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Public opinion is fundamental to democracy because, ultimately, a state is built on the consent of its people. That said, public opinion is not static. Politicians elected by the will of the people can rest on their laurels only at their peril. Sooner or later, the chickens come home to roost. Smart politicians keep track of their electorate’s changing sentiment, whatever means they employ for it. Opinion polls, rigorously conducted, are one instrument many countries use, and take seriously. INDIA TODAY has always believed such surveys to be the most scientific and objective way to gauge the public mood. They may not always be right in predicting the number of seats in an election, but they capture the views of more people than any individual can hope to do. We…

1. NAVEEN PATNAIK Odisha 71.1% 2. MAMATA BANERJEE West Bengal 69.9% 3. M.K. STALIN Tamil Nadu 67.5% 4. UDDHAV THACKERAY Maharashtra 61.8% 5. PINARAYI VIJAYAN Kerala 61.1% 6. ARVIND KEJRIWAL Delhi 57.9% 7. HIMANTA BISWA SARMA Assam 56.6% 8. BHUPESH BAGHEL Chhattisgarh 51.4% 9. ASHOK GEHLOT Rajasthan 44.9% Note: Respondents of every state were asked to evaluate the performance of their own CM. So, 71.1 per cent respondents of the total of 2,743 from Odisha said they were satisfied with Naveen Patnaik, while 69.9 per cent of the 4,982 respondents from West Bengal expressed satisfaction at Mamata Banerjee’s performance. CMs who scored higher than the national average satisfaction rate of 43 per cent have been considered for this ranking.…

IT’S NEVER A GOOD IDEA TO prejudge an electoral contest. But to the naked eye, there appear only two players in the game: the ruling BJP, and a newly energised Samajwadi Party. Most smaller pieces on the chessboard cohere around these two—a bipolarity that apparently leaves no great room even for Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party. Where does that leave the Congress, out of the reckoning in Uttar Pradesh for over three decades? Well, Priyanka Gandhi, helming the Grand Old Party’s desperate search for relevance, has chosen to try and extract virtue out of adversity by sowing a new crop in this tired, old soil. At a time when everyone is talking caste, she’s seeking to get the debate to pivot on another axis altogether: gender. A full 40 per cent of…

A party I-card should be the most natural objet d’art to adorn election season. But when the name on it is that of controversial ex-cop Thounaojam Brinda, and the party is the ruling BJP, bet on it stirring a hornet’s nest in Manipur. After the visual went viral, the BJP denied her induction—and Brinda stayed tight-lipped too. Last October, she had quit the police force with a fusillade against Chief Minister N. Biren Singh for not letting her go all-out against drug trafficking. Politics beckoned, she said, but her choice of party would be “decided by the people”. That manoeuvre ending with a BJP ticket will be an irony more delicious than a fiery Manipuri eromba. Adding more spice is talk of a rift in the family. Her father-in-law is…

Congress bosses seem wary of favouring any of the warring factions in Punjab. So no ticket for the CM’s brother Manohar Singh—he’s now contesting as an independent from Bassi Pathania. Nor for kinsman Mohinder Kaypee, ex-PCC chief, who may join BJP. Another pet desire of Charanjit Channi—two tickets—has been nixed. He retained rights over Chamkaur Sahib, but didn’t get to forage out in the Dalit-dominated Doaba region for an image-building second win. Channi’s bete noire isn’t getting a free ride either. Navjot Sidhu is dying for a CM face to be chosen—preferably himself! But the party wants the full triumvirate in balance: the Dalit, the Jat Sikh and Hindu face Sunil Jhakhar.…

Q. How does Indian cricket reflect the state of the nation? That cricket is the heartbeat of India comes through in all accounts from the time the British introduced the sport here. From royalty to commoners, across religions and caste (with hardships), vast numbers of people of India took to this highly nuanced sport with an obsessive passion that has beguiled and befuddled social scientists. At a granular level, the Indian dressing room has been a microcosm of Indian life—its confluences and contradictions, its inherent plurality and inclusiveness, with some chinks appearing every now and then, much as in daily life. Q. How did the ’70s shape Indian cricket? This was a seminal decade. The chairman of selectors, Vijay Merchant, used his casting vote to remove the Nawab of Pataudi from…

