Author: Siddhbhoomi Team

LiberLive C1 Stringless Smart Guitar.Purists will hate it. But the stringless LiberLive C1 is less a reinvention and more a reimagining of what a guitar can be. It ditches strings for light-sensitive LED sensors. You “play” by tapping along an illuminated fretboard, translating every gesture into sound with startling precision. It also pairs with a companion app, which offers real-time riff tutorials and loop recording. The stringless LiberLive C1 guitar will have haters. Don’t be one of them. The Ember mug lets you choose your perfect heat and holds it for 80 minutes. Ember Mug 2. For anyone who’s ever…

Those who hear the term Transport Type might immediately picture the bold, poetic, and religious motifs adorning India’s long-haul trucks. And why not? Our trucks are legendary in their decorative flair. The Horn OK Please sign was on the back of every heavy vehicle until 2015. Other motifs endure: Florals, talismans, even full portraits of family or film stars. Across India, graphic design extends to buses, even human bodies are worked into the text. It’s art on the move. Indian vehicular lettering shows off identity, local pride and linguistic play. And there’s always a story to tell. In Kolkata, buses…

Memory is a funny thing. Two people may have the same experience, but ask them about it many years down the line and they will remember it completely differently. It’s as if the brain selects elements that are important to you, retains them, and deletes everything else as extraneous. So, no two people can ever have the same recall of an experience they went through together. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the lovers’ pasts seem connected yet different. I thought of this again recently when the classmates of my English Honours course in Loreto College, Calcutta (as it…

Chocolate is the smell of my childhood. I would wake up every morning to chocolate aromas wafting up to the top of Mumbai’s Cumballa Hill where I lived. On Peddar Road, at the bottom of the hill, in a not-very-large white building, was the Cadbury factory, and the aromas it exuded defined much of my growing up. (It cannot be a coincidence that vanilla is still one of my favourite smells.) Indian chocolate brands such as Manam use beans grown on Indian soil. As I grew older, the factory moved to the suburbs and the white building became the office.…

For years , it was all about jeans. The fit mattered. The label on the back meant everything. We obsessed over the right kind of blue, how high it rose, where it frayed, and where it faded. Now, jeans have been shoved to the back of the shop floor, they’re at the back of our minds. A long-ignored garment is front and centre: The T-shirt. And fashion is only part of the story. Remember Hailey Bieber’s Nepo Baby tee? It was a stylish clapback at trolls. It’s back as a symbol of activism. All this year, Pedro Pascal and other…

Take a shot for each time an Indian liquor brand won some kind of award in the last two years, and you’ll be flat on the floor before dessert. Our botanical-infused gins, artisanal single-malts, saffron- spiced vodkas, craft brews and sparkling wines have won medals as far and wide as San Francisco, London, New Zealand, Tokyo and Singapore. Homegrown booze now includes agave, vermouth, limencello, colour-changing gins, even Konkani sake. (SHUTTERSTOCK) Homegrown booze now includes agave, vermouth, limencello, colour-changing gins, even a Konkani version of sake. Mahua, a fermented flower spirit from central India, is enjoying a trendy second life…

Here’s a Girl Math equation: 50% of you has looked at Gigi Hadid’s chic bob all year and wondered if you should lop off your locks too; but the other 50% of you fears that you’ll end up looking like Tom Cruise from Magnolia. Maybe 50% of you is considering bangs like Daisy Edgar Jones, but the other 50% has also seen Nathan Fillion in Superman and shuddered. Maybe there’s no 100% guarantee when it comes to a radical hairstyle change. Maybe we can cheat a bit. Kriti Sanon’s bangs in the movie Bhediya didn’t do her justice. Gourav Bhardwaj,…

Trying to medal. The National Film Awards for 2023 are two years late and mildly confusing, aren’t they? Rani Mukerji won Best Actress for the unwatchable Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway. They finally awarded SRK (for Jawan, of all things). Even Animal was lauded (Best Background Music and two tech fields, but still). The only bright spot: Vikrant Massey’s tie with SRK for 12th Fail. We need clearer judging. Shah Rukh Khan won a National Film Award for Jawan, but it’s not his best role. Justin Trudeau, former Canada PM, and singer-astronaut Katy Perry are a thing. What? (SHUTTERSTOCK) Ship spotting.…

कर्नाटक और महाराष्ट्र के मुख्य निर्वाचन अधिकारी ने गुरुवार को कांग्रेस नेता राहुल गांधी को एक पत्र लिखा, जिसमें उन्होंने गुरुवार को एक प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस में चुनाव आयोग (ईसी) पर भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) के साथ मिलकर चुनाव चोरी करने का आरोप लगाया था। कर्नाटक और महाराष्ट्र के मुख्य निर्वाचन अधिकारियों ने राहुल गांधी से कहा कि वे बाहर रखे गए मतदाताओं और अयोग्य मतदाताओं के नाम हस्ताक्षरित घोषणा/शपथ के साथ साझा करें। नहीं तो वे अपने बयान वापस लें और जनता को गुमराह करना बंद करें। इसे भी पढ़ें: ‘लोकतंत्र बचाने का समय’, खड़गे ने राहुल का किया समर्थन, EC…

ANIभारत पर 50 प्रतिशत टैरिफ लगाने के बाद पीएम मोदी ने वो ऐलान कर दिया जिसका अंदाजा अमेरिका को बिल्कुल नहीं था। भारत पर 25 प्रतिशत का टैरिफ लगाने के बाद डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने एक और ऐलान करते हुए कहा कि इस टैरिफ को बढ़ाकर 50 प्रतिशत कर दिया जाएगा। इसको लेकर डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने हस्ताक्षर भी कर दिए हैं और समयसीमा भी तय कर दी गई है। टाइमलाइन 27 अगस्त की दी गई है। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 50 सेकेंड में डोनाल्ड ट्रंप के 50 प्रतिशत टैरिफ की धज्जियां उड़ा दी है। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने पहली बार डोनाल्ड ट्रंप…