The Garfield X Papa Don’t Preach collection celebrates the iconic cartoon’s 45th anniversary

The Garfield X Papa Don’t Preach collection celebrates the iconic cartoon’s 45th anniversary

Shubhika Sharma has five cats — two in her office and three at home. And they served as inspiration for her just launched collaboration with Garfield. To commemorate the iconic, lazy, orange cat’s 45th anniversary, Viacom 18 Consumer Products tied up with Shubhika’s brand Papa Don’t Preach for a limited-edition collection. Just observing my cats’ … Read more

Sustainable handbag label Behno comes to India with Katrina Kaif as an investor

Sustainable handbag label Behno comes to India with Katrina Kaif as an investor

Katrina Kaif, ambassador and investor with Behno For every tie, knot and technique used in its bags, Behno has a story. The international handbag label headquartered in New York — with manufacturing units across India — had its homecoming recently, as Shivam Punjya, its founder, launched retail operations in India. Lodged within Behno’s signature knots are … Read more

Gender-neutral fashion: The next big thing in India

Gender-neutral fashion: The next big thing in India

“A dosa doesn’t ask if a man or woman is going to eat it. Food is gender-neutral. It’s the same with clothes. Fashion is also gender-neutral,” says Pranav Misra, who started Huemn, a ready-to-wear label along with Shyma Shetty in 2012. Spelt Huemn but pronounced as human, it is a wordplay to showcase all the … Read more

Father, son die in fire accident at cracker shop in Vaniyambadi

Father, son die in fire accident at cracker shop in Vaniyambadi

Fire fighters put out the fire that broke out in a cracker shop near Amballur village in Vaniyambadi on February 12, 2023. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 45-year-old man and his 12-year-old son died due to burn injuries, and two workers were injured after fire broke out in his cracker shop near Amballur village in … Read more

Man arrested for assaulting shop owner demanding money

Man arrested for assaulting shop owner demanding money

The East division police in swift action tracked down a man and arrested him for allegedly assaulting a fish mart owner and ransacking the shop demanding protection money (hafta) from him in Banasawadi on Saturday. Based on a viral video circulated on social media, the police tracked down the area and the shop owner, identified … Read more

Writer Shobha Deshpande stages 20-hour protest outside jewellery shop after owner refuses to speak in Marathi

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Marathi writer Shobha Deshpande staged nearly 20-hour protest on Thursday outside a jewellery shop in Mumbai after its owner allegedly refused to speak in Marathi and asks her to leave. Shobha Deshpande had visited the jewellery shop to buy a pair of earrings when she said the shop owner asked her to leave after she … Read more

Will Coffee Shop Culture Survive COVID-19?

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Sharling Tellez, Starbucks customer in Alexandria VA. Andrea Caulfield, Starbucks customers in Alexandria VA. Shannon Schultz, anonymous Starbucks manager in Alexandria VA. Alicia Love, president of Coffee Labs Roasters, Tarrytown NY. Zack Willhoff, café retail manager, Nossa Familia Lovejoy Expresso Bar, Portland OR. Karen Raskopf, chief communications and sustainability officer at Dunkin’ Brands in Canton, … Read more