A Diwali Gift Idea – Cookery Books from Pritya

Cookery Books – Pritya

Pritya Books, in an effort to document traditional and healthful recipes brought out Cooking at Home with Pedatha. The vegetarian Andhra recipes are a legacy of Pedatha, aka Subhadra Krishna Rau Parigi, the oldest offspring of Dr V V Giri, the former president of India. Authored by Jigyasa Giri and Pratibha Jain, the book won international acclaim, including the Gourmand Award.

Their second book, Sukham Ayu, gives every day recipes with Ayurvedic insight so as to suit people with different constitutions, viz vata, pitta and kapha. This too went on to win a Gourmand in the health and nutrition category.

CTW finds the recipes well-presented and very easy to follow.

This Diwali, as a novel gift idea, Pritya offers these books in gift hampers, with traditional gifts that symbolize health, bounty and auspiciousness. The hampers come in elegantly hand-crafted boxes. They can be viewed at

http://picasaweb.google.com/pritya0/ElegantDiwaliHampers?feat=directlink#

Contact 94440 20011 / 97909 10664

Combo Hampers – Ferns n Petals

Ferns n Petals, besides delivering flowers to any destination, delivers gift hampers in various combinations. The choice is wide, to cater to the tastes of all segments.

From hampers with the traditional Diwali sweets, to dryfruit hampers, chocolate and jewelry hampers, you can pick one of your choice. You can also wish your friends by sending them sacred Ganeshas, good luck plants or smoke-free fragrant candles among others.

At Hamsa Florals, 30 /2, I Block, First Avenue, Anna Nagar East, behind KPN Travels, Chintamani.

Contact 4550 0983 / 2620 9278 / 90030 74310

Gift Hampers – Nuts ’n’ Spices

Dry fruit gift boxes are available in various combinations, with prices ranging from Rs 110 to Rs 2500. For Diwali, three special gift hampers have been made available in all the Nuts ‘n’ Spices outlets. These contain dry fruits, chocolates and diyas among others and are priced at Rs 2500, Rs 3000 and Rs 4200. For customized gifts, the order needs to be placed ten days in advance. Cutomised gifts of higher values can also be requested.

Contact 2834 1240

The Chennai Silks

With an exhaustive collection for men, women and children, the Chennai Silks has brought out three new collections for this Diwali. The Nivea  collection is priced between Rs 1500 and Rs 3000. The Khiyatee designer collection is priced between Rs 3000 and Rs 5000. The Aathira Flylite is a collection of light weight silk sarees priced between Rs 3000 and Rs 6000. And on purchase of the festive Nivea collection for Rs 5000 and above, you get a Sonic ladies watch free. A Titan Sonata watch is free with purchase of Nivea sarees worth Rs 7500 and more.

The Chennai Silks, 23, Usman Road, T Nagar. Contact 2431 0888

ColorPlus

ColorPlus that commands a sizable market in the ready-to-wear men’s garments, offers a sophisticated, yet colourful look to its products, which is unique to the brand. This festive season, they offer Satin Trails and Indigo Classic Blue in the shirts collection and Summer Satin in the trousers collection. These semi-formals are high on the comfort and tactils feel as they are made from the best quality fabrics.

ColorPlus, 10 – Nageshwara Road, T. Nagar. Contact 24 34 34 34

Prashanti

The boutique that has made a name for itself for exclusive hand-woven Silk Cotton sarees has a good collection to offer this season.

‘Vaiboham’ is a party and evening wear collection of silk cotton sarees. The price range is between Rs 1900 and Rs 2600.

‘Vivaham’ as the name implies, is a wedding collection with the price ranging between Rs 2700 and Rs 4500.

The ‘Priem’ collection stands for printed and embroidered silk cottons. The hand embroidery is also of many varieties such as kundan, ari, etc. Price: Rs 1900 to Rs 3500.

