The Writer’s Flight

  We may all think of hoarding less and discarding more but Storage continues to remain the singular biggest challenge in Indian homes. A clutter free home is key to a clutter free mind and one must budget for appropriate storage solutions at home   The more we have, the more we feel we don’t have. We are talking of storage and organizational units at home which come in the form of cabinets and cupboards, chest of drawers and display cabinets or a unit to store luggage, art, artefacts, books.     “When I moved from a 3-bedroom apartment to a penthouse I thought I will have enough place to store my stuff, but I still struggle to accommodate everything and my lofts, bed boxes, storeroom continue to remain overfull,” says 50-year-old homemaker Suparna Malhotra, who recently shifted with her family from Delhi to an upscale condominium in Gurugram.   Keeping things organized in every home, regardless of its size, is a challenge. According to Sumit Malik, Founding Principal of Design Consort

  India boasts a rich legacy of jewellery making and traditional Indian jewellery is back and how. From the tribal to the temple jewellery, vintage pieces such as jhoomars and jhumkas, hathphool and Chandbalis are much in vogue By Namrata Kohli Traditional jewellery has a modern spin: Ornaments are light and reasonably priced. “The designs are much better, with the advent of technology. They (ornaments) are unique, affordable and come mostly in antique finish and not very in the face yellow gold look or bling," says Anshika Vohra, a young bride in Gurugram. Every Indian household has jewellery: As part of tradition and culture, as investment and as a style statement. “It is a marker of my cultural identity, heritage, social status and also has religious significance such as my mangal sutra, toe rings, and nose rings invoke auspiciousness and protection. It’s also a means of my personal expression and fashion statement,” says Sangita Singh, a 52-year-old resident of Noida. “I know