This month’s spotlight is on Aashwin Heritage, a Pune-based company dedicated to history, art, culture and of course heritage walks. History major and major supporter of heritage walks - Nisha Syed dives into their mission, activities and the philosophy of founder Ashwin Chitale.

And don’t miss the details on the big surprise event - the Gothic Pune Heritage Walk we are doing in February in collaboration with Aashwin Heritage. This one’s for all you history, culture and chai buffs as well as those of you looking for new and interesting ways to spend your Saturday mornings or that pesky V-day weekend!

In this third and final part, bizarre worlds with bizarre-looking folk are manageable; held at a distance and peered at through the lens of a thick magnifying glass afforded to our protagonist by their polycosmosian travels.

Yet when Ambrose is confronted by an all-too-familiar attitude, they must question what their own motives, and those of the inhabitants of these strange lands, are; for are judgement and justice one and the same?

Read the conclusion of our Polycosmosian tale written and illustrated by Arman Chagla now!

It's a brand new year and that means that it’s time for Ragini to get really excited about lists, affirmations and a whole lotta woo-woo. This month’s Rags to Riches is dedicated to the Abundance Mindset and the way it can change the game when it comes to your financial goals. So come along with Ragini and take a look at how she uses the abundance mindset to get further and get better. And then…

Dream on

Dream on

Dream on

Dream until your dreams come true ❣️❣️❣️

Over centuries, poets, travellers and romantics have woven praises of the lure of the remote mountains. And in India, few places offer a better opportunity to immerse oneself in the pristine beauty of the mountains than Ladakh. Nestled in North India and wedged between Pakistan, Tibet and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Ladakh is the wonderland of the Himalayas.

Written by communications specialist, sustainability and mental health advocate Misha Paul, this article is part memoir of a journey few are fortunate to make, part reflection on the changing nature of our relationship with work and ourselves and part ode to the unmanicured terrain, rich tradition and fragile ecosystem of Leh and Ladakh.

In the final part of our Invest Like a Beginner series, Ragini takes you on a step-by-step DIY investing journey. We look at 3 key questions:

1. What should the break-up of your investments be?

2. How do I pick what I’m investing in when it comes to the stock market?

3. How do I even begin to invest?

With the answers, we also get into concepts like Demat accounts, index funds and the tax benefits of PPFs. And then Ragini gives us her take on Zerodha’s Coin App and how it can unleash the equity investor in you with a few taps.

Bread is a love language on its own and our last spotlight of 2022, Sanjana Arun digs into her first love - bread with one of Pune’s most delectable home-grown artisanal breadmakers - Gauri’s ThoroughBreads.

Join us on this discovery of baguettes, bagels, boules and braided breads and discover anew the ingenuity in manipulating dough - an inherently intricate activity intended to fill loved ones’ stomachs as one of the finest examples of being human.

In Part 1, Ambrose, our ennui-ridden and tired embroiderer extraordinaire feels like an island in a sea of listlessness. But when a chance encounter with a stranger opens up a path to adventure to them, they find themselves flung across the universe and through time, far from home.

Now in the allure of a new world, Ambrose is carried away by the tides of friendship and revolution. Yet, should the opportunity present itself; a mirror held up to reality may reflect only the beholder’s perception. There are plots of fire and blood brewing as Ambrose faces their own conceptions; simmering beneath the shadow of an emerald mountain.

Continue the adventure written and illustrated by visual artist, hand-poke tattoo artist, and creative writer Arman Chagla now!

We are back with the second part of our Invest Like A Beginner series, where things now get sexier and so much more fun! This time Ragini takes you through the story of the beginner and the stock market - a push-pull romance for the ages.

In the previous edition, we talked about investing in Fixed Deposits and how it was a great place to get started at. But as safe as FDs are, in most cases they yield lower returns on your money than investing it in the stock market. And one of the biggest reasons to invest your money is to generate wealth.

And so the easiest place to start going a little bit bigger is the stock market! This month Ragini breaks down some stock market concepts and gives you some tips for getting started from her own experience.

Here's a tale for the little ones and the little one in you - the first of the many adeventures of the Littlest Fish. Littlest Fish is sharp as a tack and an ace at school. But that doesn't mean everything goes swimmingly for her.

Join us on this journey as Shaizia Jifri Manekshaw (Shez) - sometimes puppeteer, sometimes writer, sometimes actor, sometimes teacher - writes and illustrates tales that take us back while helping us move forward.