge on the Brahmaputra. Now, the PM has sanctioned five new bridges with a total cost of close to Rs 50,000 crore. Under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna, 7,000 km of road has been sanctioned in one year alone. The length of national highways has gone up from 1,200 km to…

THE KNOWN KNOWNS WEIGHT The more fatty tissue you have, the more resistant your cells are to insulin INACTIVITY Physical activity controls weight, uses up glucose as energy, makes cells more sensitive to insulin FAMILY If a parent or sibling has Type 2 AGE Your risk increases as you get older, though Type 2 is rising among children and young adults too HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE BP over 140/90 mm Hg (T2) ABNORMAL CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES If you have low HDL or ‘good’ cholesterol and high triglyceride fats (T2) THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS RACE Unclear why, but Indians, Hispanics, American-Indians and Asian-Americans are at higher risk POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME A common condition in women, characterised by irregular periods, excess hair growth and obesity VIRAL ILLNESS Exposure likely plays some role in Type…

DO have high-fibre foods , non-starchy, plant foods to lower cholesterol… Have 2-3 fruits/ day, with the peel if you can Fresh green salads twice a day (only at home, to stave off infection) Dark leafy greens, peppers Sprouted pulses, whole pulses, beans, lentils Whole grains, whole nuts and seeds DO have whenever you are hungry… Salads: cucumber, cabbage, lettuce, onion, tomato, capsicum, and radish Plain lemon juice with water Clear soups without starch or bread pieces Thin buttermilk without cream or sugar Sprouted cereals DO have food with low glycemic index, that won’t raise blood sugar quickly… Millets, brown rice, oats, whole wheat, tomato, spinach, guava, chicken DON’T Have refined sugars… Honey, jaggery, salad dressings and desserts. Mithai, cakes, puddings and ice creams all have lots of unhealthy calories…

Spread over 103 acres and with more than 1,000 students, the nearly 60-year-old Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) recently sought a loan of Rs 316 crore from the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) to upgrade its infrastructure and increase the intake of students. IIM-A authorities have plans to construct 10 lakh sq. ft of academic and support facilities, including a separate housing facility for teachers, students and staff, a new academic complex and a state-of-the-art sports complex and sports field. In a letter to the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry, IIM-A director Errol D’Souza wrote that the institute wanted to introduce more programmes and accommodate 380 more students to meet the growing need for well-trained and skilled professionals in various fields of management. It’s this constant striving for…

1 XLRI—XAVIER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Jameshedpur 2 MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI), Gurugram 3 S.P. JAIN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (SPJIMR), Mumbai 4 SVKM’S NMIMS, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, Mumbai 5 INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (IMT) GHAZIABAD, Ghaziabad 6 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (IMI) NEW DELHI, New Delhi 7 GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, Chennai 8 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (SIBM), Pune 9 T.A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (TAPMI), Manipal 10 XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, XAVIER UNIVERSITY, Bhubaneshwar…

Posters of Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Dilip Kumar and Guru Dutt grace the walls of the office of Siddharth Roy Kapur’s two-year-old film production house–a tribute to Hindi cinema’s glorious past. But one wall is devoted to more modern classics. Over a decade at the UTV and later Disney India, Roy Kapur produced Rang De Basanti, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Jodhaa Akbar, Delhi Belly, Paan Singh Tomar, Rowdy Rathore, Udaan, Barfi!, PK, and Dangal, among others, consistently striking a balance between ingenious content and commercial success. His solo act began with the release of his new banner’s first film, Pihu, on November 16. The tense drama—about a two-year-old girl stranded in an apartment in a high-rise building—promises the same mix of novelty and mass appeal. Is he relishing the opportunity to be…

Fans of Brian De Palma’s kinetic thrillers of the 1970s and the ’80s will sit up during the opening sequence of the new, 10-episode Amazon Prime show Homecoming. Accompanying a long tracking shot—so characteristic of De Palma’s work—is Pino Donaggio’s lush music score from Dressed to Kill (1980). Like the opening scene of that film, the camera looks around a room before moving in towards the lined face of the heroine --in this case, Heidi Bergman (Julia Roberts), who works as a counsellor for a company that helps disoriented soldiers acclimatise to the ‘normal’ world. There will be other De Palma references in subsequent episodes: music fromBodyDouble andCarrie (plus a role for Sissy Spacek, who played the lead in the latter), split screens, slow zooms and other sorts of playfulness…

