7 things to do at home during Quarantine!

7 things to do at home during Quarantine!

The world is going through a tough time but remember that we’re together. Some of us are in quarantine because of COVID-19, some are with their family while some of us are living alone in other cities or countries. While we’re all feeling stuck or bored, The Wedding Brigade, India’s only one-stop-platform for everything weddings: content, e-commerce, and services got you covered. Listing below a few amazing ideas to keep the spirits up and positivity going! 1. Skincare Session If you’re one of those lucky ones who get to spend time with their family then why not make the most of it? Now is the time to put that clay face mask that has been resting on your cabinet. Or you can whip up some DIY Face mask with ease from your kitchen ingredients. Ask your parents or sibling to join you in a skincare session. This will be a wonderful opportunity to bond with your loved ones. If you’re living alone then indulge, girl. Give yourself a break. 2. Paint Your Toes! How about honing your inner artist and creating some art on a canvas, I mean..toes and tips. You never know, you might discover the artist inside you. And if you’re a bride-to-be this is the best time to try out some cool nail art all by yourself. 3. Decor Decor Decor Trust me when I say this, you’re never going to put up those fairy lights. You’ve been avoiding it for a long but now’s the time! Put up those lights and artsy pieces and add a new life to your room. 4. Talk To Your Plants Did you know that there are a lot of studies that recommend this? Talking to your plants not only nurtures them but proves therapeutic to us as well. Studies also suggest that plants can respond to music as well. Interesting, right? 5. READ THAT BOOK A lot of us are guilty of buying a book, promising to read it and then eventually delaying it. Now is the time to blow the dust off from those books and escape into a wonderful world without leaving the room. If reading is not your thing, maybe it’s time for you to add a skill or two in your kitty by taking an online course you always were interested in. Think about it. 6. Dress Up! Wear that dress you’ve been meaning to wear. Most of us have been working from home which ensures that there’s a set timetable despite anything. Wear nice clothes instead of sitting in your pajamas and your mood will automatically lift. 7. Block Negativity With self-isolation, we’re all doing our bit. Don’t indulge in the news if it gives you anxiety, allow yourself a ‘worry period’. Worry about things to your heart’s content then concentrate on something for the rest of the day. If you are planning your wedding this is a good time to do research / incorporate all the fun ideas you didn’t have time to think about earlier 7 things to do at home during Quarantine!

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 Shine Your Light this Earth Day!

Shine Your Light this Earth Day!

Catch Grammy Award Winner Ricky Kej and others in action this Earth Day. Ricky says, “My heart goes out to everyone who has been personally affected by COVID-19. Globally, we are casting aside our differences and working together to defeat this virus and prevail. During this critical time, it is an absolute honour for me to join forces with organisations such as WWF, United Nations Climate Change, UNCCD, UNICEF, UNESCO – MGIEP and the Earth Day Network to perform a mega-concert online to support the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Solidarity Response Fund.” This concert will be showcased live on multiple streaming channels on Earth Day, 22nd April. Ricky will be joined by 44 fantastic musicians from 6 countries and this includes 5 Grammy® Winners. During the concert, they will launch Ricky Kej’s new music video ‘Shine Your Light‘ dedicated to people around the world making a huge difference by being kind to one another during these dark times. In other news, before India went into lockdown, Ricky’s film “Wild Karnataka” premiered in the USA at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on March 3rd 2020 (World Wildlife Day). The film was played in the same historic building where world leaders have stood, and deliberated the future of our planet and species. I am so thrilled to have created the music for this epic natural history film. The screening was followed by a panel discussion and the audience reactions were overwhelmingly positive. The UN Environment is making constant efforts to make this world a better place for everyone and everything. Click here to register for free and be a part of this worldwide launch. Shine Your Light this Earth Day!

