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Why You Shouldnt Be Afraid Of Making Mistakes
Make them earth- why you shouldn’t shattering, life-shredding be afraid of catastrophes – you’ll be a making mistakes better man for it.
Sniff ‘N' The Tears
To make your home bar really cool, start raiding your grandfather’s cabinet
The Last Frontier
TWO GENERATIONS OF MEN PROVE THEMSELVES IN THE KITCHEN
The Redesign Of R&B
ON HIS NEW ALBUM BEACH HOUSE 3, TY’S SPIRITUAL CHANGE IS AS THOROUGH AS THE TRANSFORMATION OF HIS GENRE
Power Move
Best known as the God of Thunder, Chris Hemsworth is Boss Bottled’s new face. And there’s so much more to the Man of Today than those ridiculous biceps
Winged Wonder
Have we reached peak Jaquet Droz with the new Loving Butterfly Automaton?
The Great (Gay) Marriage Bureau
In a country that’s obsessed with getting hitched, but also criminalises sexual activities “against the order of nature”, 24-year-old Urvi Shah is helping the LGBTQ community find love through the Arranged Gay Marriage Bureau. With several success stories, and over 1,400 clients from Malda to Palampur, traditional matchmaking just got a 21st-century update.
Virat Kohli "I Hate Losing In Life"
After a sensational World Cup and IPL season, you might expect the best cricketer in India to be coasting on success, money and fame. But Virat Kohli is playing the long game, looking at life beyond the pitch.
Southern Comfort
Before the phenomenal success of the Baahubali franchise, Telugu superstar Prabhas had a 15-year-long career, with almost as many films, in which he reprised the role of the soft romantic lead in movies such as Mr Perfect and Darling. Then, for five straight years, he immersed himself in SS Rajamouli’s epic. He learned sword-fighting and horse-riding, and convinced audiences that he could wrestle bulls with his bare hands and scale elephant trunks like it was nothing. Since the release of the two-film saga, he’s become a household name across the country, and inverted traditional Bollywood and regional cinema hierarchies. Suman Naishadham travels to Los Angeles to meet the actor with the baritone giggle
The Aviators
Meet Parvaaz, the strongest force on the indie music scene, now streaming on a loudspeaker near you
Two's Company
Dark-dialled, double-barrelled, dapper: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s latest Duomètre takes a microscope to the concept of time
Power Pint
Small car. Big power. Much fun
Double Check
This month, Delhi-based Raqs Media Collective whirl into Shanghai to curate a biennale with a mission: To ask, and ask again.
Farhan Akhtar Unplugged: From One Rockstar To Another
He's turning the idea of being a rockstar on its head. Indus-Creed frontman Uday Benegal peers through the looking glass.
Ghosts In The Star Machine
Twitter, Instagram and Facebook may be essential to modern fame, but many stars and politicians can’t (or won’t) handle them. It’s the social media manager who keeps a celeb on message, out of trouble and – above all – ‘authentic’
Shahid Kapoor: Poised To Cash In On Everything That's His Due
Shahid Kapoor has that special, sometimes non-essential quality you find among Bollywood superstars: He has serious acting chops. But, film-wise, not much gets him excited, and not much has brought him the success he deserves. Months go by between movies. An arranged marriage announcement drops, a baby girl soon after. But this year, with collaborations with two intense, artistic minds – Vishal Bhardwaj and Sanjay Leela Bhansali Kapoor seems poised to cash in on everything that’s his due.
Harley-Davidson: The Highway Star
The 2017 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special is why the open road was invented.
Room For Sex
With a cultish set of clients across 20 Indian cities, a w ebsite that offers premium hotel rooms for unmarried couples (minus the judgement) has become a curious community for the lovesick.
The Nine Lives Of Leo DiCaprio
The Revenant star on surviving fame, parachute malfunctions, climate change and filming in Canada’s frozen tundra.
Netflix And Chill
Diversity is the new normal on TV
Weird Science Of Aamir Khan!
He flips out over scripts his retinue read as suicide. He greenlights roles for the feels, not future TRPs. Which in fickle Bollywood, should foretell tales of swift to middling failure. So how has Aamir Khan, this recidivist risk-taker, parlayed his unscientific method into one of the most successful film careers of all time? Yeah. He is not sure either.
Nothing You Can See That Isn't Shown
It might have been the age of imagination, but the material remains of the sixties’ social battlegrounds still hold great value. through a new exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, GQ’s Charlie Burton tells the story of the counterculture.
2016 A Phenomenal Year For Anushka Sharma!
2016 has been a very strange year. Except if you’re Anushka Sharma.
Drink Bitter Than You're Used To
Three ways to enjoy amaro, the Italian national spirit that’s becoming our favourite post-dinner drink… And pre-dinner drink… And whenever-you-want drink
All Hail The King
For Alessandro Michele, the creative force behind Gucci’s resurgence, it’s all about the beauty – and giving the people what they want
A Single Man
DOES THE END GAME ALWAYS HAVE TO BE MARRIAGE?
A Self-Portrait In Words
I’m a 30-something woman: smart, tall (5’7” without heels), with long legs and dark hair down to my waist.
Playing Host
How do you engage with millennials – that trend-conscious, Insta-obsessed generation? Recognise that what they’re looking for isn’t very different from the rest of us, says Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson
A New High
In a $7 billion beer market, The Beer Café is India’s largest and fastest-growing alco-beverage brand. Here, founder Rahul Singh talks about how the Indian consumer is trading up when it comes to their favourite pints, and why tech is the way to a millennial’s beer-loving heart
Surround Sound
Three innovative concepts change the way you experience live music – by taking saturday night bar behaviour out of the equation. Here’s where to discover the coolest indie earworms this month.