DIVIDE AND RULE A mosaic of marble, stone, wood and brass comes together to create the Empire screen by Italian-brand Rossato, available at Beyond & More. PRICE on request AT www.beyondnmore.com GREEN PIECE Italy-based Cipriani Homood has created these stunning planters that are available at Ottimo. PRICE on request AT www.ottimo.in OUTSIDE INTERESTS Enjoy the great outdoors with this day bed made using synthetic fibe with an aluminum frame from Filipino-brand Kenneth Cobonpue, available at IDUS. It is perefct for a big balcony or a verdant garden. PRICE ₹3.9 lakh; AT www.idus.in THE RIGHT LIGHT Brighten up your decor with the SOLBO children’s room LED polypropylene plastic lamp from Swedish company IKEA. PRICE ₹1,390 AT www.ikea.com/in/en FAN FARE The Boffi Air fan from the Italian brand…

QUAINT APPEAL A charming heritage bungalow plays muse and host to Casa Buzallong in Vadodara. Located on the ground floor, spread over 3,000 sq ft, it is home to furniture, accent pieces, artefacts and accessories. The store’s high ceilings, mosaic tiles and bright colour scheme creates the perfect backdrop for bespoke sofas, cute teapoys, twinkling lamps, paintings and pretty furnishings. PRICE ₹1,500 to ₹1.5 lakh AT Bungalow #5 Krishna Krupa, Alkapuri Police Chowki Lane, Vadodara FANCY FABRICS When cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and wife Aesha Mukherjee, a well known kickboxer, decided to venture into home decor, they began by christening it DaONE Home, inspired by the cricketer’s nickname. The Mumbai launch saw the couple doing up the living room, cosy corners, bedroom and dining areas with their home textile range, bed…

The client’s brief was simple—while colonial aesthetics form the base, their home had to unite Victorian, Mediterranean and modern sensibilities. Spread over three floors this bungalow in Lucknow boasts an area of 2,000 sq ft per floor. For the six bedrooms, a bar and an open terrace, beautiful Kashmir Watlab Crewel fabric and rich ikat textiles for the upholstery and drapes were hand picked. To add to the look, each room has a small conversation space outside for brunch and tea. Though it has all the regular features of a typical family home—bedrooms, study, kitchen and dining room—the double height lobby that connects to the temple in the house has an offbeat design, making it stand out. Since I had already worked with this client, there was a synergy in…

Plated to Perfection Monika Mahajan When Mumbai’s business families and actors plan a party, Monika Mahajan’s Pali Hill kitchen gets into action to pack elegant high tea platters and elaborate cheese boards. An avid cook who enjoys baking and making all things look pretty, Mahajan made her first platter for Valentine’s Day and in less than a year, has become the go-to person for pretty platters. Be it a cocktail evening or a bridal shower, the cheeseboard promises to be the centerpiece—the elegant platter is loaded with handcrafted cheese mixes crusted with nuts and cranberries, sliced fresh fruits, homemade dips, crackers, olives and decorated with beautiful flower arrangements. For an early evening party with friends, opt for Mahajan’s signature offering—the high tea set which comes with healthy snacks, flowers,…

Lifestyles do matter: the suicidal burning of fire crackers on Diwali, for instance. You can’t create illness and hope Lakshmi will visit you It’s the same story this year as it was last year. And the year before: the air pollution is killing us. The World Health Organization (WHO) has even pointed out that a hundred thousand under-five children in India died from air pollution in 2016. If this isn’t an emergency, I don’t know what is, except for active war, bombing and the end of water. What should India do? We need a broader, systems approach. The stubble burning crisis is a case in point. I’ve been meeting dozens of farmers and agricultural labourers over the past five weeks, often in their burning fields, asking what gives. Of the…

Air India, alongside other Indian airlines, leads the world in its commitment to the hiring of female pilots. In its most recent report, the International Society of Women Airline Pilots confirms that Indian airlines, in this respect, set a progressive example. The global average for women pilots remains embarrassingly low, with a little over one in every 20 flights likely to be piloted by a woman. In India, the likelihood doubles and with the demand for domestic flights growing exponentially, some Indian airlines have pledged to have women comprise as many as a third of the pilots on staff. Indian flight schools, too, are training a higher proportion of young women to become pilots than flight schools in other countries. With equal, union-mandated pay and carefully considered policies, Indian airlines…

