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LIVI

CASA

Mind
space

Calm and carefully put
together, yoga proponent
and wellness practitioner

Mini Shastri’s Delhi
farmhouse is designed to
keep up with her holistic
life, says Preetika Mathew

Photographed by ABHISHEK BALI
Styled by RIA KAMAT
Interiors styled by IQRUP

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And while it seems like a lot, each element exists Clockwise from left: Shastri in
in harmony with the rest. “It took us two and a half front of the wood and metal
years to construct, and when we nally moved in last screens by Ayush Kasliwal,
year during lockdown, I was exhausted,” says the beaten brass stools by Geetanjali
52-year-old who has been teaching yoga for two dec- Kasliwal of AnanTaya and the
ades. “So I rested, slept, took the space in, saw where flooring is kadappa stone; The
the light goes, and began setting things.” dining room with chairs from
Ethan Allen, red resin ‘Ava’ chairs
ROOM FOR EVERY MOOD from Roche Bobois, original
waning and waxing of the moon
Shastri’s live-and-adapt approach also features artwork by A Balasubramaniam;
ideas that have been stewing in her mind for years. The bedroom with table lamps
“I was invested in the house to the point of mad- from SCE Lighting, the bed and
ness. In retrospect, I’d advise people to just get a foot table are antiques from
designer,” she says, with a laugh. She remembers Tangalle; The bathroom with
how the late style savant Jivi Sethi once told her to handmade banana flower
create a mood board of all the things she’d like in and leaf art.
her house. “That was the most helpful piece of Opposite page: Shastri with her
advice I ever got. I tore pages from magazines and children Devika and Kartikeya
and Luna in the living room;
lled my diary, which I still have. I realise now that Baluchistan Phulkari shawl
if you are con dent in what you like, then you’ll like frame from Quetta next to red
it years later.” Bal Krishna by Garima Jain in
the passageway; Cement cast
The result is the hybrid we call India Modern, wall columns at the entrance of
where the pièce de résistance is the oor-to-ceiling the house
metallic and wood screens near the indoor palm.

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“I was invested
in the house
to the point of
madness. In
retrospect, I’d
advise people
to just get a
designer”

—MINI S HAST R I

Hair and makeup: Ashima Kapoor
Art direction: Snigdha Kulkarni
Production: Jay Modi

“Only Ayush [Kasliwal, furniture and product pieces by Gitanjali Kasliwal in the living and dining
designer] could help me translate the idea. I had areas, and lighting by Murano India (Diwakar’s
found a circular piece of metal in his workshop, company) in several parts of the house, add an edge.
which he later cast for me. It was a bold pattern, but In a closet rests a cherished family heirloom—a por-
he felt it would cut existing lines and bring a certain celain set gifted to Diwakar’s grandfather, India’s
softness.” A similar idea was executed in the Jaipur second prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, on his
stone jali by a local artisan for the entryway. last trip to Tashkent by the government of Russia.

PIECES OF INDIA Given the glass walls, it’s evident that natural light
was key. Shastri tells me she’s a sun worshipper and
Many objects and details have been carefully that the house was born out of her love for sunsets
collected over the years and placed perfectly so that and sunrises, and so it faces east. She’s followed
they get their due, be it the old Indian brass details basic Vastu practices, so everything is a combina-
on the main door or the beaten metal Hanuman tion of energies. She does yoga in di erent parts of
masks that Shastri picked up from Varanasi. At the the house, indoors and outdoors and “whether it is
entrance, a Nathdwara painting looks down upon a doing an agnihotra at sunset or sunrise, whichever
settee with legs shaped like a lion’s paws, and a work side I face, I have a space for havan”. Also part of the
by A Balasubramaniam hangs by the dining area, havan are the marble lotus feet (charan) she
reminiscent of a time when Shastri would pump her designed for Paro. Adding to the holistic aura are
modest savings into buying art. Close by are photo- the gardens with a wealth of medicinal plants—
graphs by Dinesh Khanna and an aerial view of the moringa, amla, neem—the power of which she har-
Rann of Kutch acquired at the Serendipity Art Festi- nesses in her daily menu, and has even used in a
val. A Manjunath Kamath work greets you by the range of teas for the Dharamsala Tea Company.
stairs, while a painting by an Odia artist looms over “My house is an extension of my life. My favourite
the staircase landing. Chairs by Iqrup + Ritz and compliment is when someone says it is tranquil.” ■

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Ever tried a brain vacation?

