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Newly minted food entrepreneurs – Ruth Phillips from Faridabad, Karen Martin from Bengaluru, and Jerry and Penny Williamson from Kolkata – share their distinct motivations behind reviving an interest in Anglo-Indian cuisine
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Vivek Tejuja

Eat Your Words

Illustration by Reshidev RK

Over the years, Vivek Tejuja has developed an eccentric and meticulous tasting menu to accompany his reading sessions, and he explains how his customised pairings of flavours and genres set the mood
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Tara, Navneet Nishan
February 04, 2020

Leading Ladies

Text by Megha Shah

From 1993 to 1997, Tara crystallised the many dimensions of contemporary urban womanhood on our television screens with a never-before-seen realness. While revisiting the agelessly feminist show’s talking points, Megha Shah is driven to consider the misguided handling of female agency in the current Indian entertainment landscape
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Cleaning Up, Featured, Konmari, Life Lessons, Marie Kondo, Online Exclusive, Organising, Spark Joy, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, Tidying Up, Tidying Up With Marie Kondo
April 02, 2019

Watching the Netflix show Tidying Up With Marie Kondo has changed the way two women approach clutter. They reveal how they’ve adapted a Japanese philosophy to suit their own cultural peculiarities.
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#MeToo, 65th National Awards, actor, ageism, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, biopics, Blackmail, Bollywood, Cannes Film Festival, Deepika Padukone, Delhi 6, Divya Dutta, Ellen Pompeo, Fanney Khan, Features, Greys Anatomy, Hollywood, Irada, Irrfan, Irrfan Khan, Kangana Ranaut, Malala, Manto, Nandita Das, National Award, National Award for Best Supporting Actress, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Online Exclusive, Priyanka Chopra, Punjab, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, sexism, Shah Rukh Khan, Silence Breakers, stereotypes, Veer-Zaara

The show-stealing actor has won in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 65th National Awards for her turn as a power-hungry politician in Irada
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Fashion, Featured, Online Exclusive, Rashi Menda, Style, Zapyle
February 07, 2018

Entrepreneur Rashi Menda shares her top tips on how to create a super-personalised shopping experience and break into the fashion business
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Bhumi Pednekar, Bollywood Actress, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
January 24, 2018

Right Here, Right Now: Bhumi Pednekar

Text by Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena. Photographed by Taras Taraporvala. Styling by Divyak D’souza. Assisted by Gareema Banthia and Keyuri Sangoi. Make-up and hair by Elton Fernandez, Inega Model Management

Our cover girl shares some lesser-known secrets about herself
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Actors, Actresses, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma, Bollywood, Cinema, Deepika Padukone, Featured, Film, Huma Qureshi, Kangana Ranaut, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Movies, Online Exclusive, Rani Mukerji, Sonam Kapoor, Stars, Tabu

This year promises to showcase a plethora of cinematic offerings. Track the silver screen for these leading ladies who are poised to grab the limelight in prestigious projects
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Actress, Autobiography, Bollywood, Featured, Soha Ali Khan, The Perils Of Being Moderately Famous, Verve Exclusive
December 08, 2017

"I find writing very cathartic and therapeutic, because it helps you get a lot of things off your chest. It’s a cleansing process in many ways."
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Bollywood, Cinema, Featured, Female directors, Films, Leena Yadav, Online Exclusive
December 06, 2017

Strong female chemistry may have driven her last film but her next will tackle a completely different equation, the relationship between father and son
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Stepwells, India, Victoria Lautman, Merrell Publishers, Heritage, Monuments, Baoli, Baori, Vav
August 15, 2017

A Walk Down The Enchanting Stepwells Of India

Text by Shubham Ladha. Photographs by Victoria Lautman

Shrouded in history and culture, the magnificent stepwells of India are being resuscitated by journalist Victoria Lautman
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Sushant S Rane, Sabeena Karnik, Chiraag Bhakta, Said Wajid Shaikh, Jasjyot Singh Hans, Hari and Deepti, Instagram Artists, Art, Illustration, Graphic Design, Paper Typography, Paper, Light, Quilling, Photography, Assemblage, Hyperrealism
July 27, 2017

Riding high and low on the art rainbow, these acclaimed Instagram artists talk about their work and its relevance
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