At the opening ceremony of the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival, Amitabh Bachchan requested West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to spare him any more inaugural speeches. After making appearances for six years in a row, he seems to have run out of things to say. Previous requests, apparently made in English, had fallen on deaf ears, so Bachchan changed tack this time: “Mamataji antoto eibar shunun; aar parbona, ma raksha korun (Mamataji, do spare me now),” he pleaded in Bengali. Didi got the message alright.…

Superstars and budding politicians Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan have questioned attempts by ruling AIADMK politicians to block the screening of a film duly certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The Tamil superstars flagged the issue after workers of the ruling party stopped screenings and damaged billboards of actor Vijay’s eagerly awaited Diwali release, Sarkar. The vandalism followed statements by AIADMK ministers objecting to scenes they view as critical of the state government and potentially damaging to the party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. They are particularly incensed over scenes showing people burning freebies from the state government and one of the villains in the film being named ‘Komalavalli’, which is said to be the late chief minister J. Jayalalithaa’s real name. Fisheries minister D. Jayakumar commented…

Politics and policy often drive public health. And if the number of times a word used by the prime minister is any measure of its significance, then diabetes is the public health disaster of our time. “Bad governance is worse than diabetes.” So said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2014 in a Rajya Sabha speech. Ever since, he has called diabetes the “biggest threat” facing India; cautioned against the coming “diabetes epidemic” in his radio broadcasts; exhorted all on Twitter to “defeat diabetes”; urged the nation to fight diabetes through yoga. “ 70 per cent Indians have no clue that they have diabetes”Dr Vinod K. Paul, Member, Niti Aayog “PM2.5 pollutants trigger inflammation and many diseases”Dr Naresh Trehan, Cardiovascular surgeon, Medanta-The Medicity Until the morning of April 14, nothing…

Q. How have the foundational agreements, Communication and Information on Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA) and Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), signed by India benefitted the forces? LEMOA is a foundational agreement between India and the US, which facilitates exchange of logistics between militaries of the two nations. The agreement reduces procedures, permissions and paperwork involved during port call of ships, joint operations, refuelling, peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), etc. It allows the three services to utilise the bases for rest, repair and refuelling, thereby enhancing efficiency. The Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) facilitates India’s utilisation of the US-based encryption technology for communication, instead of using vulnerable commercial communication. In addition, sensors and equipment onboard can be upgraded and would be on par with those…

Calcutta reacts to nostalgia like slices of aubergine react to mustard oil—no matter how much you pour in, the nostalgia gets absorbed, and yet, there is still a chance of the frying slices burning. Put another way, Calcutta Then/Kolkata Now runs the heavy risk of trying to farm nostalgia out of the most heavily ploughed nostalgia patch of them all. The coffee-table book is divided into two halves. Calcutta Then givesus atextbytheveteran journalist and memory-savant Sunanda K Datta Ray, with images that first illustrate the text and then take over the pages. Both text and image build a story of how the ragged riverside settlement by the English grew into the second most important city of the most powerful empire in the world. Some of the images are familiar, but…

TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL China Girl takes up where the much-talked-about New Zealand crimedrama Top of the Lake left off—with Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) now exiled to Australia. Zee5 VIDA Focused on two Mexican-American series from East Los Angeles, this groundbreaking drama won praise for bringing the queer brown perspective to white male-dominated US television, along with a little dose of magical realism. SonyLIV RAY DONOVAN Now in its sixth season, the Liev Schreiber crime drama has been fighting for respect since its premier, often getting lost in the hype over less conventional shows. But it’s still going strong for good reason. Hotstar…

Q. What did you learn from your stint on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart? Two things—to trust my instincts and eliminate the noise of what others are saying, and to embrace the process. You have to churn these things out every week. So don’t get too high or too low. I try to learn from Stewart’s work ethic. Q. There are many late night shows on political and social issues right now. What do you hope to accomplish through yours? What I’m trying to fight through comedy is to break the apathy. Apathy is a bigger problem than outright hatred or inappropriate racism. Q. You’ve said that for Patriot Act youwanted an audience that looks like you. I had watched Arsenio Hall’s show. They’d cut to the audience shots…

