Meet The Women With Muscles To Kill For

Raw grit sheathed in pure muscle, these women overthrow all delicate notions of femininity. Mamta Mody meets the power pack.

Priyanka Chopra On Her Blindling Stars and Downfall

Priyanka Chopra’s star is blinding as she takes on the globe and leads the pack at home. But it might also be her downfall, she tells Joseph Hooper.

Are Your Breasts Dropping With Age?

If your spirits are sagging in solidarity with the girls, Pratika Yashaswi has tips on how to stop the drop

What's Eating You?

Meal Times Have Caused Muireann Carey-Campbell Stress And Anxiety For As Long As She Can Remember. She Reveals How She’s Finally Beating Her Food Phobia

Stand Up, Speak Up

As the #metoo movement gains momentum, and heroes become monsters, Divya Desa, the woman at the centre of our very own shake-up at Pune's high spirits cafe, leads the charge and says: it’s never too late to make your voice heard.

Pie In The Sky

Chef Nira Kehar’s new cookbook mines Vedic astrology for modern, mouthwatering comfort foods

The One That Got Away

Love is an audacious emotion. Its power is such that it moves something in us. We invited three authors to explore the idea of writing about the love that has disappeared into memory. The results were sublime. Mahesh Rao pens a soulful rendition of a story he heard on a train ride, Kushanava Choudhury laments the loss of a self he left behind, and Laaleen Sukhera writes a letter to a former love

It's Been A Joyful Ride

Chopard’s visionary artistic director and co-president Caroline Scheufele takes us through the 40-year-old journey of the Happy Diamonds series.

Hunger Strike

Intermittent fasting might actually be worth the effort and restraint for a leaner and stronger body

Clean Up your Act

With equal parts science and nature, the oft-misunderstood world of green beauty makes a strong case for itself. Arjun Sudhir tells us where to start and what to avoid.

Sound Choice

Influenced by Japanese culture and ’80s video games, musician Tarana Marwah’s debut album packs Indian indie’s freshest sound.

What Remains

Childhood friends Navdha Malhotra and Aanchal Malhotra’s online museum makes memorabilia of old, forgotten objects.

Measure For Measure

Film-maker Devashish Makhija’s unsettling revenge drama confronts an uncomfortable reality.

The Joy Of Quitting

Having been told her whole life that leaving is for losers, Alex Holder jacked in her high-flying job and realised that, actually, it was the most empowering thing she had ever done.

Owning It

Savi sharma recounts her journey from self-publishing to the top of the bestseller list.

Dancer In The Dark

Ballerina pia sutaria has fought injury and apathy for the art she loves most.Now, she’s on a mission to make india love it too.

Top Gun

Fear has no place in self-styled movie star, feminist and truth-bomber Kangana Ranaut’s narrative. In her first interview with elle, she tells Mayank Shekhar why you can’t stop at the top.

8 Good Reasons To Stay Active On Holiday

From diving camps to relaxing yoga retreats and scenic cycling expeditions that build character, Kalyani Prasher gives you eight good reasons to stay active on holiday.

Off - Road

When she’s not walking the ramp, DJ-ing at the hottest parties or experimenting with hair colour, British model Amber Le Bon is usually doing something reliably geeky

Siddhartha Mukherjee On Grandeur Of The Genes And It's Relationship With Mental Illness

In an elegant new book on genes, Siddhartha Mukherjee takes full measure of a family secret he has feared all his life, finds Aarathi Prasad

Why Not Go Under The Knife?

A nose job and two lip jobs later, Tara* Kaushal offers a totally different perspective on why women go under the knife.

Revealed! Why Deepika Padukone Always Calls Her Mum Back Now!

Here is how Deepika Padukone’s dream day would unfold: “Hopefully, I’d have slept by 10.30pm the night before,” she says, “as opposed to late, like 11.30 or midnight.” I have her on the phone at 10.30pm; she’s in her car on her way home after a full day of shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama, Padmavati. “I’d wake up at 8am, eat a good South Indian breakfast, throw in a workout. Then,” she says slowly, as if only daring to dream, “I’d clean my house. The whole house. Open all the cabinets, count the crockery. Make sure everything is in order. Then I’d do my accounts.” In case you were wondering about the fabulous life of India’s richest and, arguably, most famous actress. (The 30-year-old became the first Indian to make Forbes’ list of the World’s Highest Paid Actresses, this year, coming in at number 10.)

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