Creatives across India are opting for holidays that can juice up tired batteries and reset the
brain. Megha Mahindru finds out more about the trend of rewiring with wanderlust

F or a generation that is equally celebrated and critiqued for its multitasking
abilities, there’s new research to suggest that millennials are nally feeling the
burn. In her book Can’t Even, journalist Anne Helen Petersen goes on to call
them a ‘burnout generation’. But who is to blame? With increased screen
time, always-on noti cations and the daily challenges of modern life—to land the
perfect job, have the best social life and exhibit a banging body on social media—we are
all feeling woozy brain fog, much like a tired laptop with too many browser tabs open.

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TRAVEL

HIT REFRESH HOUSE OF HOPE er, an illustrator working on women’s rights and
From learning an art every cool kid worth following on Instagram. “They
form to kick-starting Bengaluru-based Jay Ahya was looking at the bigger all had the potential to change the world for good,
a business, brain picture when he launched The Beach House Project but they were so busy doing it that they were not
vacation is like an edu- (BHX) in 2016, a unique travel and rejuvenation spending any time outside of their cocoon to seek
exchange for adults programme designed just for creatives. “It brings others like them,” he recalls.
together 14 people from different backgrounds,
“I’d say we are places and stages in their career, who intend to chill With no template to success or Quora to turn to,
a ‘conversations’ in a nice villa with martinis by the pool, but at the Ahya set out to create an ecosystem for creatives to
company rather same time help in each other’s growth,” says Ahya, foster and thrive. Through BHX, attendees can
than a travel before cautioning, “I’d say we are a ‘conversations’ travel to locations like the Andamans, Goa, Kash-
company rather than a travel company.” mir, Shillong, Ladakh and Nainital (and pre COV-
company” ID-19, even Croatia, Sri Lanka and Bali) where the
It’s not serendipity that brings together this lure is two-fold: to explore and to feel enriched. Like
—JAY AHYA , cohort of artists, filmmakers, start-up entrepre- Ahya and Kapoor, New York-based Geetika Agraw-
CO-FOUNDER, BEACH neurs, musicians, hackers and designers. Since al was relying on travel’s ability to increase one’s lev-
HOUSE PROJECT 2016, the BHX team has been diligently sifting els of creativity when she started Vacation With An
through hundreds of entries to hand-pick creatives Artist (VAWAA), a platform that allows people to
for each of the 20 editions it has hosted so far. connect with artists and vacation at their studios to
learn a new skill. Similar to Airbnb’s Experiences in
Amidst Kerala’s lush Attapadi hills, a similar nar- concept, but wider in scope (a holiday can be any-
rative is being carved by Aditya Kapoor and his team thing from five days to a month, depending on the
that hosted the debut edition of Free.wav electronic art), her pursuit-driven adventures feature a curat-
music residency this January. The week-long pro- ed list of creative encounters—holiday with a fash-
gramme, which brought together eight musicians ion designer in Vietnam, a calligrapher in Japan or
from different genres and geographies, was organ- a shoemaker in Prague. “It’s targeted towards peo-
ised with a desire to build a community around elec- ple who are not happy being tourists but want to
tronic music—a space to share, discuss, and inspire experience something immersive,” says Agarwal,
each other, while attending curated workshops and who during the pandemic shifted her in-person ses-
classes. For most musicians, the pandemic may have sion format to interactive online sessions with art-
stopped any interaction with a live audience, what ists around the world. “With borders closed, we
with the shuttering of music venues across the coun- knew that creativity and connection would serve as
try, but this pause became a catalyst more than a de- an antidote to uncertainty and isolation. It instantly
terrent for Kapoor and crew: “We knew we had to do became an outlet for people to step away from the
this now because creatives [after months of daily stress of the pandemic, feel a sense of freedom
virtual performances] were looking to get out, be and express through learning and making with their
inspired and meet like-minded people,” he says, “In hands,” adds Agrawal, who has hosted over 140
this heavily virtual context in which musicking was virtual sessions this past year.
taking place, Free.wav was able to create a tactile ex-
perience of sharing, discussing and creating music.” What makes these holidays different from a digi-
tal detox—popular among high-flying techies to
CREATIVE HUB recalibrate and heal mental jet lag—is the outcome.
While Agrawal promises a new skill set added to
Ahya credits the rise of creatives in India to the your résumé, Kapoor’s gatherings provide a magical
noughties, when careers once deemed alternative setting, in the lap of nature, for musicians to rewire.
started gaining mainstream interest. “Somewhere Set at the remote Bhoomi Farms, which Kapoor
around 2013 or 2014, the creative agency took a big calls “a ripe environment, with limited connectivity
leap. Not only were there ample opportunities, but to the outside world,” his residency offers musicians
parents too were okay with children pursuing a space to create with trees, insects, birds, and the
careers in design, music and photography,” he says. natural world for company. Here, each day starts
It was around the same time that he attended The with a hearty South Indian breakfast, after which
Coalition, a weekend-long creative boot camp of attendees take over an open-air gazebo and turn it
sorts organised by OML, which debuted with heavy- into an electronic music studio. A swim at the near-
weights like celebrity manager Anjula Acharia, film- by Bhavani river or a forest walk punctuated with
maker Anurag Kashyap, designer Anita Dongre and sightings of unique birds and animals fills in the
musician Ankur Tewari sharing their creative jour- evenings before the group settles in for a synth jam
neys and offering a platform to discuss, debate and in unison with the sound of crickets at the farm eve-
exchange ideas with others looking for creative ry night. “At a time when the global mood is that
stimulation. Here, Ahya met many inspiring twen- of hopelessness and malaise, we required this >
ty-somethings: a photographer dedicated to captur-
ing climate change, a pilot-turned-skateboard mak-

