COVER STORY: Up Close and Personal with AP Dhillon
As he settles into superstardom and unlocks a new phase in his career, the genre-defying musician weighs in on evolution, representation and the importance of being himself
Inside Toiletpaper’s largest show, ‘Run As Slow As You Can’, in Mumbai
The cult art & photography magazine’s founders Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s investigate “our hyper consumption of imagery”
The DINK lifestyle has more advocates than ever. Why are modern couples choosing to be child-free?
To many, the “happily ever after” is unfathomable if you refute both social norms and the biological order
Indians are hopping on the Wes Anderson Instagram trend to showcase the diverse beauty of their country
Whether it’s Fort Kochi or Mumbai’s Ballard Estate, Kolkata’s buses or Delhi’s Lodhi Colony—there’s no dearth of locations in India where you can pretend to be in a Wes Anderson movie
It’s not long before an Indian city is the next cocktail capital of the world
Homegrown craft liquor, savvy bartenders, and a growing, curious consumer base—India’s mixology industry has hit the trifecta. But with a little more flaring, it could go global
At home and in the world with Yash Chopra's films
As a new Netflix docu-series, The Romantics, pays tribute to the life and legacy of Hindi filmmaker Yash Chopra, we look at the visual grammar of his cinematic oeuvre that showed new India—growing rich, aspirational and hungry to dominate the globe
There’s never been a better time for oversharing on Twitter
Hanif Kureishi's tweets, sad tweets, mad tweets, real life boring life tweets and that old social media vibe
The slow rise of immersive art in India
Is it a gimmick for the Instagram generation or a transformative approach to digital art?
The mega-angry women of Bollywood in 2022
Amidst all the testosterone-fuelled Indian cinema, some of this year’s most-watched films have revolved around women fighting tooth and nail for a life of dignity
The hunger and curiosity that Nirula’s built
Deepak Nirula, the man who turned Nirula’s into a fast-food behemoth, passed away on October 4, 2022. Here’s how he helped a country whet its appetite for food from around the world.
Why the Arab World is Infatuated With Bollywood
Popular Indian cinema has been loved in the Middle East for decades and, with storytelling in short supply, the obsession is set to burn even brighter.
India’s most radical architect Vinu Daniel is getting even more radical
Creating poetic structures using local materials is at the core of architect Vinu Daniel’s practice. Now, in the busiest, most fertile phase of his career, he asks: Why are we building at all?
Arooj Aftab's Poetic License
After two decades of composing and performing her specific brand of multiversal music, Lahore-origin, Brooklyn-based, Grammy-nominated artist Arooj Aftab is in heavy rotation
Cover Story: Ali Fazal: The Alchemist
From starring in Kenneth Branagh's Death on the Nile this month alongside a sublime cast, to bagging the lead role in the prestige project Codename: Johnny Walker, Ali Fazal is officially Hollywood's favourite Indian actor. But the Lucknow-bred, Doon-educated artist remains deeply connected to his roots.
Covid 19 & mental health: 23 ways to be mentally healthier in a pandemic
"Why me, why this, why now." It's an increasingly common strain of thought that psychotherapists are seeing in their clients these days. As the Covid 19 pandemic continues to take over our lives, and with increased severity in the second wave in India, they've also seen a spike in demand for their services: People of all ages reaching out for counselling sessions, unable to cope with the stress, fear, anxiety that living through a pandemic brings.
Brave New World
Not all art has to be political, but visual artists have always sought to reflect the environment they work in: To chronicle, respond and offer escape. Meet eight contemporary artists, under the age of 40, from the Indian Subcontinent, who are skillfully wielding their paintbrushes and digital pens to reckon with everything: from climate change to social inequality, tradition and future technologies. Ones for the wall
Alok Vaid-Menon’s vision for a post-gender world
In the middle of a Pride Month unlike any other, we chat with the Texas-born, New York-based artist about their work and life in quarantine, the ebb and flow of social justice and equality for trans and gender non-conforming people around the globe, and why the idea of being one and many at once is the most natural thing in the world.
Cover Story: Ranveer Singh is always on fire
Over a night of peddling Mumbai’s mean streets, Ranveer Singh plays master of ceremonies
Inside the weird and bizarre world of desi male rights activism
Born on the streets and raised on the internet, a global movement to redress gender inequality in a post-Nirbhaya India is coming of age in a quiet corner of Telangana. Only, it’s not at all what you’re thinking
Mumbai: Head to the new ingredient-first restaurant Ekaa
With 3 unique menus and the best cocktails in town, Ekaa gives fine dine new meaning
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