SADAF SHAIKH ATTEMPTS TO PEEL BACK THE LAYERS AND DISCOVERS THAT THE TEXTBOOK GEMINI IS EQUAL PARTS FORTHCOMING AND MYSTERIOUS
I almost tumble into Dimple Kapadia's Juhu apartment and shoot a mortified look at her, trying to assess the level of anger she is at. I am half an hour late to our meeting, although through no fault of my own unseasonal showers have brought traffic across Mumbai to a standstill and my cab broke down on the way here. Erring on the side of caution, I called ahead and informed her manager that I would be delayed, but if there's one thing I have learnt from interviewing celebrities for over a decade, it's that you wait on them-never the other way around. Come rain, shine or red alert.
I sit on the couch across from Kapadia, offering profuse apologies and bracing myself for a dressing-down. Instead, the star leans forward and asks, "Are you feeling okay?" Before I can respond, she follows up with another question: "Is the Uber driver okay?" Dumbstruck, I mumble a monosyllabic yes. "Good," she says with a smile, genuinely pleased, almost as if she were sending out a prayer to tide him over the rest of the inclement day.
A week ago, when Kapadia walked onto the set at Mehboob Studios to shoot her first-ever Vogue India cover, she hoped the gods were smiling down similarly upon her. To be doubly sure, she bent down at the entrance to the studio, placed three fingers on the threshold, put them back to her lips and kissed them; then did the same with the camera. "Was that some sort of a pre-shoot ritual?" I now ask her.
"That was a prayer to the universe to save my ass," she says earnestly.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
A powerful tool to help you master your nervous system or another biohacking buzzword? SIMONE DHONDY explores the inhalations and exhalations of breathwork
Red Pill, Blue Pill
India's nutraceutical industry is booming thanks to advanced technology, distrust of the medical system and rising vanity. With multivitamins becoming purer and more effective, NIDHI GUPTA finds out if supplements have become the new serum
Sign of the times
No longer do you need to have an answer to, \"What is the significance of this?\" when people point to your new tattoo. ARMAN KHAN discovers that everything is on the table when you get inked temporarily
Return to form
Watching the world's most elite athletes deliver the best performances of their careers rekindled SONAKSHI SHARMA's own love for sports
Dimple, All Day
YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED HER ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR OVER FIVE DECADES, BUT DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW DIMPLE KAPADIA.
MUSIC, TAKE CONTROL
As someone who had always sought safety in numbers, ALIZA FATMA often wondered what her own company would feel like. The answer arrived unexpectedly when she attended her first-ever music festival, one of the largest in the world, all alone
Let it grow
When we think of hardworking farmers toiling in India's scorching heat, we often think of men, the sweat on their brow, the sinews in their arms. JYOTI KUMARI speaks to four women who are championing the invisible female labour that keeps these fields running
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
When armless archer Sheetal Devi set her sights on the Paralympic Games this year, she knew she had a tough journey ahead of her. Luckily, her mother was with her every step of the way.
Beauty and the feast
The appeal of Indian weddings has always been in a sprawling spread. For additional bragging rights, Aditi Dugar recommends going beyond designer tablecloths and monogrammed napkins.
Sweet serendipity
From a scavenger hunt-inspired proposal to a Moroccan-themed baraat, Malvika Raj and Armaan Rai's love story prioritised playfulness throughout their blended celebrations.