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physical and digital cutting-o to refresh, gain per- learn from each other. Ahya goes on to compare his LONG PAUSE
spective on the potency of our creative minds, and BHX to residencies in Europe and programmes like The pandemic has seen
how it could be multiplied by sharing,” he says of the Harvard Summer School, which few can a ord. a surge in o -beat
Free.wav, where on the agenda are conversations Priced between 40,000- 80,000 (depending on if travel experiences
around synthesis, deep-listening and music-making. among Indian creatives

Ahya, on the other hand, is exploring the prob- it’s in India or abroad), it works as a cost-e cient
lem-solving nature of creative thinking with his en-
deavour. A typical week at BHX Project has plenty think-tank where “the knowledge exchange isn’t
of R&R, but also brainstorming sessions to push
creatives to collaborate. “The rst few days, when about global ideas but contextualised to India”.
people share the stories of how they got there, are
the most vulnerable—the screw-ups, the challenges Magnetic Fields’s Munbir Chawla was on a simi-
and the successes,” he shares. Then come the ‘mind
dates’, which are facilitated between two creatives to lar brainwave while planning the debut edition of
stimulate deeper conversations and unlock certain
parts of the brain. Vignettes of jamming sessions Nomads, a festival in Ranthambore, held this
and bon res on their social media o er a peek into
the week, but what’s also captured is a camaraderie, March, which he’d rather call an open-air gathering
wherein attendees not only learn about each other’s
industries but also come together to form a support of creatives and community. Bringing together a
network of sorts for future collaborations.
line-up of creatives from music, design, food and
NO LIMITS
more, Chawla shares that he aims to “ ll a gap and
A majority of takers for such immersive holidays fall
under the 20 to 40 age group, but age is just inciden- build a creative community. We see Nomads as a
tal. Agrawal has seen “guests as young as eight years
old to 77 years old,” while among BHX’s famous meeting point for the creative-minded.”
alumni includes the veteran actor Shefali Shah, of
International Emmy-winning show Delhi Crime. The pandemic may have pushed Agrawal to o er
Kapoor says he was pleasantly surprised to see more
female participants than male for his debut edition. her micro-apprenticeships online, opening them to
Up next, he’s planning a larger, more inclusive round
in October with musicians who identify as trans and many more takers, but it has inspired Ahya’s team to
non-binary, along with other underrepresented
communities. widen its horizons. “COVID-19 put a stop to a lot of

What motivates such creative getaways to exist is creative interactions, with gigs on hold and art exhi-
the dire lack of creative spaces in India. At 15,000
(inclusive of food and stay), Free.wav o ers an acces- bitions going virtual,” says Ahya, who also organises
sible environment outside of everyday life where
musicians can pause, come together, be inspired and a two-week road trip edition for crea-

tives as well as the four-day long F&X

festival that attracts over 300 creatives at GLEETASRENT,
Jim Corbett every year. Before the sec-
ond wave hit, he had plans to scale up

and host 24 more BHX editions this BEACH HOUSE PROJECT
year in Nainital, Shillong, Goa and Learn about its next edition
Ladakh and more. But he remains hope-
ful for more travel after the vaccination @bhxproject

drive is complete. For now, he’s relying FREE.WAV
on meeting creatives in the brave new Know more about the
world, post-pandemic. On Instagram, music residency in Kerala
BHX’s appeal among its 21,000 follow-
@bhoomi.farms

ers remains promising. “It’s the instant, VAWAA
in nite possibilities. People come to the Check out Vacation With
Beach House looking for di erent things An Artist’s roster of 94
and they leave with something com-
artists @vawaa_

pletely di erent,” says Ahya. ■

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MANISH LAKADONG TURMERIC
MEHROTRA A deeper shade of yellow, this Meghalayan
turmeric is higher in curcumin than regular haldi.
CO R PO RAT E CH E F, CHEF SAYS: “Best had with hot milk or in a
INDIAN ACCENT hot cocktail, this turmeric can used in batter to
R E S TA U R A N T S fry Amritsari fish or paneer. For bakers, it also
flavours butter flawlessly.” Paushtikstore.com

