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Monday, 31 October 2011 18:02 |
Your Boss is a Dummy!
Think your boss is stupid? Say it with a dummy that looks just like him/her. bpb stumbled upon Excitinglives.com, an e-gift hub that can do a 3D caricature of your boss (or BFF or bull dog) and convert it into a bobble head for your dash board. Boss, can I have a raise? You can take that nod as a yes.
Here’s how it works: Send these guys a picture of the person you want the bobble head to resemble, pick hair, skin and eye colour and they’ll get started on creating a clone. Meanwhile, you can browse the site for a perfect body for the head to rest on. Women can choose from bodies clad in business suits, saris, golf gear, bath towels, Play Boy thongs, Marilyn Monroe’s flying dress, to name a few, while men can be seen playing a sport, surfing, wearing a tux and even shirtless and pumping iron.
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Monday, 24 October 2011 20:50 |
Pining for noiseless, smoke-free festivities? Follow bpb's guide to an alternate Diwali, with anars and chakris you can digest, snakes you can drink and rockets you can pour a cockatil into. Fire!
Crackers: So Cheesy!
Confine this year's party crackers to the plate with delicious gourmet cheese crackers from Godrej Nature's Basket.
Available at Mansur Ali Tower, 3, Max Mueller Lane, Dhole Patil Road, Koregaon Park , call 020 26160540. Lakshmi: Goddess Goodness
The festival isn't quite complete without a mention of Her Holiness. Try the Playclan Laxmi t-shirt or the Playclan Laxmi notebook instead of blowing up a laxmi bomb! Available at S-38, 2nd floor, Phoenix Market City, Vimannagar, call 0203095038 or http://www.shop.theplayclan.com.
Rocket: Houston We Have a Problem This rocket cocktail shaker won't zoom away when you light it up with a bright drink. Available at www.wastedfish.com, they ship to Pune
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Monday, 24 October 2011 02:43 |
Wrist Action
Lifestyle label Forty Red Bangles was conceived when Melbourne native Ramona Saboo married and moved to India. The 'chuda' inspired brand came to represent the connection between her past and future, and all her experiences in India. The result? A range of fun home products all of which are sold on their website and shipped to Pune.
She Wax Him
Considering the festive season, bpb’s pick will have to be their 'From India With Love' candles inspired by different Indian cities. Not only do they smell super, these candles also wax eloquent, urging you to get “mogra high in Mumbai” or “sand me to Jaipur”. Inspired by four cities – Hyderabad, Pondicherry, Mumbai and Jaipur - these are encased in pretty individual boxes, manufactured by Crawford Market Candles and feature mad pairing of scents like black pepper mixed in with grapefruit and mandarin, coriander and champa. The candles not only smell delicious, but come with a saintly conscience as well.
Supporting a better cause - empowering craft communities – are the terracotta potted candles with the potter's story etched around it. These come in lemongrass, clove and cinnamon. Diwali hunters also see Forty Red Bangles’ gorgeous handmade lanterns crafted from recycled tins and manufactured by Noah's Ark. Buy these for your Diwali party and they'll wonder how you got so bright. It will be our little secret.
Getting there: Forty Red Bangles, buy online at www.fortyredbangles.com, Rs 1,000 for a set for four beeswax candles.
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Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:18 |
October 20: Drinking Decathalon, a mix of crazy competitive games at Arc Asia, ABC Farms, Koregaon Park, call 64156676.
October 21: Ska Vengers, a new Delhi based band live at High Spirits, Koregaon Park, call 9823855484, 9 pm. October 21: Caving, fishing, photography and other super specialised holidays by High on Travel. See details here.
October 21: Drunken Afternoon Bash at Casanova, Vitoria II, Kalyani Nagar, Rs 400, noon to 5 pm. October 21: Paranormal Activity 3 releases, watch it at a theater near you.
October 22: MenWhoPause band plays live at Arc Asia, ABC Farms, Koregaon Park, call 64156676, 8.30 pm.
October 22: Masquerade Night at Club Solaris with live music and masks, opposite Hard Rock Cafe, call 919860042642, 7 pm onwards.
October 23: Painkiller, Shivalic and Deep live at 1 Lounge and Restaurant, Koregaon Mundhwa Road, Koregaon Park, call 9890606549, 7 pm onwards.
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:32 |
 For this month's podcast we borrow from Keith Richards' autobiography, @paperslut's Twitter feed and our new team member's play list. Thank you for the music!
Download the podcast or hear online here.
We All Go Back To Where We Belong - REM
1,000 Ships - Rachel Platten
Save Room - John Legend
Wood - Rostam Batmanglij (of Vampire Weekend)
She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
Empire State of Mind - JayZ featuring Alicia Keys
Live and Learn - The Cardigans
Apples - Delhi 2 Dublin
Sometimes - The Bandana Splits
Lightning Crashes - Live
Have a favourite song? Send us your recommendations to
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and if we love them, we’ll add them to next month’s track record!
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011 10:32 |
 Green, Not Jaded
If he could paint anything in the world, Pune-based graffiti artist Luvnit Sawhney would spray the words “Property of nature: return to closest water body” across city water tanks; and parachuting wine bottles, which he depicted in a recent mural, are his solution to the aftermath of war and natural disasters.
But don’t dismiss him as a tree-hugging, impractical idealist just about yet – this boy’s got talent, and he’s willing to share.
Banksy on This
A final year product design student by day, Sawhney moonlights as a graffiti artist by night, painting odd corners and quiet streets of Pune with neon pink balloons and wine bottles. His works are heavily influenced by the art and ethos of cities like Detroit and Singapore, where he has lived; he counts artists like Banksy and Shepard Fairey as major inspirations as well. Sawhney has also recently launched his own company called W!NK (stands for Wasting Ink), through which he is collaborating on the Dirty Wall Project in Mumbai and also holding graffiti art workshops at IIT Guwahati. Catch him there, or better yet, call him over, where he’ll customize a mural or art installation specifically tailored to your space and taste. Spray of hope!
Getting there: Call 09730984036, email at
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, or view the Facebook group here, murals start at Rs. 10,000.
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011 01:20 |
A Long Way Down Journey to the Centre of the Earth: have you watched the film? Now do the trip. High On Travel, a new online vacation curator does its own version of the movie – caving in Meghalaya, an activity that involves slippery slopes, vertical drops, wading through pools and belly crawls to get to middle Earth. Whoever said the Stone Age was simple! Started by an IIT Bombay graduate, High On Travel claims it can make ‘your travel fantasies go real', promising to check elements off your dream holiday list. Want to live in a Portuguese villa, learn to fish and cook your catch? They call it Angling in Goa, we call it the early retirement plan. Other special vacations currently on the roster include the Nubra camel safari in Ladakh, a photography tour of Bandhavgarh and visits to Batalik villages, where the entire population has descended from Alexander the Great!
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