When Upasana Kamineni Konidela was a twenty-something student in London, she decided, on a whim, to run the London Marathon. “I was 90kg and running ad hoc. I ended up injuring my knee,” says the gen-next entrepreneur from the Reddy family of Apollo Hospitals fame, one of India’s largest healthcare enterprises. “I was easily influenced by ‘influencers’,” she says of her days as a management student at Regent’s University. “This was when I realised how important it was to have access to the right information and professionals in the field of health.” The 34-year-old has come a long way since then, becoming one of the leading wellness curators in India’s burgeoning health sector.
We catch up over a Zoom video call on a rainy afternoon with iffy Wi-Fi. She patches through, radiant in the plush living room of her Hyderabad home, in a simple white T-shirt, her hair lustrous. She has never been busier. Her days are spent interacting with COVID-19 front-liners and her nights are often sleepless—a problem solved by her nutritionist’s magic insomnia-combating brew: nutmeg, poppy seeds, saffron, black raisins and almond milk. Kamineni Konidela is at once an agony aunt filled with wellness remedies and the boss of the boardroom, whipping the health industry into shape.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
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Red Pill, Blue Pill
India's nutraceutical industry is booming thanks to advanced technology, distrust of the medical system and rising vanity. With multivitamins becoming purer and more effective, NIDHI GUPTA finds out if supplements have become the new serum
Sign of the times
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Return to form
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Dimple, All Day
YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED HER ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR OVER FIVE DECADES, BUT DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW DIMPLE KAPADIA.
MUSIC, TAKE CONTROL
As someone who had always sought safety in numbers, ALIZA FATMA often wondered what her own company would feel like. The answer arrived unexpectedly when she attended her first-ever music festival, one of the largest in the world, all alone
Let it grow
When we think of hardworking farmers toiling in India's scorching heat, we often think of men, the sweat on their brow, the sinews in their arms. JYOTI KUMARI speaks to four women who are championing the invisible female labour that keeps these fields running
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
When armless archer Sheetal Devi set her sights on the Paralympic Games this year, she knew she had a tough journey ahead of her. Luckily, her mother was with her every step of the way.
Beauty and the feast
The appeal of Indian weddings has always been in a sprawling spread. For additional bragging rights, Aditi Dugar recommends going beyond designer tablecloths and monogrammed napkins.
Sweet serendipity
From a scavenger hunt-inspired proposal to a Moroccan-themed baraat, Malvika Raj and Armaan Rai's love story prioritised playfulness throughout their blended celebrations.