Q. You are no stranger to writing—Barkat being your 37th book. Do you enjoy the process of putting pen to paper? It is an absolutely amazing way to share our journeys and inspiration, and to document what is happening in the world or what you are going through at a given period. It helps me represent my culture and cuisine and my emotions. Q. How have your faith, religion and community inspired your culinary journey? I am not someone who prays every day, but I am extremely ritualistic. Religion inspires me, sometimes keeps me safe. On days when you are out of everything—luck, money, friends, family—it is faith that holds you together. Q. This book pays tribute to your roots, particularly Amritsar. How important has your upbringing been in taking…

This year is all about exploring yourself and giving definition or identity to your own design narratives. This approach of restraint will also be seen in architectural designs. In fact, this controlled, and restrained canvas will also be used to exemplify interior design attributes in a more balanced way. Design will become more lifestyle centric. During this pandemic we lived in our spaces and experienced its efficiency in terms of usability and functionality. I am always inquisitive to know my clients’ passions, hobbies, tastes, and personalities and take its advantage to translate their stories into the design story. Creating a focal point in a room through bars, dressers, a study or a library will be seen this year. For example, developing coffee bars, baking corners in a kitchen, or a…

For sharp analysis on topical issues by the editors of INDIA TODAY, log on to www.indiatoday.in/india-today-magazine-insight Why Abhishek Banerjee is building up the Diamond Harbour model By Romita Datta Disagreements with his aunt, CM Mamata Banerjee, over the handling of Covid in the state have forced the TMC general secretary to focus on his constituency https://bit.ly/3AhUvn1 Why Bishop Mulakkal was acquitted of rape By Jeemon Jacob After almost three years, the trial of Bishop Mulakkal for the rape of a nun ended with an acquittal despite many expecting a conviction https://bit.ly/3rAzUqf Why home purchases are on the rise By Shwweta Punj Housing sales in October-December broke records of the past six years. Unsold inventory is now close to 2019 levels. Why the Budget must carry the momentum forward https://bit.ly/3fVndRz How…

The India Today Mood of the Nation (MOTN) poll was conducted by CVoter, a globally renowned name in the field of socio-economic research, between December 20, 2021, and January 10, 2022, interviewing 39,575 respondents covering all Lok Sabha segments across all states. Apart from these samples, additional 20,566 interviews from CVoter’s regular tracker data between August 16, 2021, and January 10, 2022, was also analysed for the long-term trendline. Thus, the opinion of a total of 60,141 respondents was considered for this MOTN report. The margin of error is +/-3 per cent at macro level and +/-5 per cent at micro level of reporting with 95 per cent confidence level. From May 2009 onwards, the CVoter Tracker has been conducted each week, resulting in 52 waves in a calendar year,…

In an unusual move, West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee has decided to campaign for the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh assembly election scheduled in February and March. To have the chief minister of one state campaigning in another is not unusual except for the fact that Mamata’s TMC and Akhilesh Yadav’s SP are not part of any formal alliance. Moreover, the TMC has no electoral stake in UP. Yet the SP reached out to Mamata, who had trounced the BJP in West Bengal last year, because it is up against one of the tallest leaders in the saffron stable—Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. For the fourth consecutive time in the INDIA TODAY MOTN poll, the monk-turned-politician has been…

On January 7, a year after India commenced the world’s largest vaccination programme, the country achieved a landmark when it finished administering a total of 1.5 billion doses. In comparison, the US has administered 520 million doses, the UK 130.7 million. At present, 92 per cent of India’s eligible adult population has received the first dose of the vaccine while 70 per cent have received both doses. The programme has been so successful that Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya calls it a “role model for the global community”. Indeed, few countries have had to vaccinate a population as large or as geographically varied as India. From sending vaccines via drones to far-flung regions in the upper Himalayas, to mobilising local community leaders to overcome vaccine hesitancy, the programme has conquered…

