Change Is Us

  What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘fashion'?  You think of buying new stuff, keeping up with trends, or perhaps looking like your favourite celebrities and influencers that seem to have such aspirational lives – and wardrobes.  Gone are the days when trends were set by (and for) the upper class. It seems like today's fashion trends are decided from the ground up.  Fashion brands love to talk about how they're making styles 'from the street' mainstream, platforming upcoming designers and young artists, thereby democratizing fashion. On paper, this looks great. We all deserve to live our lives in garments that make us feel beautiful and resonate with our aesthetic sensibilities.  We shouldn't have to buy haute-couture to get our hands on clothes that look good.  But with this change comes a shift towards a more consumerist approach. This means that freshness, form, and mass production for mass consumption take the place of timelessness, functi...

  What is a Heatwave? A heatwave is a prolonged period of abnormally high temperatures. They usually occur between March and June and in some rare cases, they extend till July. Heatwaves occur mostly during summer in North-Western parts of India. Heatwaves can cause problems ranging from physiological stress to even death. Heatwaves are becoming even more frequent with time due to global warming and climate change. They are also becoming more intense with each passing year and breaking temperature records. Heatwaves are taking more and more casualties with time. A heatwave is declared if the maximum temperature of a station reaches at least 40 degrees Celcius or more for Plains and at least 30 degrees Celcius or more for Hilly regions. For coastal areas when the maximum temperature departure is 4.5 degrees Celcius or more from normal, a Heat Wave may be declared if the actual maximum temperature is 37 degrees Celcius or more. According to reports, heat waves are predicted to get m...