Dear Readers,Imagine planning on eating out with your better half, family or friends. You've heard about a restaurant and you’re full of anticipation with your expectations sky high. But when you get there, the restaurant interior is mediocre at best - doesn't it put a slight damper on your mood? So even when the food is good, you don't feel like going back because it had an unpleasant ambience. Good interior design can do as much for a cafe, restaurant or bar as good food, drinks and service can. Read our Feature Story, where we rounded up some of the world’s most stylish eateries that have won awards for their décor. This week on the cover we feature the doctor couple Bhadra and Preeti Reddy. Turn to our Cover Story where the talented and the dynamic duo talk about key goals and daily challenges. They tell us about their mammoth task of running a multi-specialty hospital along with medical institutes and colleges. Featured in People in Focus is an architect and interior designer Nanda Kumar Birudavolu. 15 years after opening his firm, the celebrated architect discusses some of his iconic work, his influences, architectural sensibilities, and the enduring power of the client and their distinctive character. It’s your job to make sure your home sweet home is actually sweet. All you have to do: Fill it with artefacts and the finest natural stones that speak your unique style. Sensational Spaces guides you around the recently launched store in Hyderabad, the StoneLife Super Studio. Apart from offering a wide range of the world’s finest natural stone and artefacts, the 48,000-square-foot studio showcases a unique and exquisite flooring, cladding, and interior décor solutions.Don’t take your aching, tight back lying down! In this week’s Mind & Body, we speak to Sharmila Hirendernath, a certified yoga instructor and the founder of Sharmila’s Yoga Zone, who shares asanas to help you stretch and increase the flexibility in your spine. Grand Getaways has a dentist turned baker Pooja Sugla and her family’s trip to Scandanavia. The coffee culture, award-winning design, beautiful buildings, outstanding restaurants, and effortless natural beauty make the Nordic region an obvious travel choice. Read on as she takes us to the stylish lakeside cabins, marvellous architecture, and quaint timber towns.And tell us what you think. If you have any suggestions, comments or queries, please e-mail me at publisher@you-and-i.com.
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