Verve Magazine - May 2018

In this issue

Our May issue, dedicated to the newly updated Indian design aesthetic, features Mumbai-based artist Sabeena Karnik who innovatively creates a variety of shapes through quilling. You may recall her work for Google Doodle on the occasion of Independence Day last year where she intricately quilled the Parliament House in saffron, India’s national birds and the Ashoka Chakra, flanked by two peacocks, in shades of blue and green. Using only paper to create this issue’s masthead, Sabeena hopes for quilling to become a popular art form. “Quilling is something that you learn in a hobby class; no one, in my sphere of knowledge, really thought of taking it to the next level. I wanted to break that barrier.”

Glo-cal Pleasures Parmesh's Viewfinder

Today’s cool luxury is hyphenated; it is all about mixing deep local knowledge with global influences.

2 mins

Finding The 'I'

The other day I had lunch with a friend in her bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi.

3 mins

The India Story

In the broader sense of the word, design has always held its place of importance in Ancient India.

7 mins

Through The Portals Of Time

Stepping out of the train at Basel SBB railway station, I’m greeted by light flakes of white, a starry night sky and a gush of cold wind.

6 mins

Shapes Of India

S hraddha Jahagirdar-saxena

8 mins

Call Of The Quirk

Right in the heart of Mumbai’s cultural hub of Kala Ghoda lies a small store that you could almost miss and walk past if you aren’t paying attention.

3 mins

Paper Tigress

Call it serendipity or what you will…. A name that crops up at work and is researched extensively makes me rewind to the last Independence Day when the bright Google Doodle had caught my eye.

8 mins

Tales From An Indian Kitchen

For those who love cooking, baking and churning out delicious recipes day after day, the kitchen is their second home.

2 mins

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Verve Magazine Description:

Going towards its 26th year now, Verve has been at the vanguard of the lifestyle industry in India since its inception. Being India's first fashion and luxury monthly and targeted as the spirit of today’s woman, it celebrates the interests of the multifaceted contemporary global Indian, including fashion,beauty and style, glamour, arts and culture, travel and wellness. The editor and publisher, Anuradha Mahindra, has received top billing in Avenue Asia's list of Indians involved in the media.

More than just a magazine that reports and interprets, Verve is a catalyst for conversations around contemporary Indian culture in the world, and these conversations take place between the pages of the magazine, on the internet as well as through several Verve-organized offline event initiatives:

Verve is a magazine about the international Indian woman who rubs shoulders with the world with confidence and élan. She belongs to a high-income group and is well aware of the latest trends and styles, be it in fashion, the arts, cuisine or world events. Verve appeals to the intelligent, urbane, educated and affluent woman. She would be 25 years of age and above. She is likely to be an independent entrepreneur or a corporate professional or a socialite. She is well-travelled, fashion conscious and appreciates luxury with a side to her that is culturally sensitive with aesthetic sensibilities. Overall a multi-faceted, stylish and glamorous woman. All in all, the Verve reader looks upon the magazine as an invaluable lifestyle resource for the best in contemporary urban Indian living.