Best of Weekender: Tete-a-tete with Michelin star chef Vikas Khanna, renting fine art, and more
This week, YSWeekender also brought to you stories about a babycare brand that promises to be the last word in safety, and a fashion brand that lets you wear your individuality on your sleeve.
“Why don’t we see more art around us, in our homes, offices, in the places where we hang out? That’s a question that stuck with us,” says co-founder Shakti Swarup Sahu on the genesis of (FCC).
Founded in 2017 by colleagues-turned-friends-turned-entrepreneurs Aagam Mehta, Rahul Singh Yadav, and Shakti Swarup Sahu, this Mumbai-based startup allows you to acquire art on a rental basis.
The minimum period for which art can be rented is one year, and payments can be made monthly, quarterly or half-yearly.
Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna is the author of Barkat: The inspiration and story behind one of the world’s largest food drives, FEED INDIA (see my book review here).
Vikas studied at the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal, Culinary Institute of America, Cornell University, and Le Cordon Bleu, Paris. Now based in New York city, he is the host of TV shows MasterChef India, Twist of Taste, and Mega Kitchens.
In this insightful and inspiring interview, Vikas shares his views on community giving through food, tips for aspiring innovators and food entrepreneurs, and even his favourite garlic recipes!
Parents have always taken the safety of their babies as a matter of utmost importance. Now, even the government is catching on, as evident from their recent amendment of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules to ensure that babies stay safe while traveling on two wheelers.
One brand that has been ahead in this game from its initiation is Gurugram-based , as it manufactures exclusive safety products for babies and young children.
Founded in 2016 by Tarun Kumar Bansal, this homegrown brand's current product line-up consists of over 180 products in the baby safety segment as well as other categories of baby products.
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Planning your exercise times with your mealtimes, including the right foods at the right time, is key to great digestive health, optimal detoxification, great sleep, and vibrant health. Is there a perfect guide-line for getting this intersection right? Like anything else, this really depends on the individual and some factors.
Is it better to eat before or after your workout? This is not something that can be answered right off the bat. It depends on factors which include your wake-up time, your daily schedule, when you plan your workout, what form of exercise you are doing that day, and your sleep time in relation to your workout time.
In this article, we walk through each of the factors, while considering guidelines on what, when and how to eat around your workouts
Fashion, like all things creative, is a form of self-expression. It cannot be restricted in scope to ‘trends’ and ‘styles’ that dominate the catwalks and media houses of the day.
Aware of this, Chennai-based modern fashion brand No Grey Area seeks to champion individuality and purposeful thought through its eclectic collections since it launched in 2020.
For its first-ever collaboration, the brand has tied hands with the Internet Freedom Foundation to release limited-edition merchandise as part of its second collection called ‘Listen to the Lies’.
