MONSTERS LURKING IN the shadows. Crackling thunder. A beloved pet running away. Mum's dreaded nosleepover rule. While these were the things keeping other kids up at night, for 10-year-old Bhumi Pednekar, the world was filled with different anxieties.
She would lie in bed with a racing mind and drum-soloing heart-sweet, unburdened unconsciousness evading her-haunted by the thought of her parents travelling to Australia, where the ozone layer she was studying about was said to be dangerously thin. What if they didn't survive it? Or what if the world ran out of water and her family had not a drop to drink? Her innocent solution? Fantasising that she'd stockpile a warehouse with Bisleri bottles. Looking back, she can't help but laugh at the fact that her childhood workaround is now a problem she's working to fix.
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Manning up
As far as Dominant Men go, we want to know them, date them and dress like them. ROCHELLE PINTO investigates why some of the most exciting style inspirations for women today are men
One for the road
Across four cities and three days, Trisha Vijay and Raj Thakker planned a wedding along Portugal's rugged coastline.
Brick by brick
After her marriage ended, Manssi Vedhya Karambelkar did not know who she was anymore. She confides in SAACHI GUPTA that building a house over 14 months helped her slowly rebuild herself too.
Men at werk
When it comes to building their fashion brand Gul Sohrab, Amit Malhotra and Saurabh Kumar are happy to take turns playing maker, manager, model and muse.
Full plate
In searching for a home away from home, Copenhagen-based food designer Priya Mani created an Instagram encyclopaedia that takes her followers through a visual journey of India's culinary legacy.
Miracle drip
NAD+ infusions have become increasingly popular, promising to magically turn back the clock. But are they too good to be true? MATTIE KAHN investigates
BACK TO BASICS
Moved by Perumal Murugan's new book, Students Etched in Memory, actor Avantika Vandanapu chats with the beloved author about how school made one of them and unmade the other.
No bad vibes
Celebrating the quiet vigilantes of Indian weddings—talismans and traditions that protect the happy couple from ill intent.
BODY & BELONGING
Navigating the tyranny of trial rooms and societal pressures, these women are redefining style by embracing their bodies and celebrating individuality, challenging the notion that thinness is the ultimate goal.
World of our own
Art can take many forms: a woman in New York making larger-than-life sculptures out of wool, two lovers in Delhi reconciling their working styles to start a fluid fashion brand and a mother in Copenhagen creating a visual archive of Indian food to ensure her children remember the flavours of home. Vogue India takes you inside their studios, where the magic happens