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 Sustainable method of consuming food in times of Covid-19

Sustainable method of consuming food in times of Covid-19

The lockdown has been adopted by all countries that have confirmed cases of Covid 19, as a way to combat it. Vegetables and grocery prices have risen sharply in many places. Reports from different parts of the country indicate that the hostility and black market has resumed even as the crisis reaches an all-time high. The rulers themselves are urging the public not to waste food and to avoid unnecessary cooking tests at home. Calls are rising across the country to reduce the wastage of food. But have you ever heard of a restaurant that charges people based on what food they waste? This bizarre ‘ritual’ is followed by a luxury resort in Coorg. Many people come here to spend their holiday to watch the beautiful sunset over the hills. IBNII Spa Resort, an eco-luxury resort located in Madikeri, charges fines for guests who waste food. According to the United Nations Development Program, 40 percent of the food produced in India is wasted. This is certainly not so easily dismissed in a country where many people die of starvation without food. IBNII was the first to measure the amount of food wasted by guests and to pay a penalty on their final bill. For every 10 grams wasted, Rs 100 is charged. They are not keeping this money in their own pockets. The most commendable thing is that this fund goes to a non-profit organization for orphans in an orphanage in Madikeri. Wasted food is measured in front of guests and charged accordingly. The method involves depositing the money in a donation box. Initially they use to keep 14 waste food bins but now only one waste food bin is used. Sustainable method of consuming food in times of Covid-19

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 Actor Prabhas donates an amount of Rs. four crores towards Covid-19 relief

Actor Prabhas donates an amount of Rs. four crores towards Covid-19 relief

We are well aware of the recent outbreak of Covid-19 or popularly known as coronavirus that has affected the everyone and continues to spread. Everyone is doing their bit to prevent the spread of the pandemic amongst the population in different ways. Pan India star Prabhas has stepped forward and extended his support in doing his bit by marking a massive contribution in order to curb the spread of coronavirus and assist the administration with their public policies. Prabhas donated an amount of Rs. 4 Crores for Covid-19, out of which an amount of 3 Crores is given to PM relief fund for the country, 50 Lakhs to Andhra Pradesh CM relief fund and 50 Lakhs to Telangana CM relief fund. It’s commendable how the actor has stepped forward in helping the government with his support at a time when not just the state but also, the nation is facing trying times and has made us proud, yet again. The amount that the actor has donated is just a way of giving back to the society and is a way to thank his fans for the hulking support he has been received since the very beginning. Prabhas is truly our Baahubali not just in real life but even real life. Setting the right example, this will definitely inspire more people to extend their hand of support towards the initiatives owing to the massive fandom that he holds. Prabhas is not just a star in the land but has an appeal that soars high, worldwide. Actor Prabhas donates an amount of Rs. four crores towards Covid-19 relief

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 Read Books, Visit Museums and Watch Broadway Musicals for Free

Read Books, Visit Museums and Watch Broadway Musicals for Free

The entire world is under a lockdown with the havoc created by Covid-19. Why not take this opportunity to do something substantial and useful? Make the time you have at hand meaningful by indulging in any of these free resources that are available online at the click of a button for everyone. There are now four online resources for free: 1) Amazon Books are open for free; 2) 17 virtual museums in Europe have free online virtual visits; 3) Cambridge Books in the UK offer 700 books for free reading; 4) Broadway in the United States offers free online operas. Amazon Global Audiobooks are free: Audible Stories is available for children who are temporarily unable to go to school around the world.  Listen to all audiobooks for free, with content ranging from preschool to classic literature, no download of apps, no login required, no ads, with languages like English/German/French/Italian/Japanese. stories.audible.com/discovery Free online virtual visit to 17 museums in Europe: As the coronavirus pandemic continues and museums are shut across the world, here’s how you can take an online virtual visit to 17 museums across Europe. https://www.demotivateur.fr/article/visiter-des-musees-sans-bouger-de-son-canape-le-plan-parfait-pendant-la-quarantaine-19057 Cambridge Books offers 700 free books: In response to the epidemic, Cambridge Publishing, UK, offers 700 online reading editions of their books. The free reading period is until the end of May, and includes some Christian and theological works. https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks# Online Broadway Musical, all FREE: What can be better than watching a Broadway musical and that too for free. With the Broadway in the United States offering free online operas, you can now watch it from the safe confines of your home for a limited period of time. Music lovers can rejoice as theatre-streaming service BroadwayHD is offering a seven-day free trial, so you can now watch performances from Broadway, the West End and other elite performance venues around the world from anywhere in your house. Some of the popular shows include The Sound of Music, Cats, The King and I. You can also watch ballets, other plays and performances and also play online, all for free. https://www.insider.com/stream-broadway-musicals-plays-for-free-online-limited-time-coronavirus-2020-3 Read Books, Visit Museums and Watch Broadway Musicals for Free

