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Lifestyle & Cosmos
Welcome to Lifestyle and Cosmos, the everyday storytelling space of Sustain-A-Verse.
Here, we bring together five worlds that shape the way we live and imagine the future:
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Fashion & Textiles – from Indian heritage weaves to global luxury trends.
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Conscious Living – thoughtful choices for everyday life and work.
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Digital Wellness & Reading – slowing down in a fast world.
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Startups & Entrepreneurship – ideas that spark change and inspire growth.
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Space Tech & Innovation – the final frontier, brought closer to daily life.
This is a journal of conversations, questions, and reflections that connect art with science, tradition with innovation, and the personal with the planetary.
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From the Editor : Kriti's First Wedding Edit
When I requested Ria for the cover story, she immediately replied with 'Omg Yes!'—which is all you want to hear from a bride. What followed is weeks of trust in each other and in technology, to bring the wedding story of Lilabare's incredible designer from the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the deltaic plains of West Bengal.
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago2 min read
Conscious Vows
Every motif in her wedding lehenga tells a story: elephants representing both Ria's love for the animals and the Amboseli Park ecosystem where they married, on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The location itself was chosen for its resonance—Ria's husband first came to Africa through Tanzania's Peace Corps, spending two years in a remote village before eventually making his way to Kenya and to her.
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago7 min read
The Exquisite Bride
The purple Paithani lehenga above with red temple motifs and hand-embroidered paisley designs demonstrates Asha Gautam's skill in combining multiple heritage elements. Paired with a Rangkaat Banarasi blouse and red Bandhani dupatta finished with zardozi-embroidered border, the ensemble brings together three distinct regional traditions from Maharashtra, Varanasi, Gujarat and Rajasthan—in sophisticated conversation rather than collision.
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago4 min read
Mangalashtak Meets the Thalikettu
A friend once told me inter-state weddings in India are the finest cultural exchange programs. Having been fortunate to attend wedding ceremonies spanning multiple cultures across the country, I couldn’t agree more. Meenakshi and Thujesh—a modern conscious Indian couple—brought together the rich traditions from their native lands of Maharashtra and Kerala to begin a lifelong journey. Sumana: Did you follow specific cultural rituals during your wedding? Meenakshi & Thujesh : W
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago4 min read
The Silk Chamber’s Golden Heirloom
The Silk Chamber's Muga Heirloom Collection understands this quiet power. In curating their range of Muga silk pieces, they've resisted the urge to over-embellish or modernize beyond recognition. The collection trusts the fabric itself to do the speaking, which is precisely what Muga silk has always done best.
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago3 min read
When The Designer Became Her Own Muse
The wedding began with turmeric under fingernails and the scent of Earth thick in the morning air, a soft November light spilling across Gurugram and Delhi, where over three days an intimate, handcrafted celebration was created from the imagination of Anhad Bhullar Malhotra, the designer and founder of the Delhi-based label House of Hindee. Around the time she was gaining recognition for her refined understanding of textiles, Anhad was already designing her own wedding.
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago4 min read
শাঁখা সিঁদুরের গল্প (The Story of A Bengali Wedding)
The rituals began the day before the wedding with Adhibas (aka Bastralankar), where the bride is gifted sarees and jewellery from the groom's side, and is then adorned with the traditional Shankhapola. This day felt significant as it was Surupa's last day as an unmarried woman with her friends and sisters. She mentioned a unique Bengali tradition where a decorated fish is sent from the groom's house, which must be cooked for their guests that day.
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago4 min read
Couture for the Squad
The modern bride seeks designers who understand this evolved dynamic—who can dress her in couture that claims the spotlight she deserves while ensuring her closest confidantes shine alongside her without dilution or compromise.
Enter Geisha Designs by Paras and Shalini, a luxury atelier that has decoded this complex equation with breathtaking precision, offering couture for both the bride and her squad that transforms wedding celebrations into curated ensembles of distincti
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago3 min read
DeviRupini's Vedic Weddings
First is the Ganga Mantra—meaning the entire area, the place where the wedding takes place, is purified. Then Āchaman (sipping water), Viṣṇu Smaraṇa (remembering Vishnu)—our wedding ceremony begins by taking Vishnu as witness and bowing to Vishnu. Then Sūrya Praṇām (salutation to the Sun), and then Svasti Vāchan—to ensure the ceremony is performed successfully and beautifully, we recite Svasti Vāchan. After that, we have Ghaṭasthāpan (installation of the pot).
Sumana Mukherjee
6 days ago4 min read
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