New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Eighteen-year-old Kashish Kumar spends an hour or more almost every day embroidering or crocheting items like coasters, key-chains, and handkerchiefs. The Bengaluru-based college student started these crafts in 2023, enjoying the pause they provided from high school pressures. "Embroidery and crochet have been great stress busters and I think it's a better way to spend time than doom-scrolling on social media," says Kumar, who also enjoys crosswords, sudoku, solitaire and baking.

These slower, often painstaking pursuits might seem a mismatch for the restlessness and speed associated with youth. Yet, hobbies stereotyped as the preserve of the elderly-dubbed "grandma hobbies" on social media-are finding appeal with Ge...