Go on, rub it in P R AT E E K TIMUR
SADHU This seed-sized spice from Uttarakhand is
Beyond the clichés of turmeric and pepper, related to the Sichuan pepper family and is
Sonal Ved picks nine distinctive spices from CH EF, M AS Q U E AN D
different parts of India and the many ways they ADVISOR OF SPICE generously used in Nepali cuisine.
LABEL, PAUSHTIK CHEF SAYS: “Use it for tempering or add it to
can notch up the cooking experience
chutneys. Its spicy notes also pair well with
Illustrated by NAMRATA KUMAR chocolate-based desserts.” Hilans.org

PRAVEEN MANATHAKKALI VATHAL
ANAND High on medicinal properties, this South Indian
spice comprises leaves and sun-dried berries.
EX ECUT I VE CH E F, CHEF SAYS: “Cook it with lentils or greens like
SOUTH INDIAN spinach and keerai. I use fried bits of it in a salad
with mesclun, topped with tender coconut and
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PATTHAR KE PHOOL RADHUNI
Rich in antioxidants, with a mossy, earthy Don’t be fooled by its looks. Radhuni isn’t related
flavour, this magic ingredient, also known as
dagad phool, lifts a lot of Awadhi recipes. to carom seeds. Extensively used in Bengali
CHEF SAYS: “Never used in isolation, this herb kitchens, it has notes of parsley and celery.
shines in spice blends like garam masala, or to CHEF SAYS: “Perfect for a cocktail garnish, it
flavour kebabs and curries.” Urbanplatter.in can also temper a curry. You can even add it to
your panch phoran spice mix.” Bonghaat.com

SIRARAKHONG CHILLI NAGKESAR
This vitamin C-rich, mild chilli grows in the A game-changing ingredient with a sweet
Sirarakhong village of Manipur’s Ukhrul region. accent and medicinal value, it is used to make
CHEF SAYS: “Traditionally used to make kangsoi goda masala, Malvani masala and dhansak.
(a local stew), it pairs well with walnut and can CHEF SAYS: “It works best with ingredients
be crushed into a chutney. Dunk it in vinegar to such as chilli, garlic and ginger. Add it to your
make home-made chilli vinegar.” Hillwild.com home-made jams and murabbas.” Shreejifoods.in

CAMBODGE PEEPLI
Also known as hill tamarind or kodam puli, use it This long pepper is used in Ayurveda and Chinese
sparingly as it can overpower all other flavours. medicine and is typically added to spice blends.
CHEF SAYS: “It forms the body of many spice
CHEF SAYS: “Use it to make Kerala-style mixes and is used to flavour curries, kebabs and
meen curry, Coorgi pandi curry or Sri Lankan
ambulthiyal. It can be used to pickle seafood or gravies. It can also be dusted on soups with
as an extract for Pad Thai. Valleyofspices.com seafood, meats and veggies. Thespicemarket.in ■

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FOOD

It’s raining
health

e monsoon always comes
with its share of dos and don’ts.
Ayurvedic chef Radhi Devlukia-
Shetty shares tips for adapting
your eating habits to the season

I n Ayurveda, ritucharya (ritu means season
and charya means routine) is a recommend-
ed practice that involves changes in our diet
and lifestyle as we move through the seasons.
After the hot, dry summer season, we welcome the
cooling monsoon—the ‘green season’ when nature
is replenished, the trees revive, the sky lls with
black clouds and the rivers rise up. Our bodies are in
sync with nature, and in Ayurveda it is said that the
monsoon is the time to restore strength lost from
the scorching heat of summer. During the dehydrat-
ing heat of summer, the qualities of air and ether
(vata) and re and water (pitta) increase in our
body and the environment around us. As the sea-
sons change, those qualities come to the surface and
can weaken digestion and increase illnesses. So here
are eight tips to balance your doshas (the trio of en-
ergies that dominate our bodies) and maintain opti-
mal health during this time.

