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The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

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May 11, 2025

The latest collection from home décor brand PortsideCafé Furniture Studio is an ode to grandparents' homes

- By BINDU GOPAL RAO

Holidays at your grandparents' home will always be special. The memory of lounging on comfortable sofas on mango-stained afternoons with the ceiling fans humming lazily above is hard to forget. If that strikes a chord, then so will this new collection from PortsideCafé by Bobby Aggarwal.

Inspired by the millennial generation that came of age in the '90s, this collection reimagines the charm of an old Delhi home—one where childhood summers were spent in the comforting chaos of nani's house.

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