Priyadarshini Paitandy
Special Correspondent and Assistant Editor at The Hindu
Journalist, The Hindu. Travel and adventure sport addict. Spa worm. Focussed for the most part but easily distracted by shopping, dessert and my own reflection.
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1 week ago |
thehindu.com | Priyadarshini Paitandy
In 2008, when Prasenjit Chaudhuri moved from a village in West Bengal to Bengaluru, he was “trying to fit in”. “I was going through a crisis. Someone I loved moved out of India. There was a void, a lull, exhaustion from the endless parties I was attending here,” says Prasenjit. To get his mind off things, he went on a trek with a group of strangers. And it was love at first hike. “There were solo trekkers and that gave me space to connect. They were also seeking something. Their headspace was different.
Want to attend Chennai’s first ever Cake Buffet? The only catch - you have to bring a cake to get in
4 weeks ago |
thehindu.com | Priyadarshini Paitandy
“’No cake, no entry’, that is our tagline,” laughs Maariya Kulsum Tanveer, one of the organisers of Chennai’s first ever Cake Buffet. Organised by The Great Madras Bake Sale team, the event is inspired from Cake Picnic, a concept popular in the US, where thousands of attendees carry a cake each for the picnic and get to try out all the different cakes present there. Taking baby steps, the team (also comprising Cindana Manickavel and Priya Anup) wants to start with 100-120 participants.
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1 month ago |
thehindu.com | Priyadarshini Paitandy
Indian summers are predictable. But your wardrobe does not necessarily have to be. With flowy silhouettes, comfortable fabrics, vibrant colours and holiday prints, designers are making summer dressing fun. The inspiration is diverse — from tropical countries and candy colours to hints of nostalgia. In a country where the temperature hovers in the late 30s for 10 months a year, for many brands seasonality takes a backseat as they focus on summer-friendly dressing round the calendar.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Priyadarshini Paitandy
9 hours agoAs the heat of summer sets in, many plants take a break from flowering, but these stellar selections continue to bloom all season long. From annual bedding plants that just won’t quit, to reblooming perennials and shrubs, you’ll love the long-lasting flowers of these garden workhorses. They’ll keep …
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1 month ago |
thehindu.com | Priyadarshini Paitandy
Cornwall (Doc Martin), Dubrovnik (Game of Thrones), Husavik (Eurovision: Song of fire and ice)... a clutch of destinations over the years have owed their spike in popularity to television series and movies filmed there. This is what gave rise to set-jetting, a trend where travellers set off to explore destinations they saw on screen. The latest series that has been boosting tourism is The White Lotus.
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