Shilpa Chandran

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Why the Indonesian city is a magnet for tourists

How to enjoy the splendid sights, sounds and scents of the Indonesian island

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Simple steps to a calmer, more content life

Acharya Advait Yogbhushan suggests simple lifestyle changes to a calmer, more content life

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Sharjah resident boasts huge collection of model planes

The Travel Manager has a custom-made shelf to display the airplane models in his office

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3 UAE-based artists at Smithsonian Folklife Festival

It was for the first time UAE was participating in the prestigious festival

Asma and Abdulla with Gulshan Kavarna and Zahra in Washington DC while participating at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Tala Bashmi: Meet MENA’s Best Female Chef

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Is success the third wheel in a marriage?

A successful, career-driven wife. A less successful husband. Recipe for a rocky relationship? Not necessarily, says Shilpa Chandran, who speaks to experts on what can be done if one partner is experiencing some unwarranted fears

Partners must find time to talk to each other about their fears and insecurities. Open communication is the important thing in a compatible relationship

Uncovering secrets of Al Bastakiya’s windtower houses

Peter Jackson, the co-author of Windtower – the Merchant Houses of Dubai, tells Shilpa Chandran how the book evolved from a short monograph in 1975 to a coffee table book through extensive research, interviews and painstaking documentation

The approach to the house of Mohammed Sherif Bukhash

How I lost 40kg in just a year

Dibyendu Biswas, who was struggling with severe health issues due to his excess weight and habit of smoking, tells Shilpa Chandran how he went from 105kg to 65kg in 14 months

To achieve his goal, Dibyendu established new habits. “After I wake up, I meditate and mentally prepare myself for the day and then I exercise to improve my fitness levels.”

‘It’s about liberating women’s experiences’

Lebanese-born Lara Chahine and UAE and Oman-based Reem Falaknaz tell Shilpa Chandran what led them to put together a multimedia exhibition (currently on at Alserkal Avenue) that aims to shine a spotlight on conversations about the female body

In her work, Lara Chahine (left) intends to shed light on how external factors have an immediate impact on women. Reem Falaknaz’s (centre) work attempts to shed light on the covert ways women navigate deep-rooted practices and medical malpractice. Rama Ghanem, curator of Gulf Photo Plus, says there needs to be a new and different approach to feminist work that is distributed and exhibited in the region

Basma AlSulaiman: Bringing Saudi art to the world

Some of the finest artworks of Saudi Arabia and its diaspora is on display in the Kingdom’s cultural city, AlULa. Shilpa Chandran speaks to Saudi art patron Basma AlSulaiman who is putting the country on the global art map one exhibition at a time

Basma made a mark in the art world 10 years ago when she founded Basma AlSulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art (Basmoca), considered the first virtual museum in the world to use cutting-edge gaming technologies

How UAE is solving the problem of food waste

On the heels of the recently concluded Gulfood 2022, Shilpa Chandran takes a look at how food waste in the region and around the world impacts the environment, and the slew of sustainable measures that are underway in the UAE that could help protect the planet

Launched in 2017, the UAE Food Bank works with government and charities to efficiently store, package and distribute excess fresh food discarded by hotels, restaurants and supermarkets

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