KEEP IT SEASONAL haritaki/harad boil half a teaspoon of prioritising warm, the easiest and most COURTESY THE KHYBER HIMALAYAN RESORT & SPA, GULMARG; REN FULLER
Nature provides us (Terminalia chebula) in fennel seeds, coriander cooked foods over raw e ective way of
with what we need the monsoon acts like a and cumin seeds with items. Avoid yoghurt, disinfecting it.
during a particular natural cleanser. It has a small piece of ginger meat and deep-fried THE NEED FOR NEEM
season. Seasonal fruits a balancing e ect that and drink daily. foods, which take Neem is rich in
like pomegranate, helps prevent almost SKIP THE longer to digest. Pick natural antioxidants
plum, litchi and pear, all seasonal flus. MIDDAY NAP grains and lentils like and is known to be
vegetables like carrot, CHOOSE Avoid sleeping in the barley, basmati rice an e ective blood
radish, bottle gourd, CHYAWANPRASH daytime as it hampers and jowar. And dals like purifier. Ayurveda
okra and pumpkin, Having Chyawanprash digestion and slows moong, which are the recommends regular
and herbs like neem everyday provides a down metabolism. most easily digestible of cleansing of blood
and turmeric contain dose of vitamin C that AVOID UNCOOKED all pulses. to boost immunity,
antioxidants and can build resistance. AND HEAVY FOODS DRINK MORE WATER prevent infections and
medicinal properties GO FOR GINGER In this humid Water boosts our promote overall health.
that prevent infections. Eat a small piece of weather, the body’s immunity by flushing Include neem (leaves
SAY HELLO TO ginger before meals digestion is weaker, so out toxins. Make sure or tablets) in your daily
HARITAKI for better digestion or Ayurveda recommends to boil your water diet to balance your
Consumption of before drinking—it’s doshas. ■

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TRY a gondola ride Pamper Bath’ if you are the gurgling stream, ribs), Rogan Josh (tender
Hop on to the Gulmarg travelling solo. cossetted by the lush lamb slow-cooked in
gondola to Kongdoori TEE OFF in style landscape, soaking in the Kashmiri spices) and
mountain, the highest ski Linger over a languorous silence of the Himalayas Gustaba (meat balls in
point in the Himalayas. breakfast on your private with the odd call of the gravy), among other
Perched at a staggering balcony, watching the bulbul floating through. regional delicacies. ■
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Abou tim
By Shobhaa De

Whe I was tw years old, m parents and uncles celebr ed m birthda w grea
enthusiasm. I had demanded—and got— specific shad of pin for m part
frock, w cak and booties t m ch. Ther is on sepia-toned, faded pictur
i th famil albu whic shows m looking tota bli ed o , w grubb l tl
fingers and mo hfu of cream icing. I was alread ‘living th life’, o m terms!
Lif is ‘perfect’ a an stag and age—if and onl if, ther is love. It’s importan t
activel s k, recognis and cherish, love—th emotion, no nece aril person. I
recentl fel i lov w Brahm Kamal, rar and bea ifu flower tha
blooms for few hours onc year, and exudes delic e, unforg tabl fragrance.
A ag 20, I mad a informed choic and decided t inves i myself. No
selfishly, bu sensibly. I cam fro middle-cla hom and w wer expected
t row our bo s pr t earl i life. Th r urns too tim coming bu com the
did. I lived b few golde rules: mak sur yo ear enoug t f d yourself.
Sta debt-fr . Never borrow. Bu wha yo ca a ord, Deligh i th l tl
things—lik thos tiny, crisp, heart-shaped biscu s tha s t hav disappeared.
Mos of us wai til w hi our forties befor taking stock. M advice? Don’ wa !
Tak risks as soo as yo lear how t sig cheques. D t for emotiona
entanglements. Rel ionships com w co era damage. Factor tha i whe
yo d dive. Never underestim your cor strengt or le anyon shak your
self-belief. Age? Your ag is your busine —t ac i or not. Yo decid whic
ag yo wan t be—whic ag ‘su s’ yo th most. I a stuc a ag 34.
Ow ever bi of you, yes, eve th flaws and faul lines. Mak peac w
nothing! Liv w unbridled fury. Ferocious is good! Bur ever day. Never
leav hom w hou your t ude, i says wh yo are. Remai unapolog ic til
your las bre h. Bu don’ forge love—expre ! Reve i thos tender memories
of resting your tired head o your mother’s lap. Regre a wi . Danc w
abandon, wherever and whenever. Reac ou and share, kindne has n subst e.
Enjo eac momen w ever fibr of your being. Know yourself. B yourself.
Liv your life.

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