In the entertainment world, actors know that “being seen” is “being relevant”, whether it is getting papped at the airport or sharing a selfie from the Maldives. Katrina Kaif topped the MOTN poll for the first time since 2014 not simply for her role in the action drama Sooryavanshi, Hindi cinema’s biggest hit of 2021, but also because of her three-day wedding extravaganza that dominated headlines for almost a month. The entry of ‘Vicktrina’ (the ‘Vick’ referring to her actor-husband Vicky Kaushal) to a landscape that includes other celebrity couplings—‘Virushka’ and ‘Deepveer’—and Kaif’s jig in Sooryavanshi to a remixed version of ‘Tip Tip Barsa Paani’, which has garnered over 200 million views on YouTube, ensured that the 38-year-old ended Deepika Padukone’s seven-year reign at the top. Raveena Tandon made her…

Q. Why has the Congress decided to go ‘woman-centric’ this election? What’s behind the slogan ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’? It’s not just a woman-centric campaign. We have many more aspects, including a push for youth, justice for farmers, fight against the backbreaking price rise…and the fact that we are running a positive, progressive campaign. We want to highlight our plans for UP’s future, bringing issues of development, health, education, women’s rights, benefits to farmers and social justice to the centre of the discourse. It’s about time politics in India centred around development—issues that concern and benefit the public—rather than divisiveness and campaigns that thrive on negativity, benefiting only certain political parties. Q. Why do you think people won’t vote on the basis of caste and religion? People will mostly continue to…

On Sunday, January 16, when the BJP’s Uttarakhand core group sat with party chief J.P. Nadda at his Delhi residence, no one in the room could miss the glaringly conspicuous absence: that of the petulant Harak Singh Rawat, state forest minister. Everyone knew he had been yo-yoing in his loyalties for a week or two—they also knew he was in Delhi at that precise moment. It was all too intolerable for the party leadership, which had already had enough of Harak’s tantrums. Then and there, a decision was made to sack him from the Pushkar Dhami cabinet and expel him from the party too for good measure. Harak had spent his Sunday meeting his old bosses in the Congress in the Capital…hardselling his idea of a good bargain. That naturally…

One thing about that quintessential Indian spirit: it knows no curfew or quarantine. Last week, we were fretting that the EC ban on physical rallies—now extended till January 22—may take away much of the colour from this poll campaign. We spoke too soon! The festive air that surrounds Indian elections may have been forced out of the public squares, but this is 2022…and even UP’s kasbas and mohallas know how to jive online. All parties have turned to music to create a good vibe around themselves. From big stars to local artistes and folk singers, they’re all putting out ditties and catchy song videos. One particular video exchange caught on so much, it made national headlines. The BJP’s Gorakhpur MP Ravi Kishan—one of the biggest Bhojpuri stars of all time—first…

The impact of Virat Kohli’s announcement to quit as India’s Test captain is akin to the brakes being hit on a speeding train. The screeching sound and the falling passengers create an unsettling effect that takes some time to return to normalcy. Similarly, Indian cricket, too, has been thrown into a tailspin. Not many saw this coming. Having ruled Indian cricket for seven years with a power that seemed unbridled, Kohli, that larger-than life persona, has decided enough is enough. His statement came a day after India suffered a heartbreaking series loss against South Africa, a foe in whose den we had never won a Test series. In Kohli’s statement, there was a touch of finality. It reflected his anguish, the pressure he was under, a pressure he seems loath…

Having practised workspace design for 30 years and written a book on this subject, I can safely say that positivity at the workplace is extremely important for contemporary organisations and MSMEs to ensure productivity. At the end of the day, a good business is one that survives and delivers in the present VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) times. Why would people want to come back to office in a post-pandemic situation? Well, the answers can be best summarised as five fundamental truths which, if ensured, can create a positive and productive work space. 1. An engaging space: To make work spaces engaging, the physical environment must allow for better visual connectivity, natural light, views, greenery and good interior architecture. 2. A great work culture: As they say, “culture eats…

When the Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Abdulrazak Gurnah last year, they cited his ‘dedication to truth’—but this is not truth as an absolute. Instead, as the committee elaborated, ‘In Gurnah’s literary universe, everything is shifting—memories, names, identities… because his project cannot achieve completion in any definitive sense.’ For even avid readers of Anglophone fiction in India, Gurnah’s ‘project’ is somewhat unknown, though the Tanzanian-British author has written several short stories, essays, and acclaimed novels. Afterlives, his most recent book, offers a spectacular entrée into his oeuvre. Set against the backdrop of colonial brutality and repression in eastern Africa (mainly the coastal regions of modern-day Tanzania), the novel follows the intersecting paths of four individuals over the first half of the 20th century. These are people…