GOING BANANAS An Italian brand impossible to miss or forget, Seletti launched adorable Banana lamps. What sets the brand apart, season after season, is their distinctive take on every day objects. Known for their iconic monkey lamps, the new design definitely has the makings of a best seller. PRICE £215 (₹20,182) AT www.seletti.it WEIRD IS THE NEW NORMAL Be it fashion or design and decor, bizarre seems to be the norm. Millennial designers are creating pieces, which make for interesting conversation and Instagrammable moments. Fatboy The Original showcased its Velvet Collection featuring plush seating options, with giant stuffed animals as décor. The brand collaborated with Dutch illustrator Jordy van den Nieuwendijk on the display for their wireless lamp collection. PRICE on request AT www.fatboy.com INTRICATE CRAFT Furniture brand Estemporaneo represents…

Mumbai’s grand Royal Opera House bears testimony to how effortlessly 48-year-old Abha Narain Lambah, breathes new life into ageing crumbling spaces. She led a six-year-long project to restore the century-old baroque structure to its original grandeur which opened to the city in 2016 after two decades of lying in despair. Among the first few conservation architects in the country, Lambah transforms structures with a metaphorical magic wand. From restoring a 15th century Maitreya Buddha temple in Ladakh’s Basgo Village to medieval mosques and caravan sarais in Rajasthan and Punjab and pitching to get a UNESCO World Heritage Site tag for Mumbai’s Art Deco architecture, Lambah has pioneered the conservation and restoration movement of urban architectural spaces across India. Her firm, Abha Narain Lambah Associates, head quartered at Mumbai’s Carter Road,…

45 The estimated number of guests Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh invited to their wedding at Villa del Balbianello on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. Family, close friends and colleagues—including their stylists—are part of the celebrations Charity on Their Minds Instead of gifts #Deep-Veer have asked their guests to donate to Live Love Laugh Foundation, the non-profit that Padukone set up after her battle with depression. It aims to raise awareness about mental health Guest Appearance Farah Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali were two of the special guests. Khan gave Deepika her break with Om Shanti Om (2007).Bhansalibrought the two together first in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013), on the sets of which their romance bloomed. Singh’s biggest hits have all come with Bhansali, who also cast the couple…

Two ex-CECs have been quoted as saying that the UIDAI had lobbied long and hard to link voter IDs and Aadhaar as a way to legitimise the controversial biometric ID project In early 2018, about 6.6 million voters—out of a total of 50 million—were found missing from the Karnataka electoral rolls. More than 1.5 million names were reportedly restored after the Election Commission ran a verification drive. Sample checks in three assembly constituencies of Rajasthan showed similar results: of the 41,826 households in one of these constituencies, 14,356 (or 34 per cent) were found to have only one registered voter each, which means these were deemed to be single-person households. However, Rajasthan has only 2.8 per cent single-person households. Similar reports of names gone missing from electoral rolls have surfaced…

When Mukul Roy joined the BJP in late 2017, he described the party’s West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh as his “captain”. Ghosh readily reciprocated, saying Roy had come to the party as its “coach”. But the bonhomie soon vanished, and the two leaders have had frequent spats of late. Insiders say the relationship was never “sweet” with Ghosh often treating Roy and other new entrants as “chutney” elements, there to enhance the saffron flavour. The extent to which things had deteriorated became clear when Roy and Ghosh fought in the presence of central leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya and Arvind Menon at a meeting in Kolkata on October 11. Roy, the BJP’s state poll committee convener, berated Ghosh for failing to form even 20 per cent of the booth committees. Hitting back,…

A Daughter Steps in Madhya Pradesh No one in the BJP wants to take on Arif Aqueel, the Congress MLA who has lost the Bhopal North constituency only once since 1990. The saffron party has finally zeroed in on Fatima Siddiqui, daughter of former Congress MLA Rasool Ahmad Siddiqui, to challenge him. As the party’s lone Muslim candidate in the state, will the daughter do better than her father? After all, Aqueel did defeat Rasool in 1990. PUSHING DEADLINES Rajasthan The BJP announced its first list of 131 candidates just hours before filing of nominations opened on November 12. Waiting for the ruling party to reveal its hand, the Congress delayed its own list, but the BJP decision to retain 85 sitting MLAs seems to have thrown Congress leaders, who’ve…

