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Breezy Elegance

Better Homes, July 2011    

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Mystical Charm

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, APRIL 2011                                                                                    

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Birds And Blooms

VERVE, MAY 5,2011 http://www.verveonline.com/97/life/scapes_raseel. Parrot green, sunshine yellow, raspberry pink. A variety of hues infuse the furniture line and accessories of Raseel Gujral and Naveen Ansal – whose India-inspired range, Indophile, is all set to go global. Mita Kapur is floored by the collection of colour The Indophile collection by Raseel Gujral and Naveen Ansal brims over with eclectic energy, a burst of joyous, vibrant colours nuanced with textures that come forth with a message – that this furniture line […]

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Mita Kapur’s The F-Word

  Muse India, May-June 2011   http://www.museindia.com/featurecontent.asp?issid=37&id=2629 Book Review by Ambika Ananth Mita Kapur THE F-WORD New Delhi : HarperCollins, a joint venture with The India Today Group. Pp- 235, Price- Rs.599. An intensely alive spirit in the book With a tongue-in-cheek, naughty, enticing, exciting title like “The F-Word,” the book has jouissance, juice and joviality to make it a good read. This one is an outcome of a confluence of many facets of a wholesome woman – that of […]

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A tale of many stories

Verve, March 2011

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A Waft of Tradition

Better Homes, March 2011

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‘The F Word’ by Mita Kapur

Blogspot.com, 10 March 2011 The F-Word’ by Mita Kapur is the book I am reading during my weekly bus trips from Bandra to CBD, Belapur (at home I am too obsessed with twitter n facebook, visiting links and blogs which hardly leaves me any time to read the printed hard bound book, Alas!) and Mita takes us through her food journey with memoirs that are delightful to read.  Excerpt *”You are greying at the temples. Shouldn’t you color your hair?” “No. I […]

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Rajasthan’s Vanishing Royal Cuisine

Rajasthan’s Vanishing Royal Cuisine Into the Fire – Rajasthani Royal Cuisine business.in.com, 21 March 2011 Laal Maas, Govind Gattas, Doodh ke Samose, Kaleji ka Raita, Khad Khargosh, Khargosh ki Mokal, Lahsoon ki Kheer… the aromas wafted over from the kitchens of our royal neighbours in Jaipur every day, bearing with them the gossamer heritage of warrior traditions, hunting expeditions, ceremonial repasts. More than 25 years later, when I see restaurants serve up yet another watered down version of Jungle Maas […]

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The F-Word by Mita Kapur

bookreviews, 11 March 2011 The first time I heard of this book was from Kiran who said that this book got her into kitchen 🙂 she was all praises of the book and being a foodie having cooking as one of the hobbies it promptly went into my must reading list…I bought it on the first chance I had and went along with Mita for a ride in her world…. BTW if u are still confused the F in the […]

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Wearing a whole new attitude

Deccan Herald, 19 February 2011 http://www.deccanherald.com/content/138838/wearing-whole-attitude.html Why does it matter so much as to whether you wear a sari or a business suit to work? Mita Kapur dissects the politics of power dressing The debate on sartorial reticence versus exhibitionism is buffered by an annoyingly deep-rooted mental conditioning which makes us look at a woman as an object that must have a certain adherence to appearances. We must, by sheer force of habit, comment on what so-and-so is wearing and […]

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