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 Statement Jewellery Pieces

Statement Jewellery Pieces

If you’re looking for beautifully crafted, intelligently designed, artistically brilliant jewels, you’ll find them at Pallavi Foley. Pallavi Foley is one of India’s leading jewellery designers and one of the few with International acclaim. With many awards, both national and international under her belt, she is one of the youngest in India to have achieved such fame. Rio Tinto had called her India’s “hottest young talent”, and the World Gold Council had titled her “the Elsa Peretti of India”. She has been on the cover of India Today where they called her a game changer and she was featured amongst 35 young achievers in India who “make a difference”. She secured second place at the International Saul Bell Award Competition in 2010 for her piece 3-space. In her decade long design-association with Tanishq, she was one was their leading designers, with many innovative and successful collections to her credit. She also designed the Femina Miss India Universe Crowns and Tiaras in the year 2006 and 2007 while she was at associated with them. What enables Pallavi to create masterpieces every time is that, when it comes to design, she is fearless! She understands the limitations of the manufacturing process but that she is not encumbered by tradition, or the accepted way of doing something. So, under her watch, gold and precious stone are pushed to their limit – the end result being jewellery that is an avant-garde piece with a timeless classic appeal. Her remarkable ability to think out of the box has created many a masterpiece for she believes her work to be more than art. According to Pallavi, “after conceptualising a design idea, it’s all about design detailing; there is as much science in a piece of jewellery as there is art”. This ability has also encouraged traditional craftsmen to enhance and explore their skills with her design sensibilities. She was recently featured in a Coffee Table book called the ‘Trailblazers of Bengaluru’ which featured 28 entrepreneurs from Bangalore who stood out in their respective arena. She has also been awarded “The Best Designer”, instituted by the South India Jewellery Show (SIJS-South India jewellery show). To add to her kitty of great achievements, she won the NID business world design award for designing a hugely successful, contemporary jewellery collection, designed using traditional Indian motifs. Some of the most well-known names in Bollywood have worn her jewels and sashayed the ramp in her jewellery, making way for new trends. She showcases her collections at the Lakme Fashion weeks and IIJW shows, which are looked forward by everyone, for clutter breaking designs, rendering her a trail blazer in the truest sense of the term! Her recent collection, ‘wear your prayer’ has made wearing prayers cool. Not only does she retail this collection through her stores and online, but she also has a version of it, which sells through a collaborated with Tanishq. This collection has become a rage in the country with thousands of pieces being bought as we write this. Not only in India, this collection has admirers and buyers from across the globe. Pallavi’s foray into jewellery design is much like an artist’s journey, making ‘creative visionary’ a word synonymous with her. Her designs are captivating; with significance behind each piece she creates. The designs are known to be enriching, enchanting and rejuvenating. Here’s what Pallavi has to say about her collection and about the current state of affairs. I was always fascinated by art and how it could transform anything. This was my primary motivation to study design. Most of my life, I have spent sketching, studying-art, jewellery-design and gemmology in different design schools across the world. I have believed that inspiration comes from travelling and meeting people from different cultures. It helps us establish a holistic perspective about our prior beliefs and is a big source of personal evolution. During my travels, I have looked at fashion brands across the world and have always been of the opinion that true luxury is not a big logo of a brand showing up everywhere in your outfit. True luxury is hand crafted pieces that showcase the best of our craft and art, through intelligent and sustainable design. Covid19 pandemic which is a current challenge that every community co-inhabiting our planet is facing is changing us in a radical way. There is uncertainty at all levels and we are all staying home to save ourselves and each other. This time alone or with our family has forced us all to evaluate our lives more deeply. Yesterday, as I went to buy groceries at the half-empty-supermarket with my mask-on and being careful that was I buying what-is-needed, and being aware of what I was touching, I suddenly found myself, mindful. The empty shelves made me see everything that was there a lot more clearly. I noticed that there was a section that they had only for a variety of special kinds of fish, which I had never noticed before. Though, I am a vegetarian, and under usual circumstances I would never have noticed it, in this time of uncertainty, I realized that my senses were heightened and my awareness levels were at an all-time high alert. I was tuning into the present and the essentials were becoming the luxury, which is the actual truth. From the past few years, I have found myself wanting to work on jewels, that are not just about aesthetics but go far beyond their primary function, and moving into another realm of service. As many fashion and jewellery brand enter fast fashion, I have been questioning this entire thinking pattern, of ‘why one should throw away clothes every season?’. ‘Why would we make things that wouldn’t last?’. This quarantined time at home has been a great time for me to evaluate and understand why I had been running away from shallow ways of fashion and trying to find deeper meaning through my work. I feel that through all of this time of upheaval and distress, we are not thinking

