When choosing a gift for a man, most of us arrive at roughly the same shortlist. A wallet. A watch. Something to drink. Something related to a hobby he mentioned...

Most of us choose flowers by colour, shape, or how they’ll look in that one vase we always use. If you share your home with a cat or dog, there’s...

Diwali falls on 8 November this year. On soan papdi economics, the original festival décor, and what to send everyone on your list — including the list of twenty-five.

Two kinds of birthday people, four kinds of birthday flowers. A guide to matching the bunch to the person — plus the practical fine print for Delhi NCR delivery.

Flowers may not last forever, but they can last a lot longer than you think. Discover simple techniques to preserve your favourite blooms, keep them looking beautiful, and turn them...

As a kid I remember going to the Rose Garden, Chandigarh, and hearing stories about it too- how it used to be during my mom's time, winter picnics among the...

There was a version of friendship that had a physical weight to it. Friendship Day in school, everyone crowding the corridor, bands going in every direction. But you had one...

In 1908, Anna Jarvis handed out white carnations at a church in Philadelphia. Her mother had just died. The carnation was her mother's favourite flower. It was never meant to...

For most of human history, flowers were for the dead.

In ancient Egypt and Greece, blooms were laid on graves as offerings....