I passionately believe in not following the yearly trends as my studio’s design is tailor made as per the client’s requirements and functions. There should be timelessness and a balanced mix between the old and the new, with a revived habit of collecting art and homegrown antiques. Continue to be Vocal for Local We are continuously working to be able to be as local as possible. With the current pandemic, every country is looking inwards I am extremely hopeful that in 2022 we will see a lot of designers from the home and fashion industry looking more and more towards working with Indian craftsmen and artisans. Recreating the age-old crafts in a new language to take it on a world platform. Crafted for Success It is easy to bring art…

Bold, bright, and beautiful—these three words define the design trajectory for the year ahead. Boundaries will be blurred between casual and formal, outside and inside, dramatic and sober. Still confused? Here are top four trends for 2022 seen through the lens of a recently completed home in Bangalore. 1. Warming up to colour more than ever Since we are spending more and more time at home, spaces are becoming warmer, cosier and colour is making a big comeback. Not pops of colour, but an explosion of colour. From warm blues and greys to olives and rusts saturated colour is filling up spaces. 2. Multifunctional spaces are the new heroes With family living, learning and working from home spaces have evolved to become multifaceted. In this apartment we designed a home…

A new year that brims with buoyance of fresh starts, architecture and interior design trends collectively endured after almost two years of commotion have a lot of familiarity in the future. Architecture and interior design are becoming less about what is the latest trend and more about what is timeless and has more personal expression. INSPIRED VINTAGE Consumers’ love affair with soothing greens and blues and earthy tones continues, but it’s not necessarily simply a case of aesthetic preferences. A juxtaposition between the vintage and modern is becoming more desirable than ever. Fabrics and furnishings that reflect silks, floral and vintage textures are increasingly trending. Soothing fabrics and pastels of greens and blues continue along with natural colour schemes that increase creativity and reflect optimism. Since Covid hit, the entire…

A nursery where a child will eat, sleep and play. A place where they will learn and unwind, and one that must grow with them, while accommodating all their needs. Let’s take a look at the top trends for the year for this very special space. 1 We are no longer seeing any specialised characters like superheroes or themes in children’s rooms. Therefore, spaces are becoming more and more gender neutral, Traditional barriers between the genders are being dissolved to bring in a unisex style of decor. 2 Popular themes to bring the great outdoors into the house, are those of floral, trees, nature/jungle-inspired ones, which are serene, calming, and whimsical. Star and sky themes are also very popular with crescent moons, stars, planets, clouds, and suns making great visual…

Deep within the untamed wilderness of Karjat, stands a symbol of refuge on a tranquil 3.5 acres of farmland. Moulded as a monolithic mass of architecture, a building docks itself in liquid stone as an escape from the rigour of city life. The built form mimics the natural rusticity of its surroundings by standing bare against the sun to weather gracefully, as it was crafted to do so. It is in this state of solitude and ageing character that the farmhouse becomes second home to a family eagerly in search of a change in pace, far from any vestige of civilisation. In response to the pre-existing thriving farmland, the anatomy of the two-BHK architecture choreographs itself respectfully to blend in rather than to stand out. Its insatiable appetite to be…

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things,” Niccolò Machiavelli wrote in his treatise The Prince. Midway through his second term as prime minister, Narendra Modi must make a decisive shift in priorities to lift the nation out of the economic morass it has sunk into, and set it firmly on the path to prosperity. He must also use the remaining years of his term to become the great unifier of the country—to achieve the kind of new order that Machiavelli was referring too. These are the two key takeaways emerging from the January 2022 edition of the INDIA TODAY-CVoter biannual Mood of the Nation…

