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How Hyderabad is Successfully Preparing for a Green Future
How Hyderabad is Successfully Preparing for a Green Future

The last climate summit managed to generate a lot of uproar about the health of our planet. There has been a lot of awareness about sustaining the green future. The city of Hyderabad, in its own way, is preparing for a green future and some exemplary efforts by its residents and authorities help and strengthen…

Kolkata’s Passion for Classic Vintage Cars: Yesteryears & Today
Kolkata’s Passion for Classic Vintage Cars: Yesteryears & Today

“A chance visit to the Netaji Research Bureau on Elgin Road, was the beginning of my love for vintage cars”, says automobile blogger Raktim. History comes naturally to someone who inhabits a century-old English-manor fashioned house, right on one of the busy thoroughfares in North Kolkata. “That a car can have so much history hidden…

The Evolution and Innovations of Hyderabad Architecture
The Evolution and Innovations of Hyderabad Architecture

Hyderabad is a city with a glorious past, a dynamic present and a most promising future. The city is a storyteller’s delight, with its many layers of culture, history, people and tradition. One such aspect of this timeless city is its architecture. From the Golkonda Fort to the iconic Charminar, from the colonial corridors that…

Why You Must Take Advantage of Low Home Loan EMI Now
Why You Must Take Advantage of Low Home Loan EMI Now

Raghav was tidying up his place before his parents arrived for a visit. Although Raghav was brilliantly placed in his career and stayed in a well-furnished 2BHK, his parents would still frown at his living arrangements. The reason? Raghav does not own the house and is already nearing 30, the ideal marriageable age for career-oriented…

Real Estate at the Crossroads: What are the Expectations in 2020?
Real Estate at the Crossroads: What are the Expectations in 2020?

Over the past decade, India’s real estate sector is undergoing radical transformations in terms of policy reforms, technological advancements, buyer-centric structural changes, and market consolidation — which have all been instrumental in reshaping the sector, increasing transparency and customer confidence. Additionally, the government’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana — the world’s largest housing program — aiming to…

Rash Behari Avenue: The Quintessential Bengali’s Shopping Street and More
Rash Behari Avenue: The Quintessential Bengali’s Shopping Street and More

On a lazy afternoon, Sudeepa, a non-resident Bengali, having made London her home for a decade now, is anxiously waiting for the phone to ring. Rini had promised to come by for a shopping trip to Gariahat. Shopping is an excuse, (perhaps not), Sudeepa is just impatient to walk down the Rash Behari Avenue sidewalks,…

Embrace the High Life with Your Green Address in Chinar Park
Embrace the High Life with Your Green Address in Chinar Park

Tania Banerjee, a 34-year-old IT employee, was growing tired of commuting from her suburban apartment to her workplace in New Town every day. Waking up at wee hours, battling through the office-going crowd at the station, considering herself lucky if she found a seat at the jam-packed train, and coming home much later than most…

Pithe — the Fast-Fading Art of Culinary Excellence in Bengal
Pithe — the Fast-Fading Art of Culinary Excellence in Bengal

“Food is what creates memories”, says 78 years old Dhiman Banerjee. Sitting in his lavish north Kolkata house that still echoes the old architectural legacy of the bygone British era, Dhiman gets nostalgic in the wintery chill of January. “Its winter. And winter in Bengal is all about nolen gur and pithe puli parbon.” “Back…

How You can Live Your Best Life in New Town, Kolkata
How You can Live Your Best Life in New Town, Kolkata

In 2017, when 32-year-old Smita Sinha moved to Kolkata from her hometown Ranchi to join a reputed MNC, she thought she was moving into a crowded and noisy city that she’d find difficult to adjust to. Yet, it was an opportunity that she couldn’t afford to pass up. Smita, however, was pleasantly surprised to discover…

The Latest Developments in Hyderabad Metro will Benefit More Areas
The Latest Developments in Hyderabad Metro will Benefit More Areas

Young IT employee Priyanka was forced to look for a rented house near her workplace in Jubilee Hills. The daily commute from Chaitanyapuri to her office was taking a toll on her health and on her work-life balance. The long travel time was hardly leaving her with any quality time to spend with family or…

The Results and Effects of PMAY on the Real Estate Sector
The Results and Effects of PMAY on the Real Estate Sector

34-year-old school teacher, Ambarish was single and had put up in a one-room flat on rent when he moved to Kolkata five years ago from a suburban town. Fast forward to a few months back, his rented one-bedroom apartment proved to be too small now that he is married and has a school-going kid. He…

Why We Must Say Goodbye to Single-Use Plastics
Why We Must Say Goodbye to Single-Use Plastics

Nayantara was indulgently looking at her ten-year-old arranging her chemistry set on the dining table. While she worked in the kitchen, she kept a wary eye on her daughter. But just then, she upended the salt shaker on the table. Nayantara quickly admonished her, ‘Nila, what are you doing?’ Nilakshi calmly answered while examining the…