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The much-talked-about grand interiors of Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s new flagship store in Mumbai are infused with a sense of uber-nostalgia, largely derived from the City of Joy’s fabled past. In an evocative experiential piece, ANURADHA MAHINDRA, Founder-Editor, Verve, wonders if he is really at home with splitting the two sides of his persona — the one that is looking to break into the global market by selling a restrained “Indianness”, from the other that is so rooted in his Bengali identity. And asks whether it is now time for the designer — whose work marries his rich aesthetic with high culture — to evolve as a cohesive whole in order to create a purposeful body of work in the modern context
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The Hooghly and Mullick Ghat Flower Market, Strand Road, Kolkata

Just Passing Through Kolkata

Photographs by Neal Bhaumik

As Shreya Ila Anasuya revisits the city that she once knew so well, she takes us on a tour that highlights the multicultural make-up of various quarters in Bengal’s capital…
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Zico Albaiquni, Preface to Erudition, 2012, Installation View at Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai
July 11, 2019

From a menu that celebrates the best of Europe to a stage adaptation of My Fair Lady, Verve gives you the lowdown on the events that should be on your radar this weekend
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Trio of Baos at Miss T, Mumbai
June 13, 2019

From a tribute to Simon & Garfunkel to a bottomless liquid brunch, Verve gives you the lowdown on the events that should be on your radar this weekend
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Julien Segard at Experimenter, Kolkata
May 23, 2019

From a stand-up show by an Emmy-winning comedian to an exhibition on the importance of preserving cultural artefacts, Verve gives you the lowdown on the events that should be on your radar this weekend
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Food platter at Burma Burma, Mumbai

From a special Burmese food menu to an exhibition of abstract art, Verve gives you the lowdown on the events that should be on your radar this weekend
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