1. YOGI ADITYANATH Uttar Pradesh 27.1% [19%] 2. ARVIND KEJRIWAL Delhi 19.9% [14%] 3. MAMATA BANERJEE West Bengal 10.8% [11%] 4. M.K. STALIN Tamil Nadu 6.7% 5. UDDHAV THACKERAY Maharashtra 4.9% [5%] 6. Y.S. JAGAN MOHAN REDDY Andhra Pradesh 3.3% [6%] 7. NAVEEN PATNAIK Odisha 3.2% [5%] 8. NITISH KUMAR Bihar 2.3% [5%] Note: All respondents across all states were asked to rate the performance of India’s 30 chief ministers. The ratings are the perception of all respondents across India. So, 27.1 per cent of 60,141 respondents rated Yogi Adityanath as the No. 1 chief minister in India…

Public concern about the current state of Indian democracy remains high, according to the INDIA TODAY MOTN (Mood of the Nation) poll. With 43.7 per cent of respondents in the latest poll saying they thought that democracy is in danger—though marginally less than in the previous MOTN in August 21—the trend of thought has remained worryingly constant. In healthy democracies, citizens participate vigorously and effectively in the shaping of the policies and laws by which they are governed. Democratic constitutions provide for elected assemblies for citizens’ representatives to formulate new polices and pass laws. What is imperative is a process of democratic deliberation among citizens themselves. In the opinion of 34 per cent of MOTN respondents, of the four pillars of democracy in India, the judiciary does the best job…

Because of the pandemic, February 2020 was the last time sports featured in India Today’s MOTN poll. A lot has changed since then. Virat Kohli resigned as captain in all three formats of the game, leaving the coast clear for the emergence of a new leader and, perhaps, a new sporting star. ever that is will have big shoes to fill as Who-India’s former captains, Kohli and M.S. Dhoni, continue to hold a special place in the hearts of fans, and at the top of our poll. Rohit Sharma, who took the captaincy mantle from Kohli in T20 and ODI formats, is placed fourth. Neeraj Chopra, the Olympic gold medal-winning javelin thrower takes the No. 3 spot, a worthy intruder in cricket’s domination of the top five slots. It was…

Last week, the Samajwadi camp had been buoyed by desertions from the BJP. Its turn to suffer some jitters was bound to come. On January 19, Aparna Yadav, the second daughter-in-law of party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, did the honours by waltzing across the political divide to join the BJP. Even if SP circles downplayed the significance of her exit—hinting at thwarted ambition and a ticket that wasn’t—it gives the BJP a chance to spin the narrative of a “rift” in the Yadav parivar. Married to Prateek Yadav, Mulayam’s “stepson” via second wife Sadhna Gupta, Aparna is a Thakur-Bisht like current CM Yogi Adityanath. A proximity to the right has often been ascribed to her, so the loss is more in terms of optics. Less than happy vibes came from…

A discerning Punjabi voter with a periscope on the world may see a resemblance between present events back home and what took shape miles away in Italy just over a decade ago. Beginning from the mid-’80s, popular comedian Beppe Grillo had been earning quite a cult following with his merciless broadsides against politicians. By 2009, that anti-establishment spirit coalesced into a political party—Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S)—that began attracting voters disgruntled with the mainstream. Within nine years, the party gave Italy a prime minister. Minus the last bit, anyone can notice an identical spirit behind India’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), but the coincidence became more striking this week when the party announced comedian Bhagwant Mann as its pick for the chief minister’s post. Punjab would have its own Tandoori Grillo. On…

It’s not usual to see the Catholic segment punching above its weight in Goa’s elections—despite its 22 per cent share in a 1.7 million population—but the novelty of a four-cornered fight has made it a key factor for all. The Congress is banking on Michael Lobo and Alexio Reginald Lourenco in five constituencies. The BJP hopes Atanasio Monserrate, Nilesh Kabral, Mauvin Godinho and Tony Fernandes will sail its boat in eight. If TMC is betting big on Luizinho Faleiro, Churchill Alemao and Leander Paes, AAP is looking at Alina Saldanha to open its account. The outgoing assembly had 12 Catholic MLAs—one or two may make the difference between the gold and da Silva.…

