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At Which Stage Are You In Your Sexual Relationship?

At which stage are you in your sexual relationship: tri-weekly, try weekly or try weakly? Anupama Bijur lists the highs and lows your sex life will course through, starting from the wedding night

Karan Johar: An Emotional Anchor For Heartbroken Friends

The filmmaker dishes about designing men’s jewellery, the new season of Koffee With Karan and being an emotional anchor for heartbroken friends. 

How To Own Your Body Like Demi Lovato

After suffering from eating disorders for years, singer and actor Demi Lovato posed triumphantly in the nude for a photo shoot late last year. Namrata D’souza finds the lessons in her story to help you love your body, just the way it is.

Akhila Srinivasan: Keeping Every Promise

Akhila Srinivasan is one of only six Indian women to make it to the Forbes list of Asias 50 most powerful businesswomen of 2015. Shes deeply engaged in making change happen in Indias villages, particularly for women and children. Neeti Jaychander gets a measure of this powerhouse.

Kishore Kumar: Dwarfing The Big Screen

Think of Kishore Kumar and the first thing that comes to mind is his exuberant joie de vivre as a singer, performer and mercurial genius. Privately, however, the legendary singer-actor-filmmaker was neither gregarious nor worried about how his silences would be judged. Hemchhaya De talks to his son for a peek into the short life of one of Bollywoods most interesting personalities.

7 Ways To Get That 'First Time' Feeling Back

Feeling a bit blah in bed? Anindita Ghosh tells you how to get back that hot and heady rush.

Top 4 Rules For Great Sex

Why settle for plain ol sex when you can have great in-the-sack action in every situation, says Anindita Ghosh.

Fashion Entered Into No-Go Zones

Whether it's fixating on butt cracks, nipples or the peek-a-boo penis, fashion's relationship with the human body has entered many no-go zones over the years.

Anushka Sharma: The Golden Girl

Be it her bold choice of roles, her even bolder decision to produce films at 25 and her confident yet quiet relationship with cricketer Virat Kohli thats based on their middle-class beginnings, Anushka Sharmas got game. She talks to Sandipan Dalal about her past movie loves, roles that are redefi ning her career and future plans to collaborate with young people like her.

Inspiration For All Unwed Mothers

Nikhat Mariyam Nirusha decided to live life on her own terms when she moved from Allahabad to Mumbai. That resolution was tested the most when she decided to raise her son alone and unmarried. This is Nikhats story in her own words, as told to Shilpa Sharma.

Alia's New Life

Her career may be in the fast lane, but like any other 20-something today, Alia Bhatt chases happiness in more than one place. Right now, Sandipan Dalal finds, shes decorating her new (pet-friendly) home, going on detox retreats with her family, focusing on her fitness with steely resolve and staying open to love.

Monisha Jaising: Always A Step Ahead

Monisha Jaising always seems to know what the Indian woman will want to wear tomorrow. This foresight, coupled with creativity and an astute business sense, makes her one of the most formidable names in fashion. In her 25th year in the industry, she talks to Butool Jamal about the art of constant reinvention.

Locking Down Love

Labelled as the hookup generation, Gen Y is known for giving love a bad name. But Aurelia Fernandes busts some of those myths with her inside scoop

I Am All About Girl Love

Priyanka Chopra is an early millennial who’s tasted success, yet not been a slave to it. At the height of her fame in the Indian  fi lm industry, she tossed it all up for that elusive international dream. Truly a global icon today, PC straddles time zones like a pro. In her personal life too, she is in no hurry to take the plunge. (Take that, you infuriating biological clock). Tanya Chaitanya gabs with the born-to-entertain Priyanka over an exasperating phone connection to fi nally declare that Femina couldn’t have found a more positive poster girl for millennials to topline this anniversary special. Dare call'em lazy now!

Finance Gets Personal

When it comes to money planning, one size cannot fit all. Your income, expenses and goals all depend on your age and the stage of life you’re at. You’ll be better prepared to face the future if your financial plans change with you. Anika Mohla gets experts to customise strategies that work best for who and where you are at the moment

Sex And The Cycle

Your period might make you cranky, but did you know it could also help you have great sex? Madhura Sansare explores the connection between sex, sensitivity and menstruation

Shelter From The Storm

Has anyone ever told you you’re too sensitive? Smarita Sengupta, who provides a safe space for survivors of human trafficking, is proof that there is no such thing. Nikita Sawant chats with the crusader

Speed Demon

Mira Erda has been fl irting with the physics of Formula One racing since she was nine. Nikita Sawant catches up with the 17-year-old in a tearing hurry

Bye-Bye, Love

Breaking up amicably can seem like a utopian ideal. But there are ways to skip a messy split and part as friends, promises Hemchhaya De

How A Tech Free Holiday Helps You Come Closer!

A tech-free holiday can ensure stronger couple bonding.

Star Trekker

Annabelle D’Costa tells you how to pack like a pro before you head to the hills for your first trek

Shah Rukh Khan: Why Only a Feminist, I'd Like to Be a Woman

Let’s get this straight: SRK refuses to be called a feminist. If feminism means aiming to be equal to men, Shah Rukh Khan believes we’re aiming too low. In a tell-all to Tanya Chaitanya, Bollywood’s wittiest superstar reveals why he believes he is the change, what his expectations from his maybe-an-actor-someday daughter Suhana are, and the reason he’s ordered elder son Aryan to keep his shirt on at all times!

No Filter Required

Amyra Dastur has been making news as a rising star and someone who isn’t afraid of being seen for who she is. Chirag Mohanty Samal speaks to the gutsy young actor.

Shelter From The Storm

Has anyone ever told you you’re too sensitive? Smarita Sengupta, who provides a safe space for survivors of human trafficking, is proof that there is no such thing. Nikita Sawant chats with the crusader.

Speed Demon

Mira Erda has been flirting with the physics of Formula One racing since she was nine. Nikita Sawant catches up with the 17-year-old in a tearing hurry

Warrior Queen

For someone who’s been in the news so much, Kangana Ranaut still has the power to surprise you—whether she’s defying death on the sets of her new film, looking for love in her own cautious way or building a dream villa in Manali.

Off The Wall

As a child, Divya Ramachandran drew pictures to tame her hyperactivity and keep her mind engaged. Years later, she’s using the same approach to change children’s lives.

Do More Stress Less

Your to-do list is a tyrant and ringmaster rolled into one. Anindita Ghosh shows you how to juggle all those tasks with your sanity intact.

Tried, Tested,Awarded

The third edition of the Nykaa.com Femina Beauty Awards 2017 started off on a high note in Mumbai. Kannagi Desai recalls the highlights of the glamorous evening that celebrated all things beautiful.

Chasing Collagen

Can drinking this crucial protein give you glowing skin? Faye Remedios fi nds out if this popular needle-free beauty treatment actually works