Being AKHIL AKKINENI

AGENT & BEYOND

NO MATTER IF IT'S BLACK OR WHITE

KNOWN AS THE LIGHTNING KID OF INDIA, HERE’S CHESS GRANDMASTER VISWANATHAN ANAND, A FIVE-TIME WORLD CHESS CHAMPION IN A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH PROVOKE MAGAZINE

Healthy Food Habits For Kids

It has always been an indian custom to obsess over how much our children eat. But this act of nurturing may end up setting up the child for a lifetime of bad food habits. What can we learn from the french about how to approach this daunting topic? Read on for the best lessons from the book "French kids eat everything" by karen le billon

Eat For A Healthy Head

The Yogic Science Of Good Mood Food

FRESH AS A DAYSIE

DAYSIE IS AN EASY-GOING, CASUAL, BREEZY, QUIRKY AND ZESTFUL EATERY SERVING DISHES WITH A UNIQUE TWIST

Lamborghini Urus S is a super SUV with loads of power

One of the fastest cars that you can buy is an SUV and that is surprising but in hindsight it shows how the market is changing

OFF ROADING in Rishikesh

THE TOYOTA HILUX MAKES HARDCORE OFF-ROADING EASIER

A WELLNESS HOLIDAY

KAIRALI - THE AYURVEDIC HEALING VILLAGE, A SPRAWLING WELLNESS RETREAT IN KERALA HAS BEEN HEALING THE WORLD WITH ITS HOLISTIC AYURVEDIC TREATMENTS AND THERAPIES ESTABLISHED ON THE SOLID GROUND OF AYURVEDA RESEARCH

Meet the Game Changers

IN OUR PART TWO SERIES ON CHENNAI'S HOTTEST INSTAGRAM INFLUENCERS WHOSE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND THE GRAM

'DO WHAT YOUR HEART SAYS'

AN ACTOR, MODEL, DANCER AND POET, HERE'S THE YOUNG AND BUBBLY SAMYUKTHA VISWANATHAN IN A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH PROVOKE MAGAZINE

BENEFITS OF AWAKING TO SUNRISE: THE WONDERS OF VITAMIN D FOR HEALTH

Are you tired of waking up to a blaring alarm clock and feeling groggy for the rest of the day?

FERTILITY TO MOTHERHOOD And everything in between...

Women today are bombarded with terrifying societal myths and berated to be too old, too fat, too stressed or too hormonally out of sync to be able to conceive

ART FROM THE HEART

MUSEUM OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY, BENGALURU (MAP), ONE OF SOUTH INDIA'S UNIQUE PRIVATE MUSEUMS IS MAKING ART AND CULTURE ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES AND DOING ITS BIT TO CREATE A MUSEUM-GOING CULTURE IN INDIA. HERE'S A TÊTE-À-TÊTE WITH MAP FOUNDER ABHISHEK PODDAR ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FIRST DIGITAL ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUMS IN INDIA THAT IS GIVING UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE WORLD OF INDIAN ART AND CULTURE

I had to unlearn everything I had learned

SAY RIMA KALLINGAL AND THE CHARACTERS THAT POP UP ON YOUR MIND WOULD BE THE ARCHETYPAL BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL, NO-NONSENSE WOMEN. BUT BHARGAVI IN NEELAVELICHAM IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE -INNOCENT, VULNERABLE, NAÏVE - A WOMAN OF THE 1960S

From Super Star To Super Mom

WE GET UP, CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE ONE AND ONLY VERSATILE AND VIVACIOUS KHUSHBU SUNDAR WHO NOT ONLY RULED THE SILVER SCREEN ACTING ALONGSIDE EVERY TOP ACTOR FROM THE SOUTH INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO BECAME THE FIRST ACTRESS IN KOLLYWOOD TO HAVE A TEMPLE NAMED AFTER HER BUILT BY HER FANS

Colonics - The Ageless Miracle

Colon health - the key to live longer & healthier

In the Spirit of Sharing

FEAST AFTER THE FAST

Arabian Adventures

THE MANY WONDERS OF DUBAI NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE

