Monthly Archives: June 2025

Fibre may not show up next to collagen coffee or infrared saunas on your wellness feed, but if you want to feel clearer and lighter from the inside out, this is where it begins.

We’ve been trained to count macronutrients—protein, carbs, fats—as if they’re the whole story. But fibre doesn’t play by those rules. You can’t just “hit your goal” by eating the same foods on repeat. And yet, that’s exactly what most of us do: cycle through the same handful of fibre-rich staples and assume we’re covered.

As Dr Madhur Motwani, clinician-scientist and gut health entrepreneur, explains: “While the amount of fibre is important, diversity is equally crucial. You want them all coming together to create short-chain fatty acids, which are going to impact your entire metabolic health.”

You don’t need to track which food does what. Just start including a wider mix because that’s the secret to unlocking fibre’s true potential.

The different types of fibre your gut craves

We’ve popularised kale and broccoli as the face of fibre, but every plant food—grains, greens, lentils, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds—contains a different kind. Each feeds a unique group of microbes in your gut.

Think of your gut like an organisation. Each fibre-rich food fuels a different department. If one is overworked and the rest neglected, the system slows down. Your body doesn’t need just one superfood; it needs a full staff, all working in sync.

The fibre in beetroot nourishes a different “team” than what’s found in flaxseed or chickpeas. Even between leafy greens—amaranth, spinach, methi—the microbial impact varies.

And since each bacterial strain supports a different body function, the more varied your fibre sources, the more balanced your entire internal ecosystem becomes.

Gut health expert Dr Will Bulsiewicz compares the gut to the Amazon rainforest. Its health depends on biodiversity. In your body, that translates to more stable moods, clearer skin and better digestion, without obsessing over food rules or micromanaging your meals.

What fibre diversity looks like in real life

You don’t need a kitchen overhaul or 25 ingredients in every meal. Focus on variety across the week, not every single plate. Start by noticing which foods you’re repeating and where you could swap something in.

Each Thursday, chef Akash Deshpande curates a special seven-course menu for an intimate, ingredient-forward dining experience with a table of just ten people. The debut edition, called unhala or summer in Marathi, offers a peek into rustic Maharashtrian cooking and the use of seasonal produce such as jackfruit, ice apples and rural root vegetables. Sample fare such as mothi mirchi or green chillies filled with sweet corn, chicken roulade with a desi twist, yam stuffed with brinjal and a refreshing coconut mousse with ice apple.

Address: 4-16, Sterling Apts, Sundervan Complex Road Shashtri Nagar, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri West. Tel: 09920781422

Pune

Conrad Pune (Modern Peshwa menu)

For a limited period, the hotel has put together a menu as part of its ‘art of experiential dining’ series, reimagining Peshwai cuisine as an ode to Maratha heritage. You can look forward to sampling plates such as thecha bites featuring charred pineapple thecha, Saoji lamb rassa with Indrani rice, a dish of goda masala choux pastry with jackfruit and aamras elaichi sorbet, among other dishes.

Available from June 13 to July 13 at Al Di La, Conrad Pune. Address: 7, Mangaldas Road, Sangamvadi. Tel: 09168603631

Ahmedabad

Union

To sandal, or not to sandal? That is but one question facing people grappling with the weather right now. With the early onset of monsoon throughout the country, some days we are graced with sunshine, while others are grey and riddled with rain. Optimists are not only Googling the forecast – they’re tapped into the key sandal trends to know for 2025.

Sandals are naturally a core component of any summer wardrobe, and this year, the spring/summer 2025 collections included an abundance of styles for those wanting to venture beyond a black leather slider. Hermès – the brand that has consistently made us want to spend big money on sandals ever since it invented the Oran in 1997 – delivered once again, this time with an elegant clog in an indulgent mocha shade. This sandal is an indicator of two wider trends seen across the collections – brown will be the new black, and clogs will be the new It-Girl shoe (thanks also to a heavy endorsement from Miu Miu).

Flip-flops have had the high-fashion treatment, looking nothing like their rubbery predecessors you’d buy in a souvenir shop. Carven created a hybrid that is flip flip-flop at the front and low court shoe at the back, while Alaïa dialled up the pretty factor with heeled thong sandals crafted in a beautiful pink satin. The Row, a prime supplier of minimalist footwear styles, also introduced a high-fashion flip-flop for spring/summer 2025. Following the success of the brand’s Ginza, which has been in circulation for no less than five years, the brand debuted a new shape called the Dune, with a textured rubber footbed and cotton-grosgrain strap, available in sand, black and bright red. And while The Row founders Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are loyal wearers of their own designs, they’re no stranger to a humble, practical style. The former has been seen in Teva’s Voya Infinity – a shoe that, unlike her own range, is priced at under £100.

Whether you are heading on holiday or want to get ahead on your summer shopping, keep reading for the best sandal styles for 2025.

1. Mocha sandals

Hermès, Zimmermann, Miu Miu and Chloé SS25 collections.