Creative Desk

Potato Bed is the Latest Relaxing Corner! Do you have a potato bed to lazily loll in during hot summers or tuck in yourself under the warm sheets on wintry nights? Discover why potato bed is becoming a much desirable sleeping nest to unwind after a hard day’s work. By PRAMITA BOSE Bedtime Stories You need a bed to repose and chillax after a gruelling grind. Some comfy pillows, fluffy bolsters, soft blankets, snug duvets, cushy throws and what not serve well to lie down or recline for a power nap. Or better still, slip into long hours of sound sleep to boost energy and lift the mood. “Well, you always look for a cosy corner to doze off for a while and what better way to do that with a makeshift bed or a D-I-Y sleeping bag,” gushes Vandana Kapoor, a young avid film buff and a serious student of cinema. “Boy! I can never get over SRK’s (Bollywood superstar actor Shah Rukh Khan) recreational vehicle (RV) in the hit movie Swades wherein he was shown cruising through a sleepy ham...

Embrace the World of Your Grandma! As grandmacore makes a widespread resurgence to e-age, a grandmother’s universe evidently resonates with its precious gifts of fantasy, folklore, familial roots, identity, wisdom, morality, affection, cultural values, zeitgeist, patience, time-consuming hobbies and variegated knick-knacks to leave a deep and lasting impact on our minds and strings of conscience. Does this heirloom ring a bell? By PRAMITA BOSE If you want to jog back your memory or go on a time-travel, then rewind the clock a few decades ago. You’ll definitely reach the world of your granny to rediscover it. Remember her weather-beaten wrinkly face and her moist, patient eyes when you were a kid? Her selfless, ever-smiling, accommodating charm, the laugh lines on her face or the crow’s feet whenever she broke into emotions, her slightly stooping frame, bent with age or her wobbly gait supported by a walking stick! Wonder where have such lovely souls gone? Well, they are frozen in time...