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'It's an incredible feeling! I'm immensely proud of my South Indian roots, and knowing that a young girl from Kerala might see me on that runway and feel that there's a place for her too - that’s what makes it really special,' says 25-year-old Ravleen Varghese, who is the third Indian, and the first Malayali, to walk the Victoria’s Secret runway after Ujjwala Raut and Neelam Gill

Luck isn’t magic or an invisible force in the air; it is merely the brain’s understanding of the various elements that lead up to an event. What you choose to focus on is what makes all the difference. The brain is a marvel that helps you create your own luck every day teaching you to believe that fortune favours you

Manish Malhotra made a high-profile runway return for Luxe Prêt at Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI at the Taj Palace, New Delhi. Actors Sara Ali Khan and Ayushmann Khurrana headlined the grand finale showcase

Bengaluru and Hyderabad remain important growth drivers. The performance of other cities such as Chennai, Pune, and Kolkata, will depend on how demand keeps pace with available and upcoming supply. Declining vacancy and rising rentals indicate that office markets continue to attract occupiers, though performance remains uneven across cities

We are dealing with actual, undeniable headwinds right now. With the RBI increasing the repo rate by 25 bps to 5.50% on October 7 - the first hike since February 2023 - many banks are already lifting their lending rates. On a Rs. 50 lakh loan over a 10-year tenure, this adds about Rs. 66 a month to the EMI, and this can cause some stress among affordable and mid-segment buyers, but not on those who are scouting the premium and luxury markets

Phobias can be crippling, especially when they inhibit you from undertaking essential tasks - like addressing a public gathering, trying to find your way through a dark room, or coming face to face with a giant bug on your desk. Virtual reality produces a pathway for the brain to remain as composed as it can be when faced with a known or unknown fear. Here's how

Your mind is where you spend most of your time, so make sure it is a nice place to live in. Meditate, engage in new hobbies as often as you can, feed the mind with new information by educating yourself on a topic, or even learn a new skill in your free time

Your dreams are as real as you can imagine them. And creating a vision board of how you’d like something to turn out ensures that the ‘vision’ always remains in your mind subconsciously. The brain fosters this process by directing you to information, which your goals prioritise

The Middle East tensions have caused steel, fuel-linked logistics, and imported finishing material costs to rise sharply. This staggering 25% divergence signals an urgent affordability crisis for homebuyers, and a severe margin threat for real estate developers

The human mind is a marvel, where anticipatory nostalgia acts as a defence mechanism, enabling you to consciously acknowledge - when the inevitable happens - that the moment is about to end, thus reducing the intensity of grief or sadness once it becomes a memory

The self-taught designer collects Chinese pottery, big and imposing, as you walk in the narrow lanes of tunnels he has named 'Chowringhee',  inspired by where his office is, and the famous street in Kolkata - 'Hogg'

Lucid dreaming enables you to ‘write your own story’ in your dream by directing the plot to what you’d want it to be. This takes place while the body is completely rested and asleep, but the mind is consciously awake. The science and understanding of such dreams is still being studied through extensive dream analyses