#NAINAxRanikhet Day 06
All three of us were very conscious of this being the last day of our 2016 trip to Ranikhet. So we tried to do everything right, starting with an early…
#NAINAxRanikhet Day 05
Our fifth day at Ranikhet involved a much-anticipated visit to the Kumaon Regimental Center’s Community Center where various locally-made products are sold. Shawls, edibles, crcokery, jackets. etc. The original idea…
#NAINAxRanikhet Day 04
The fourth day in Ranikhet was marred by car trouble. We ended up at the golf course again. After breakfast and a round of golf, we ended up at a…
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CREDITS Jacket + Shirt from Kapda by Urvashi Kaur ( The jacket especially I LOVE! The shirt, which is a jersey back and cotton front can be worn over jeans…
#NAINAxRanikhet Day 03
Dad’s a golfer, so a visit to the Ranikhet golf course is a given. On our third day at Ranikhet, we headed to the golf course at about 0730 hours,…
#NAINAxRanikhet Day 02
Our goal, when we visit Ranikhet, usually, is to just do nothing. Mostly we visit when there’s a Kumaon Regiment re-union or some other official event related to the Kumaon…
#GoProIndia Launch #NAINAxGoPRo
Go Pro has finally launched in India officially. Fans of the brand have existed since the brand launched internationally. I’ve seen them – they are easy to spot – one…
#NAINAxRanikhet Day 01
One fallen tree due to the storm around Ram Nagar, one new wide road we tried KalaDhungi – Nainital – was double-carriage and fabulous but 30-40 kilometers longer than our…
#NAINAxStRegis #EyesForLuxury
Finally, I found myself at the St. Regis in Bombay! Having photographed the brand launch in Jaipur in February 2015, I’d been keen to visit the property in Bombay when…
Dentist Recommendation
UPDATE : 27th September, 2019 : I don’t recommend them anymore. My parents have been going here for a while and I’ve accompanied them on occasion. Things have changed.…
Bhau Daji Lad Museum #NAINAxStRegis #EyesForBombay
As part of the St. Regis Aficionado Experience, the St. Regis Hotel in Mumbai has a personalized tour of the Bhau Daji Lad Museum in its itinerary for guests (…
Private Space #NAINAxCoolPadMax #DualInOne #CoverUp 81
When I wrote recently about why my mobile phone is temporarily out of service, I had not planned for the wave of support and understanding that piece received on social…
Landscape #EyesForArunachal
I did a daily “Landscape” series while in Arunachal Pradesh. This was initially published as one-image-a-day and one-blog-post-a-day but in retrospect, in 2024, I feel that putting everything on one…
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CREDITS I’m wearing a hand-woven local jacket worn by Arunachali men. It is called a “Gaaluk” and the traditional variety was a much rougher, non-hemmed garment. There aren’t many locally-woven…
Sensitive Parts. Unmentionables. Body-Shaming.
( Photo from the 77th edition of #CoverUp ) A concerned stranger ( Facebook Friend ) recently sent me a private message about the above photograph. I’m not sharing…
Star Trails #EyesForArunachal
You’ve seen the timelapse video I posted earlier. The same stack of images, when shot at night, can be used to put together photographs of star trails. All photographed at…
#CoverUp 79 #EyesForArunachal
CREDITS Jacket and jewellery by House of Tuhina ( House of Tuhina Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ) Trousers & tunic by Nicobar ( Nicobar Website | Instagram | Facebook…
Aalo & Menchukha #EyesForArunachal Timelapse
These were photographed before the #REDHUxBOMBAY timelapse I blogged earlier this week but because there were more than 2000 frames to process, this one took longer to produce. I also…
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CREDITS Jacket by BIAS India ( BIAS Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram ) Photographed, curated, styled and edited by Naina Redhu Photographed at Aalo, Arunachal Pradesh on a deck…
Jour d’Hermès Gardenia, #FragranceOfTheMonth #EyesForLuxury
( If the above GIF is not visible in its entirety on your screen, click here to see it in a new window, where it will be pre-shrunk based on…
#MadeInIndia #CoverUp 77
( That shot above? I’ve been thinking about that photograph since I moved here six years ago. It has taken me six goddamn years to produce that shot and I…