‘Nityam’, as the name implies, is a 24×7 casual wear collection, ideally suited for the working women. Price: Rs 350 to Rs 1200.

Though Prashanti has been an exclusive silk cotton saree boutique, the request from a majority of their customers has culminated in the introduction of ‘Haritam’ collection of silk sarees since 15 Sep.

Designer salwars, with the kameez in silk cotton and the salwar in polycot are also on offer. This trendy collection caters to the youth and the executives and are available as material as well as ready-to-wear garments.

As part of Diwali celebrations, they have a Swarna Varshini offer, that runs between 15 Sep and 15 Nov, where the buyer gets a coupon on purchase of Rs 2000 and above. There will be a luck draw on 24 Nov and 14 people get to win gold coins that range from 2gms to 8gms.

In addition, their regular festival offer of 3% discount is on.

At 16, 6^th Cross Street, CIT Colony, Mylapore. Contact 2499 1850 / 2499 7636

Sundari Silks

With decades of being in the business, Sundari Silks present collections that are an ode to beauty. This Diwali, they present the Indradhanu or the ‘Colours of Rainbow’ collection. The price of this collection ranges from Rs 4500 to 15000.

At 38, North Usman Road, T Nagar. Contact 2814 3093

Rekha’s Boutique

Having made a name for itself as a trendy designer wear boutique for women, Rekha’s offers Chanderi crushed silks, mid-crushed Anarkalis, Banarasi silks, dabbu patch work duppattas and netted Anarkalis this festive season. The price ranges from Rs 2000 to Rs 4000. Their regular fabrics such as dabka, indigo, jacquard, Maheshwari, etc are also available.

Till Diwali, there is a 20% discount on ready-to-wear garments and designer fabrics and a 10% discount on the mix-n-match category.

At G-23, Mookambika Complex, C P Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet. Contact 2498 2556

Solitaires – Studio Tara
In the eight years since it was started, Studio Tara has made a name for
itself in gems-encrusted gold and platinum jewelry in contemporaray and
traditional designs. In association with Caratlane, Bharathi Raviprakash
presents solitaires in various settings.

Today, 28 Oct. Contact 4314 4511

Evoluzione Rings in the Festive Season

You have party wear, evening wear and festive wear lines from most wanted designers like Manish Gupta, Wendell Rodricks, Rohit Bal, Anamika Khanna, Abraham & Thakore and more. The exhibition will be on till Sunday 31 October from 10:30 am to 8:30 pm at 3, Khader Nawaz Khan Road, Nungambakkam

Philips Home Decorative Lightings

To light up your home this Diwali, you can give a new look to your House / Office with New Philips Home  Decorative Lightings with lights that will save up to 80 % Energy.

Philips Home  Decorative Lightings collections are Out door collections , Living Colours ,  Decorative Collections,  ecoMoods, Aquafit, Wall and Ceiling Collections , Desk lights ,Energy Saving Lighting Products, Renewable Energy Lighting Products and Gift items.

Their show rooms are located at:

At T- Nagar PHILIPS Light Shoppe, Old No 190,North Usman Road, T-Nagar

At   Adayar, PHILIPS Light Lounge, 110 Sardar Patel Road, Ist Floor

Above Adayar bakery Ph  : 43502324, 044-42117904

You can visit their web site for product catalogues at  http://www.lighting.philips.co.in/v2/ecatalogue.jsp

Bengal Cotton Saris Presented by Rang Mahal

This exhibition of saris is aptly called The Bengal Weavers’ Show, because this is a product of the labour of the traditional weavers from the district of Nadia in West Bengal. Rang Mahal which is organizing the exhibition is doing its bit to highlight and market the products of the master weavers. The designs are many – folk, modern etc., with several colour and stripe combinations in Tangail, Nakshi, Dhakai, Balucheri, Blutadar and Jamdani sari types. This exhibition is on at Chettiar Hall, Alwarpet, till October 31.