Brij Mohan Nath Mishra, or Birju Maharaj as he was popularly known, was a genius artiste, a complete artiste. Such artistes come once in many centuries. He could sing, dance, compose, create, choreograph, play various instruments and speak on art. He wrote definitive books too on Kathak hastas and thumris. Add to this films, or even the ramp walk of fashion—his oeuvre is vast. Born on February 4, 1938, to Pt Achchan Maharaj, the court dance talent of Rampur’s nawab, Brij Mohan soon won many hearts and when his father passed away in 1947, he stepped into his shoes to take charge of his gharana. His uncles, Lachchu and Shambhu Maharaj, had already established themselves in Bombay and Lucknow, so for a young lad to prove himself and teach at…

In early February, Mohammad Arif Khan will be making his Winter Olympic debut in Beijing. But even before he steps out on the course, he has made history as the first Indian to have qualified for two events at the quadrennial event—the slalom and the giant slalom disciplines of alpine skiing. It’s a sport that features athletes rushing down a snow slope at breakneck speeds of over 70 kmph, while twisting past flags en route to the finish line. Each run is about shedding infinitesimal fractions of time and each run comes down to the performance of your body’s every muscle, sinew and twitch. So, alongside the physical aspects of training, Khan, 31, has also been spending much time tuning his mind these days. “Speed is everything as you rush…

THE POWER OF THE DOG Netflix There are several reasons why this Jane Campion-directed film picked up the Best Motion Picture (Drama) prize. Benedict Cumberbatch is just one of them. Tense, eerie and dark, it’s a delight to watch. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Amazon Prime Video Winner in the Best Television Limited Series category, this adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel is both powerful and humane. The show’s themes of slavery and freedom still resonate. DOPESICK Disney+ Hotstar In this addictive show about opioid addiction, Michael Keaton plays a doctor who starts prescribing OxyContin to patients. No other actor deserved the ‘Best Performance in a Limited Series’ award more.…

Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet, novelist and activist, has always connected the dots between the colonial presence in Nigeria and the present horrors that plague his nation. The British, as he puts it, go out through the front door and come in again through the back door—though it is not so much the colonisers themselves, but their structures and systems that become inescapable. Soyinka’s part in the Nigerian freedom struggle does not blind him to the authoritarianism and deathly religious fanaticism perpetrated by leaders on their own people. In Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth, he squarely faces the worst of those realities. The stories of four men frame Soyinka’s satire, and we are never sure whether these men correspond to the “Gong of Four” that long…

It’s no secret that I don’t believe in trends. Trends are the universal denominator that cut across the design. Good taste can become the enemy of creativity. To have eclectic taste is what is original, otherwise we are living in the same cookie-cutter environment. This year, find a way to personalise your space, journeying within for inspiration. Travel Inspired As we move into year three of the pandemic, our world around us has changed and so have our homes. Towards the end of 2021, going into 2022 I thought of doing an Arm Chair Traveller soft furnishings collection because it is something you can easily bring into your life. The same holds true for accent pieces of furniture, whether it is a small side table or an accent chair or…

The year 2022 is all about hope and happiness, and design will reflect this. Confused how to incorporate this indoors? I’m going to use examples of two Mumbai-homes—Shibui House and House No.7 to illustrate how. Clutter-Free Spaces The trend is to keep spaces decluttered. For instance, we incorporated soft edges in the Shibui house whereas, in House No.7, no such detailing element was used. So more than clean lines, it’s about keeping things very decluttered and Zen like. Both the homes’ interiors are heavily layered, but it’s also tonal in terms of texture and hues which makes it very calming, open and airy. White Scheme With Pops Of Colour For House No.7, the clients wanted to see dominance in space but in a subtle way. They wanted to use materials…

Little did Marie Kondo know that her simple motto ‘sparks joy’ would lead to a revolution. For those living under a rock, Kondo is a Japanese organising consultant, TV show host and author; and her KonMari Method has helped declutter homes across the globe. But, how to discard excess clutter and the accompanying emotional baggage, especially in areas such as the living room, bedroom, kitchen, and den? Five experts decode the rules for us. Gayatri Gandhi Founder, Joy Factory Declutter must come before organising. As the living room is frequented by all family members, categorise all the items. Apply the C2S2 approach—collect, choose, scrap, store—after that as it will help in tidying up. One of the quickest ways to keep an organised living room is to make use of double duty…