Tanya Munshi's Lifestyle Portal

The Lifestyle Portal is a big fan of everything handmade and of talented people who create magic with mundane objects in life. 

While surfing through the social networking sites on a boring Monday, we spotted an indigo coloured owl (yes, we’re very fond of owl and elephant designs) staring at us with its hypnotic eyes that was painted so strikingly that we HAD to get one for ourselves.

We bought one and now we sport it proudly during our evening walks by [More...]

Ms. Rachana Mohanan takes home the first prize for her soul touching write-up and simple photograph complimenting – ‘The Bindi’. 

Rachana, WOW!! Your write-up touched the right cord and gave goosebumps to many of us. And the way you have adorned the humble yet regal bindi – we simply knew this was the winning story we’ve been looking for!

You win the gorgeous ‘King and Queen-tray’ – Priced at Rs. 980/- + discounts on any Arcsun Art product of your choice until 31st May. (Pls [More...]

Mrs. Lali Roy Choudhury wins the second prize on a heart rendering note about her longing for her mother in – ‘The Clove’.

Lali, your brilliant photograph brought out the longing for your mother that you penned down so beautifully for us and we felt it too!

You win ‘A pair of chai coffee mugs with a pair of blackboard coasters’ – Priced at Rs. 680/- + discounts on any Arcsun Art product of your choice until 31st May. (Pls see our website [More...]

Ms. Swati Harsha takes home the third prize for her beautiful photograph and write-up on ‘The Silver Anklets’. 

Swati, both your photograph and write-up was a cheerful note about those gorgeous silver anklets passed down by your mum that will eventually go to your little princess on her wedding.

After seeing the photograph we now know why you coveted this gorgeous piece of silver for yourself!  

Swati, you win ‘Dabbuwali’ – Priced at Rs. 450/- + discounts on any Arcsun Art product of [More...]

Arcsun Art and The Lifestyle Portal bring to you a fun contest exclusively for Mother’s Day.

This contest is going to test your creative and literary skills where the winners get to walk away with exclusive handcrafted and hand made gift items from Arcsun Art. Yippie!

What’s more, there’ll also be consolation prizes as well. So are you ready to play?

Read the contest and the rules carefully [More...]

Dear readers and The Lifestyle Portal loyalists – here’s the list of winners and the answers for the quiz sponsored by Devi.

For those who didn’t make it, worry not as we’ll be coming back with hosts of new promotions and offers where you could win lovely prizes to show off to your family and friends.

But we’d love it if you could show us some love – just ‘Like’ us on our Facebook page and keep spreading the good word and [More...]

As you’re aware that The Lifestyle Portal is a big fan of all things natural, organic, handmade and healthy – be it food, beauty or lifestyle products, so here we are featuring one of our favourite beauty brands that promotes a green, healthy and a natural way of looking beautiful and staying youthful – Aroma Magic.

Looking beautiful is just a tip of the iceberg; you need to feel beautiful in order to look beautiful to the world outside.

Feeling beautiful is [More...]

They say good things come in small packages and we can prove it to you. For all the young mums (rhymes with young guns) out there who’d like to pick up something refreshingly cute and chic at the same time – check out some really cool and earthy designs from Short Edition.

The Lifestyle Portal became an instant fan after visiting one of her first exhibitions in Mumbai.

Meet Sneha Jacob an alumni of NIFT-Bangalore who also holds a juicy Masters Degree in [More...]

Roots2Shoots add the final product in this series – the Organic Fairness Beauty Pack.

We’ve heard, seen and used several beauty packs during facials at spas and salons. But this one you can use and try at home to get good results.

The organic fairness pack improves complexion by removing discoloration and blemishes of the skin. It also reduces the blackening around the eyes.

This Fairness pack is made out of 5 organic herbs, with the main ingredients such as papaya, custard apple [More...]

Urban Kala launches a classy hand stitched and hand painted bag at The Lifestyle Portal. For those of you who admire and patronise hand crafted items, this bag is a must have!

This taka stitch bag is sturdy, stylish and spacious and comes with white show stitches on the borders.

The paintings are completely hand painted and no printing has been used thus making it unique designer accessory.

Colours used to paint the bags are non toxic, bright and vibrant. There’s a small zip money [More...]