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 COVID-19 AFFECTING THE MET GALA

COVID-19 AFFECTING THE MET GALA

Corona Virus seems to have affected the whole world, alas the fashion industry too. Met Gala which was called Costume Institute Gala is a fund-raising event of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City that is hosted every year in the month of May. Different designers display their work as garments that are worn by different celebrities and this helps the Museum raise funds. This year’s theme for the Met Gala was “About Time: Fashion and Duration”, but due to COVID-19, it is being postponed to further dates. Anna Wintour who leads the chairmanship at the costume institute since the 90’s announced – “Due to the unavoidable and responsible decision by the Metropolitan Museum to close its doors, About Time, and the opening night gala, will be postponed to a later date,” the editor wrote in a letter. The Met’s website announced, “The Met’s priority is to protect and support our visitors, staff, and volunteers, and we have been taking several proactive precautionary measures, including discouraging travel to affected areas, implementing rigorous cleaning routines, and staying in close communication with New York City health officials and the Centers for Disease Control.” An official date hasn’t been announced to reschedule the event and everyone just has to take a seat back and wait to experience the work of art in the form of garments by the designers. -By Preeti Karia.  COVID-19 AFFECTING THE MET GALA

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 A Big Thank You!

A Big Thank You!

We at TheStyle.World are extremely grateful to all the armed forces, navy, air force personnel, medical professionals, police, non-government organisations, social workers, scientists, hospitality professionals, clerks and assistants, law enforcement officers in government organisations, public servants, pourakarmikas and others, who are selflessly working day and night, to ensure the country is running smoothly and helping the civilians maintain the normalcy of day-to-day lives. All of you and hundreds of thousands more, a big thank you, for working and putting your life at risk to protect others, in these tough, life-threatening times. We would also like to thank all the diplomats, pilots, other crew and cargo and people in responsible positions who are relentlessly doing their bit to serve others. India has done pretty well so far in its fight to contain the Novel Coronavirus and the next few days are equally crucial. Everyone is required to follow necessary precautions at home, offices or wherever they go and precaution, does not mean panic. Let’s all be responsible citizens, follow WHO guidelines and educate others to be careful too. A Big Thank You!

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 Simple tips to prevent spread of COVID 19, Coronavirus

Simple tips to prevent spread of COVID 19, Coronavirus

Dr. Mythri Shankar. MD (USA), Lead Consultant, Nuclear Medicine, shares some simple tips to take precaution and remain free from Corona Virus that is spreading far and wide. Do not panic. Avoid unnecessary crowd and travel. Keep surfaces clean and hygienic using disinfectants on desks, tables, telephones, etc. Wash hands regularly with soap and water or sanitising hand rub. Create awareness about the same by communication. If sick, sneezing or coughing, please were a face mask. If there is history of travel to high risk countries and if symptoms like fever, cough, cold and sweating persist, please see a physician or local hospital to get tested with deep mouth virology swabs. Simple tips to prevent spread of COVID 19, Coronavirus

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