Diwali ki Shubh kamnayen!

aka' The best, ie the very best wishes for Diwali!

To all my fabulous readers!

A quick post of inspiration for Diwali, from various Indian design magazines...

[Image source: Elle Decor India, Inside Outside]

Also see my last year's post on Diwali, and re-live the welcome to my home on Diwali day... :)

Coming Soon..

Diwali decor for your home!

Gorgeous Diya pictures from some amazing photographers @ flickr:

leenadevi, dodobrain, kirtmans, nivz, sidscool, amit k, water lemon, pushkar r bagmar, mrhotsoup, evolve, ruban phukan, aratib

Light a diya in your home as you wait for the next post... :)

Hookah Evenings

Not in Morocco

But in LA!

Hotel Figueroa

And one thing led to another...

I came across...

which led to...

which led to...

Hot Pink - The first concept store in Jaipur, Rajasthan! A collaboration of Munnu Kasliwal and Marie-Helene de Taillac, Hot Pink offers chic and contemporary fashion from Indian designers, who respect and use traditional Indian techniques.

While the beautifully designed site of this store, located at Narain Niwas, immediately attracts your attention, the site also has a treasure trove of information on Jaipur. From Jaipur shopping recommendations to heritage hotels to local tourist map, all made lovely by Jean -Philippe Delhomme's beautiful paintings!

You can download the very well put together Jaipur guide for your next Jaipur trip!

Also totally worth drooling over are Marie-Helene de Taillac jewels! Look through Marie's site for absolutely gorgeous fine jewellery designed by her, using gemstones and craftsmen expertise from India.

I am waiting for my next windfall to acquire one of Jean's paintings and one (maybe two, or three?) of Marie's jewels. So long..

~ Stuff launching and happening ~

Another round of goodness from the world of design and home decor!

Special Offer from Garnet Hill

Garnet Hill is offering 20% off on the products available on its site. An Indian Summer readers can use source code 20off to avail of the offer. Hurry, the offer ends October 8th!

Psst: John Robshaw, one of my favorites, also available @ Garnet Hill..

Green Somethings

Green Somethings, a first of its kind online store in India, offers beautiful indoor plants arranged in chic, contemporary pots. The plants are handpicked to make sure they are healthy, strong and low maintenance. Ideal as home decor or a green gift! Green Somethings currently home delivers in Mumbai

New blog: Textile Swatches!

Textile Swatches is the space where Seema Krish, an Indian textile designer now living in Boston, shares her passion and knowledge of textiles. Seema is also in the process of launching her own signature collection of decorative fabric products- including pillows, rugs, blankets and throws. All the products will be manufactured in sustainable environments using textile crafts in a contemporary way.

Looking forward to your collection Seema!

Zabitatz.com

Zabitatz.com is the latest entrant in the e-world of home design and decor. Zabitatz describes itself as the fun, never-intimidating and always informative site where passionate members meet to share advice, insight and inspiration about everything home-related

Thank you Belette!

And last but not the least, I would like to thank Belette for honouring me with "You are a beautiful blogger" award! I am touched and honoured by this beautiful gesture!

Visit Belette's insightful blog here

Update on Yikes!

I almost feel like adding a cheesy hugs graphic or something to this post because, well, I do feel like hugging you! Thank you for your emails and your responses to the survey...I am e-overwhelmed! And a special thanks to Ted, who has been diligently following up with Apple service center and tech folks and updating me on what the issue and solution might be!

So, from what I have understood so far, in a nutshell:

1. There seems to be an issue with older macs. And with OS 10.4.11, and sometimes with Safari and FireFox. Newer versions of IE and Opera seem to handle the site fine (and do let me know if its otherwise!)

2. To help readers with above systems/browsers, I have tried to reduce the page loading time by limiting the number of posts on main page to 5 (rest all in archives! click the older link at the bottom right of the page)

3. I also read up that HTML clean up can help different browsers understand HTML in a way that it does not freeze the system and loads as it is freaking supposed to load (excuse my french). So in the coming days I will make attempts at cleaning up my blog's HTML (how cool does that sound?! Clean up HTML! I impress myself sometimes!). Successful attempts should hopefully result in a smoother reading experience

4. Also, as a recommendation, for readers who have trouble loading An Indian Summer, can you please try clearing you cache'? There is supposed to be a cache' that stores versions of each site on you PC/Mac, and you want to clear it. It just might help.

5. If there is anything else you might recommend, you know what to do - Write to me please.

Phew! So much for HTML and browsers and technology! I will be back tomorrow with a luscious post and announcement of some great stuff launching and happening in the design world:)

Thank you for reading, and continued reading of An Indian Summer!