Eco-friendly interiors the new mantra
June 20th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Green is in. With celebrities like Gul Panag showing the way by creating a completely eco-friendly holiday home near Pune, people are increasingly opting for ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Lamp Shades Made Of Human Skin: Not An Asset
November 6th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mark Jacobson reportedly owns a lampshade that is made of human skin. In the first glance any body can mistake it for an antique lamp shade ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Humble rickshaws to get designer makeover for Games (With images)
May 19th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Some will use antique gramophones, others the colours of Bollywood or inspiration from the clean lines of a paper plane... designer cycle rickshaws could be plying at ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Replica of White House furniture launched in India
March 10th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Want your house to look like the White House from inside? Then grab the chance to own replicas of the furniture adorning the US president's home while ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Innovation in willow wicker products in Kashmir
March 20th, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by ANI
By Shoukat Jan
Srinagar, Mar 20 (ANI): In order to gain market at a large scale, artisans of willow wicker in Jammu and Kashmir have brought some new and innovative changes to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Kantha embroidery makes Bengali rural women self-reliant
March 17th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajitha Menon
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) Mar 17 (ANI): Women in West Bengal''s rural hinterland have become self reliant through traditional embroidery work called ''Kantha''.
For over six decades, Bengali women ... Read more...
Posted in National |