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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.
Beauty Expert: Natasha Naegamvala
The top hairstylist tells us how to achieve great hair without having to work too hard
A Lesson In Style
The thing about looking effortless is that it requires real effort. Sana Rezwan shows us how it’s done
Star Boy
At 17, Veer Kowli aka Chrms is Indian electronica’s most promising new talent.
Being American Is Much More Than Acquiring The Right Accent
In the United States of today, writer Sharmila Sen, a first-generation immigrant, weighs in on the question of belonging, as she shares her hopes for tomorrow and trusts in the wisdom of time.
Strength Of A Woman
One built a fashion empire with a conscience; the other redefined the rules for women in Bollywood. Fierce, feminine and so fashion—Anita Dongre and Kareena Kapoor Khan combine forces for AND’s F/W 2018-19 collection.
What Freedom Means To Me
Choosing instinct, passion and compassion over the ease of conformity, eight trailblazers tell us how they chose to live free