65 MILLION Diabetes cases in India in 2016, compared with 26 million in 1990 39 PER CENT Jump in prevalence rate of diabetes in adults above age 20 between 1990 and 2016 131 PER CENT rise in death rate due to diabetes in India from 1990 to 2016 35th leading cause of death in 1990, is 13th now 80 PER CENT rise in Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) in 1990-2016, the highest among non-communicable diseases (NCDs) One DALY is equal to 1 year of healthy life lost measured per 100,000 population…

DRUG THERAPY Significant advances, with newer drugs appearing every year. None of them cause low blood sugar, the bane of treating diabetes; many also help in weight loss or prevent weight gain. They have now been shown to reduce heart and kidney disease significantly, the biggest killers in diabetes—independent of their effect on blood sugar. All available in India SGLT inhibitors (or sodium-glucose linked transporters) inhibits reabsorption of glucose in the kidney GLP analogues (glucagon-like peptides) stimulates insulin release, reduces blood sugar INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS Insulin pens Preloaded with insulin, many are disposable and convenient. The new, smart ones can log time, amount and kind of insulin injected, and remind you to take the right dose at the right time, “talks” wirelessly to your smartphone Insulin pumps Delivers insulin 24x7…

WHAT SEEMED TO BE A DEBT DEFAULT by a single large non-banking financial company (NBFC)—Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS)—has assumed such large proportions that it threatens to derail the entire sector and throw into jeopardy a clutch of companies involved in asset financing and personal loans. The crisis in India’s NBFCs, triggered by the IL&FS debacle, has taken centrestage in the economic debate even as the tussle between the Union government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on a host of issues, including refinancing for NBFCs, is heading for a climactic showdown at the central bank’s next board meeting scheduled on November 19. The threat looms large, but sources indicate that the panic buttons haven’t been pressed yet on India’s thriving EMI economy—which funds everything from cars to…

1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD (IIM-A), Ahmedabad 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA (IIM-C), Kolkata 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE (IIM-B), Bengaluru 4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE (IIM-I), Indore 5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE (IIM-K), Kozhikode 6 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, New Delhi 7 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE (IIFT), New Delhi 8 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SHILLONG, Shillong 9 * INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, Tiruchirappalli 9 * SHAILESH J. MEHTA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, IIT BOMBAY, Mumbai 10 * VINOD GUPTA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, IIT KHARAGPUR, Kharagpur 10 * DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, IIT DELHI, New Delhi…

The moment of recognition came five years ago. Naturalist and author Pradip Krishen was travelling along with some friends through western Rajasthan, when he stumbled upon dunes covered with wild shrubs and grasses—no trees, no habitation nearby, no interference, it looked like a piece of undisturbed naturescape. Somebody else might’ve walked past. Krishen asked around. A resident gave him the local name for such a landscape: roee. After searching high and low, Krishen found a reference to roee in the writing of Lieutenant Colonel James Tod, the 19th century colonial chronicler of Rajasthan. Krishen says it was an example of what is called ‘climax community’ in ecology. That is, the stable state that plants and animals reach when left undisturbed in a particular space. In other words, if the sand…

WHITE IS RIGHT MADS Creations has launched a new range of furniture. Featured here is a white breakfast table in Mirandi wood and PU polish. PRICE ₹1 lakh onwards AT www.madscreations.in TOP TABLE Stylist Nidhi Harjai, the brain behind Home Struck, has launched a new line of home accessories for tabletops. From vases to serving dishes, there’s a lot to choose from. PRICE ₹1,000 onwards AT @Homestruck6 (Facebook) HUE KNEW Can’t decide what to colour you walls? Get your hands onDulux Colour Play TM Tester from Dulux Paints. It’s a nifty paint sampler with a roller attached that allows quicker and uniform application of paint. PRICE ₹126 each AT www.dulux.in LIGHT ARTED Lladró Lab (artistic developer inside the mother brand Lladró) has launched the Jamz collection, the first Lladró lighting…

Tactile and textured surfaces are the calling cards of Topstona, a Jaipur-based designer wall surface brand. This time around they have used natural stone locally sourced from Rajasthan. While the Nero collection is a series of contemporary monochromatic wall coverings that derive inspiration from irregularities of nature, Lusso is a collection of marble inlay surfaces that takes influence from enchanting Mughal craftsmanship. PRICE on request AT swww.topstona.com…