Top Gun

Fear has no place in self-styled movie star, feminist and truth-bomber Kangana Ranaut’s narrative. In her first interview with elle, she tells Mayank Shekhar why you can’t stop at the top.

8 Good Reasons To Stay Active On Holiday

From diving camps to relaxing yoga retreats and scenic cycling expeditions that build character, Kalyani Prasher gives you eight good reasons to stay active on holiday.

Off - Road

When she’s not walking the ramp, DJ-ing at the hottest parties or experimenting with hair colour, British model Amber Le Bon is usually doing something reliably geeky

Siddhartha Mukherjee On Grandeur Of The Genes And It's Relationship With Mental Illness

In an elegant new book on genes, Siddhartha Mukherjee takes full measure of a family secret he has feared all his life, finds Aarathi Prasad

Why Not Go Under The Knife?

A nose job and two lip jobs later, Tara* Kaushal offers a totally different perspective on why women go under the knife.

Revealed! Why Deepika Padukone Always Calls Her Mum Back Now!

Here is how Deepika Padukone’s dream day would unfold: “Hopefully, I’d have slept by 10.30pm the night before,” she says, “as opposed to late, like 11.30 or midnight.” I have her on the phone at 10.30pm; she’s in her car on her way home after a full day of shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama, Padmavati. “I’d wake up at 8am, eat a good South Indian breakfast, throw in a workout. Then,” she says slowly, as if only daring to dream, “I’d clean my house. The whole house. Open all the cabinets, count the crockery. Make sure everything is in order. Then I’d do my accounts.” In case you were wondering about the fabulous life of India’s richest and, arguably, most famous actress. (The 30-year-old became the first Indian to make Forbes’ list of the World’s Highest Paid Actresses, this year, coming in at number 10.)

PV Sindhu, Learning The Importance Of Getting Angry!

After years of sweetly cinching victory after victory, Olympic champion PV Sindhu is learning the importance of getting angry, finds Nishat Fatima

Rebel Heart

Masaba Gupta Mantena Is a Woman—and Fashion Designer and Social Media Star—unto Herself, With a Wicked Sense of Humour and Rare Foresight as Her Calling Cards. Hotelier Aishwarya Nair Mathew Charts Her Friend’s Journey to the Top.

As Paul Sees It

Paul Andrew, the recently appointed director of women’s footwear design at Ferragamo, is excited about the future. He tells Luisa Simonetto how he has reinterpreted Salvatore’s vision to cater to millennials.

Burberry, Unplugged

Christopher Bailey Has Kept Britain’s Most Iconic Label on the Cusp With Digital Innovation and See-now, Buy-now Speed. His Latest Obsession? Gorgeously Old-school Craftsmanship. Zoe Wolf Meets the Fearless Adapter.

Class Act

Neel Mukherjee’s Latest Novel, a State of Freedom, Is an Important, Empathy-building Probe of Urban India’s Class Divide. And It Retains All the Devastation and Despair of His Earlier Works, Finds Vatsala Chhibber.

Are You Afraid Of Swimming? Let Go Of Your Fears This Summer

You’ve heard great things about swimming but just can’t seem to take the plunge? Pratika Yashaswi gives you a little push

Why Diana Penty Regrets Being The Way She Was?

Four years ago, after a dream debut and on the precipice of stardom, Diana Penty went off the radar. Now, better adjusted to fame—and with a risky second film—she’s back for the long haul, says Vatsala Chhibber

Boom Town

Unnoticed by most, Hyderabad has become a flourishing fashion market, rife with talented designers and discerning customers. The city’s style makers catch up with Nishat Fatima at Ogaan's first local outpost

The Good Fight

After nearly a decade of battling to be more than just the token exotic beauty in Hollywood, Freida Pinto has made her second destiny-changing breakthrough—in tv this time. She tells Cheryl-Ann Couto about the anxious in-between years and why it's important to defend your dreams

Screen Grab

From sweet supporting character to Netflix star handpicked by the Wachowskis, actor Tina Desai’s career is on the up and up. Here, she tells Sujala Newar about working with the cult directors, losing her inhibitions and finding herself.

Web Team

As Online streaming giants prepare to overhaul Indian television, Actors Sayani Gupta and Sarah-Jane dias, who star in amazon prime india’s slick new drama, tell Vatsala Chhibber what this means for their craft

New Rich

How do you measure luxury in 2017? Is it something expensive or exclusive? Or is it simply having the privilege of time to be able to enjoy an experience? Shweta Shiware attempts to find out

Beautiful Rebel

Chanel’s latest perfume is born out of the spirit of liberation; Vanessa Craft rediscovers the woman who inspired it

True Self

Body positive icon and musician beth ditto talks about her unlikely relationship with exercise and how she never let the gym intimidate her

Parallel Universe

The first Indians to curate the provocative Shanghai Biennale, Raqs Media Collective promise some big surprises ahead. 

Are You Tired Of Working Long Hours?

Tired of working long hours and always running to catch up, Lavanya Mohan tore herself off Twitter and went looking for productivity hacks

State Of The Art

If the purpose of art is to scrape the dust of daily life off our souls, the Burman-Maity home must be spotlessly clean.

Labour Of Love

Inspired by the strongest female influences in his life, designer Bibhu Mohapatra’s latest capsule collection might be his most deeply personal yet.

Light In The Dark

In her soul-wrecking debut novel, Shobha Rao illuminates the unspeakable hardship of being born poor, wilful, and a woman— and the transformative power of female friendship. Cheryl-Ann Couto soaks it all in.

Style Notes On Camp

The joyful, outrageous style of Prince, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie is having a moment, both in music and in fashion. Long live camp, says Laura Craik.

Boy, Meet Boy

Being an openly gay Indian American might spare you inevitable marital conversation at the hands of meddlesome elders, dubious matchmakers and romanceless biodatas. But it does have its ups and downs.

A Fine Balance

Meet Ipsita Dasgupta, a powerhouse who is spearheading a new path in sports and digital media. She talks to Aabha Bakaya about motherhood and life in the fast lane.

Dream Team

Jeweller Siddharth Kasliwal and fashion designer Marie-Anne Oudejans’s serendipitous—and very successful— professional partnership taps into the very best of each of them.

Two's A Party

Caroline Issa and Saloni Lodha are each other’s biggest cheerleaders. And their friendship has survived time and distance.