Chokita Paul

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She was just 21 when she earned her commercial pilot license after completing her training in Cape Town, South Africa, making her one of the youngest pilots from Hyderabad. Muskan Begum’s interest in aviation began early, sparked by watching planes touch down and leave from the city’s airport. “I imagined myself in the cockpit even as a child,” she says.

3 weeks ago | deccanchronicle.com | Chokita Paul

Debbie Harry, iconic frontwoman of Blondie, recently shared that she has kept ‘everything’ from her punk-rock days. Appearing at the New York City Ballet Gala in Manhattan, the 79-year-old rock star said she hopes to put her collection on display eventually. Be it sequinned tees or shredded denim, Harry’s style was as much a part of her performance as the music itself. Her look — edgy, spellbinding, and unapologetically punk helped define the late ’70s aesthetic.

4 weeks ago | deccanchronicle.com | Chokita Paul

Gagana Erukulapati says fashion is not a performance but a way to keep significant moments alive. The Hyderabad-based designer and founder of the demi-couture label Óasi is set to introduce ‘The Basra Tapestry,’ a new collection that explores the relationship between jewellery, family history and womanhood in South India. Inspired by the legacy of Basra pearls, Gagana’s latest work has a quiet, layered aesthetic that resists flash. “Basra pearls were once the most prized in the world,” she says.

1 month ago | deccanchronicle.com | Chokita Paul

To see a Gond forest unfurling above a sleek sofa, or a Warli gathering frozen mid-step across a hallway wall in Hyderabad’s homes, is becoming increasingly likely. And what’s refreshing is that these aren’t whimsical nods to the folk arts or a vague idea of ‘Indianness.’ They are mindful affirmations that art, even at home, must mean something. “Hyderabad has always had a sharp eye for art,” says Bhargavi Gundala, gallery director at Dhi Art Space.

1 month ago | deccanchronicle.com | Chokita Paul

Gynaecological surgery is associated with major incisions, extended hospital stays, and long recovery periods; but Dr Rooma Sinha, a senior consultant in gynaecology and robotic surgery at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, is changing all of that. “I grew up seeing women suffer through surgery. A huge cut was considered normal. But once I was exposed to laparoscopic surgery, I realised there was a better way to do things,” says Dr Sinha, who has over 25 years of experience in the field.