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10 Reasons To Be Happy In 2016

After a year that was bookended by tragic terror attacks and dire climate change, Liesl Goecker went looking for some silver linings.

Low Investment Workout Tips

Fight your busyness trap and pick a low-investment workout. Mihika Pai makes every minute count.

8 Reasons Why Weightlifting Is A Must!

You might be killing it with cardio, but if you’re not also lifting weights, you’re not really working out, says Mihika Pai.

Big Love For Fashion: Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla

Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla are the original Indian maximalists, and Nikhil Thampi is an unabashed fan. The three designers talk across generations about finding canvases large enough to excite them.

Marion Cotillard: The Tempest

French actor and style icon Marion Cotillard on playing Lady Macbeth, wearing leotards (just a phase) and turning jewellery designer for Chopard.

Imperial Dreams

To mark Fendi’s ninetieth, Silvia Venturini Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld staged a couture show worthy of the company’s multimillion-euro renovation of Rome’s Trevi Fountain, writes Alex Frank.

Sex Is Like Pizza. When It's Bad, It's Still Pretty Good

That’s what all men think, right? Think again. Men can, and do, feel used and (emotionally) abused in the bedroom. Just ask Anonymous.

Alia Bhatt On How To Deal With Heartbreak, Lean In At Work And Make Time For Daily Selfie

Actor to watch and star on fire, Alia Bhatt knows how to deal with heartbreak, lean in at work and still make time for a daily selfie.

Age Of Elegance

At Louis Vuitton This Season, Nicholas Ghesquière Eschewed Spectacle for Sophistication, and Imbued Fantasy With Functionality. Rochelle Pinto Had to Keep From Touching Everything

Tough Love

Three Indian Women Attempt to Navigate the Highs and Lows of Being 40 and Single. They Tell Elle About the Challenges of Dating When You’re “over the Hill”

Truths And Consequences

Fans of Essayist and Critic Roxane Gay May Believe She’s Already Bared All in Her Quest to Expose Our Hypocrisies. But a New Memoir About Her Weight May Be Her Most Feminist—and Revealing—act Yet.

Work Flow

Abraham & Thakore’s A/W 2017 collection turns workwear on its head with precision and humour. Designer Arjun Saluja, a long-time admirer, sits down with the duo to find out how they did it

Pop Star

As Actor Vaani Kapoor Becomes The New Face Of Label Ritu Kumar, Ceo Amrish Kumar Tells Elle About The Brand’s New Season And Fresh Direction

Good Moves

How Dance Movement Therapy Helped Riddhi Doshi Douse Her Fiery Rage

Food Fight

Restaurateur and chef Manu Chandra wants culinary meritocracy to be great again

Renegade Romantic

As an Islamic atheist and through his new book, Nadeem Aslam is best placed to show us how to reconcile the jagged edges of our identities, finds Satyavrat KK.

Old School

Can you be strong and flexible at 60? A group of senior gymnasts show april long how it's done, one somersault at a time.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T

Inclusiveness, gender equality and LGBTQ rights are on Sonam Kapoor's wish list for 2018. In a revealing conversation with Imran Amed, the fashion arbiter urges us on the importance of optimism in today’s world.

The Shape Of New

Geometry is both, this season’s hottest trend, and a fashion classic. Nirja Dutt explores the true potential of these elemental forms.

Label To Know: Esse By Sahib & Sunayana

Delhi-based Sahib Dang and Sunayana Sahni aim to give Indian wear a contemporary facelift with their label

On The Rise

Banita Sandhu may have stars in her eyes, but with her Bollywood debut, they’ll soon be within reach too.

In The Wings

Meet Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan’s baby cousin, Pashmina Roshan, who just made a roaring stage debut

We Are The World

In these divisive times, artist Rithika Merchant’s surrealist works remind us that we’re all more similar than we think.

Classical Track

Boston-based Sriram Emani, founder of the start-up IndianRaga, is giving traditional art forms a modern makeover, finds Akhila Krishnamurthy

Arundhati Roy "I'm On The A-List Of Anti-Nationals "

You know her politics, you know her fiction, but who is the woman behind the controversy? In an ELLE exclusive, Arundhati Roy talks to Aishwarya Subramanyam about writing, fighting and...aerobics?

Padma Lakshmi On Love, Sex and Staying Hungry!

In her frank and feminist new memoir, Padma Lakshmi retraces the journey until now — every bittersweet, fiery hot bit of it. Now, at 45, with levity and hard-won confidence, she’s heading right back for the unfamiliar, finds Vatsala Chhibber 

Money For Nothing

Financial therapy can help you confront your spending habits and  change everything, finds Alex Holder

Air Force

We take 20,000 breaths a day. Yet, most of us are doing it wrong. Learning to breathe properly may just transform your life, says Rebecca Newman.

Dive In

What Should You Do When Cycling, Running and Aerobics Prove to Be Dull? Nicole Newman Decided to Suit Up and Take the Plunge.

The Force

As India’s first female Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman wields control over one of the largest armies in the world with disarming diplomacy and quiet grit. She lets Sunetra Choudhury in on her secret to being boss