THE EMOTIONAL ALLURE OF UDAIPUR PAINTINGS

UDAIPUR PAINTINGS, ESPECIALLY POST THE MUGHAL ERA ARE A REFLECTION OF THE CHANGING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF INDIA

SUPERSONIC SPEED

BOOM OVERTURE SUPERSONIC JET COULD CHANGE AIRCRAFT TRAVEL FOREVER

FUN WAYS TO GET FIT

HERE ARE SOME FITNESS TRENDS FOR YOU TO EXPLORE THIS SEASON

In the Spotlight

A TALENTED ACTOR, DANCER, AND AN INFLUENCER, RAVEENA DAHA HAS CARVED HER OWN NICHE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. WITH HER STUNNING PERFORMANCES AND CAPTIVATING SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, THE RISING STAR IS ALREADY AN INSPIRATION FOR MANY. SHE SHARES HER JOURNEY IN THE INDUSTRY FROM HER EARLY DAYS AS A DANCER TO HER RECENT SUCCESS IN THE WORLD OF ACTING AND SOCIAL MEDIA OVER A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH PROVOKE LIFESTYLE

On The Elephant Trail!

IT'S BEEN A DECADE SINCE THE BRAND ROUKA SET SAIL. FROM SUSTAINABLE FASHION TO CRAFTING NATURE INSPIRED NARRATIVES TO BEING THE EPITOME OF 'KERALA MODERN', ROUKA HAS BEEN ROOTED IN ITS PHILOSOPHIES. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BRANDS FROM KERALA TO SHOWCASE AT THE LAKME FASHION WEEK HAVING BEEN CHOSEN THROUGH 'GEN NEXT' AMONG YOUNG AND PROMISING DESIGNER BRANDS. THE BRAND HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY STARS LIKE VIDYA BALAN, RIMA KALLINGAL, PARVATHY THIRUVOTH, TILLOTAMA SHOME AND NOW BY GUNEET MONGA, THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE 2023 ACADEMY AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM, 'THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS'. SHE WAS SPOTTED AT THE OSCAR LUNCHEON SPORTING THE QUINTESSENTIAL IVORY COTTON ROUKA SAREE THAT HAD THE SYMBOLIC ELEPHANT MOTIF APPLIQUÉ IN GOLD AND BLACK TONES. SREEJITH JEEVAN, THE FOUNDER AND MASTER DESIGNER BEHIND THE BRAND TALKS OF HIS PERSONAL JOURNEY AS A DESIGNER AND EVOLUTION OF 'ROUKA'.

A PRESCRIPTION for CHANGE

HOW INTEGRATING SPIRITUALITY CAN REVITALISE YOUR HEALTH HOLISTICALLY

Oneness & Wellness

THE YOGIC WAY - IN THE WORDS OF SADHGURU

ALL THE RAGE

MANIKE MAGE HITHE SONGSTRESS YOHANI IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO -KARTIKI GONSALVES AND GUNEET MONGA

THE TALENTED DUO BEHIND THE FIRST EVER INDIAN-PRODUCED FILM, \"THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS\", WON AN ACADEMY AWARD THROW LIGHT ON THEIR JOURNEY OF PASSION AND DETERMINATION AND WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE COVETED OSCAR IN AN EXCLUSIVE TÊTE-À-TÊTE

The Formula Of Staying Young Through The Decades

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were (for women only!)?

The Plight of the Sandwich Generation

TODAY, MORE AND MORE ADULTS IN THEIR 40S AND 50S ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AFTER AN OLDER PARENT AND CHILDREN BELOW 18 AT THE SAME TIME. BEING SQUEEZED AT EITHER END, THEY HAVE BEEN APTLY NAMED THE \"SANDWICH GENERATION\". THE WEIGHT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY INCREASES BOTH MENTAL LOAD AND FINANCIAL STRAIN, WHICH CAN LEAD TO BURNOUT. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT THIS?