Culture & Society

Vogue India • 22nd September 2026

Why some couples are choosing a court marriage over the big, fat Indian wedding

In the shadow of the big, fat Indian wedding lurks its humble, sensible cousin—the civil ceremony at a courthouse. What makes a woman choose this low-key way of getting married?

The Nod Magazine • 24th July 2026

So, millennials like Gen Z now?

Look who’s finally taking the “slackers” seriously—in the middle of the CJP protests across India.

The Nod Magazine • 3rd July 2026

Terry Pratchett fans are suddenly a worried lot

A growing concern on Reddit among Discworld fanatics: if Tolkien had Peter Jackson, and Rowling has the films and the theme parks, what does Pratchett have to keep his legacy alive?

The Hindu • 9th June 2026

Henry Noltie’s ‘Flora Indica: Recovering Lost Stories from Kew’s Indian Drawings’ | These flowers have a backstory

In conversation with Scottish botanist Henry Noltie on rescuing botanical drawings from the Company period from dusty cupboards at the Kew Garden—and the colonial narrative

The Nod Magazine • 27th March 2026

Watch Riz Ahmed’s ‘Bait’ by all means, but please really listen to it

With a soundtrack comprising Arooj Aftab and Jay Sean and rappers KR$NA and Talwiinder, Riz Ahmed’s riveting new comedy series on Prime Video brings mainstream spotlight to south Asian and British gems

The Nod Magazine • 17th March 2026

Is body positivity dead? #SkinnyTok is taking over

Between the shrinking celebrities and our acute surveillance of them, the answer is a bit more nuanced than the discourse in the comment sections

Vogue India • 20th January 2026

Is clothing our most constant performance?

There's a whole world of cues that shape how we present ourselves to the world. Shefalee Vasudev unpacks it all in her new book

The Nod Magazine • 16th December 2025

Mahjong’s most loyal audience? Ladies who lunch

Where do you find affluent women of a certain age with disposable income in their free afternoons? Behind a pile of tiles, of course

The Nod Magazine • 18th December 2024

The future of food is ants, beetle larvae and mealworms

The Boochi Project at the Serendipity Arts Festival challenges food taboos by taking insect-led gastronomy from yuck to yum

Vogue India • 15th December 2024

In 2024, Indian cinema’s demure leading ladies entered their brat era

Internet culture has us convinced we have lived through a ‘brat’ summer and a ‘demure’ fall in 2024—but that also extended to Indian cinema

Vogue India • 8th September 2024

Bollywood movies are re-releasing in theatres by the dozen. Is it nostalgia or slim pickings?

Our nostalgia for old films might be about more than just returning to the comfort of a certain joyful, simpler time in our own lives

Vogue India • 1st September 2024

Would you buy a house worth 120 crores on… Instagram?

According to a study, the real estate market in India has grown a whopping 250% between 2018 and 2023. That statistic is mirrored everywhere one looks—even on Instagram

The Nod • 18th June 2024

Arooj Aftab and the cult of sad girl music

Pop girl summer be gone, we are yearning for melancholic, introspective, emo songs this season

Vogue India • 30th May 2024

A timeline of how female friendships in Indian cinema went from “frenemy” to “sisterhood”

We trace the evolution of the “womance” in post-Independence Indian cinema through a few significant films per decade

The Established • 29th May 2024

Block out 2024: Should celebrities be held accountable for their silence during the humanitarian crisis in Gaza? | The Established

Blockout 2024 calls out celebs’ silence and exposes our one-sided obsession with them, as the genocide in Gaza played out in the backdrop of the Met Gala 2024

The Hindu • 5th April 2024

Cover Story: What India’s Jewish buildings have to say

Jewish-origin architecture in the country appears to advocate a community-led way of life. What’s unique is that the restoration and adaptive reuse of synagogues, hospitals and houses is often funded by people of other faiths

Moneycontrol • 18th February 2024

Vision 2024 | ‘Safe, judgement-free, equitable sexual health for all’: Dr Tanaya Narendra aka Dr Cuterus

Sexual health in India is a bag of paradoxes. Tanaya Narendra talks about the bag of paradoxes that is access to free and equal sexual health in India

The Established • 16th February 2024

Why do we let the death of a celebrity affect us so much?

Ever wondered why the death of celebrities—veritable strangers to us at the end of the day—significantly matter?

The Hindu • 9th February 2024

Thukral & Tagra’s ‘Sustaina India’ trains the spotlight on climate change

Can art do more than build awareness around climate change? This Delhi exhibition would like to find out

The Hindu • 22nd December 2023

‘Bhanu Athaiya made India cool 60 years ago’

At a time when the conversation in the country is all about design, craft, textile and art, Prinseps’ new exhibition in Goa spotlights a creator who had nailed the brief decades ago

The Hindu • 20th October 2023

Cover Story: Writers’ retreats | Finding their muse, from Goa to Himachal

Retreats for writers are popular in India — with big-name mentors, masterclasses on the beach, and yoga and heritage walks to spur the imagination. But is there value beyond networking and bragging rights?

Moneycontrol • 8th October 2023

Jon Fosse and the tricky slope of relevance for the Nobel Prize

How do you react when an author you’ve literally never heard of before wins the most prestigious award in the world — with chagrin or curiosity?

Moneycontrol • 17th September 2023

From the runway to MTV: How supermodels took centre stage in the 1990s

As a new documentary series on the original Big 5 of the modelling world drops on Apple TV+ next week, here’s a look at the rise and fall of the supermodel era.

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