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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.

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

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

Matters of the heart

Beauty is intricately woven into the fabric of female friendships, where shared rituals form a silent language, subtly marking significant moments and deepening bonds along the way.

Blooming desires

At 2am, while the rest of her family slumbers, 40-year-old Lakshmi gets ready for another day of work at Koyambedu _flower market, one of Chennai's busiest wholesale venues.

FINE FORM

Sports, fashion and femininity join forces for a culture-defining ménage à trois.

Highland fling

Behold Dior's take on the Scottish sporran.

Material girl

Does luck really change when you find a four-leaf clover? One Vogue India editor became a firm believer when certain mainstays in her wardrobe turned her fortunes around.

Current affairs

Elif Shafak’s work abounds with references, memories and a deep love of Istanbul. She talks to AANCHAL MALHOTRA about the significance of home and those who shape our recollections of the past

A drop of nostalgia

A whiff of Chanel N°5 L'Eau acts as a memory portal for TARINI SOOD, reminding her of the constant tussle between who we are and who we hope to become

Wild thing's

Zebras hold emerald-cut diamonds, panthers morph into ring-bracelets that move and a turtle escapes to become a brooch -Cartier's high jewellery collection Nature Sauvage is a playground of the animal kingdom.

Preity please

Two surprise red-carpet appearances and a movie announcement have everyone obsessing over Preity Zinta. The star behind the aughties’ biggest hits talks film wardrobe favourites, social media and keeping it real.

Honeymoon travels

Destination locked, visas acquired, bookings madewhat could stand between a newly-wed couple and pure, unadulterated conjugal bliss in some distant, romantic land? A lot, finds JYOTI KUMARI. Styled by LONGHCHENTI HANSO LONGCHAR

La La Land

They complete each other’s sentences, make music together and get lost on the streets of Paris—this is the love story of Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth.

A SHORE THING

Annalea Barreto and Mavrick Cardoz eschewed the big fat Goan wedding for a DIY, intimate, seaside affair that was true to their individual selves.

7 pheras around the buffet

Celebrating the only real love affair each wedding season: me and a feast.

Saving AI do

From getting ChatGPT to plan your wedding itinerary to designing your moodboard on Midjourneytech is officially third-wheeling the big fat Indian wedding

Love bomb me, please

Between breadcrumbing, cushioning and situationships, the language of romance seems to be lost in translation. SAACHI GUPTA asks, where has the passion gone?

Desperately seeking Gulzar

Even at the age of 90, the poet Gulzar still strikes a chord across generations. Gen-Z fan SAACHI GUPTA meets the legend at his Mumbai home to discuss his inspiration, writing schedule and love for the moon

League of champions

It’s not every day the world’s oldest tennis tournament lets you peek behind the curtain to see how the magic is made.

Together once more

Ahead of the opening of a landmark Indian exhibition in London, GAUTAMI REDDY assembles artists Nalini Malani, Nilima Sheikh and Madhvi Parekh, now in their seventies and eighties but just as iconoclastic as they were three decades ago

Child's play

Firpal Jawanda’s work has appeared on Skims tank tops, in cookbooks and been used for Palestinian fundraisers. Now their most ambitious work is a grudge against colonialism.Photographed by NOORUNISA

Weaving circles

While India’s esteemed couture ateliers may be dominated by skilled masterjis, all-female craft collectives are tipping the scales in their favour by rewriting the rules of our fashion economy.