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Archives: '18 Issue 09


The Panoramic View From Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler, Canada

Exploring Canada’s Havens Of Adventure

Text and Photographs by Huzan Tata

While its natural glories are not unknown, Canada offers escapades that will thrill even the most wary traveller.


Achintya Anand, Ariella Blank, Ashwini Raghupathy, Atmosphere Kombucha, Bombucha, Bucha Bar, CommBucha by MAVI, Featured, Fermented Tea, Good Life, Gutnanji, HappyBooch, Harsh Negandhi, Health, Khukrain’s Kombucha, Kombucha, Krishi Cress, Mashi, Monika Powlowska, Nitin Gandhi, Online Exclusive, Probiotic, Rakhi Jain Arora, Rebekah Blank, Shailaja Sharma, Vikram, Zen Tiger
November 14, 2018

As the fermented tea gains popularity across the country, here’s where you can order your batch from


British Tamils, NRIs
October 31, 2018

How British Tamils Are Using Weddings To Connect To Their Roots

Text by Lavanya Mohan. Photographs by Alexa Penberthy

As desi communities grow larger across the world, NRIs are drawing wedding inspiration from their ethnic heritage as well as their home countries. In this context, Verve looks at how the British Tamils are adapting to the cultural bifurcation


Alok Vaid-Menon, Featured, Gender Non-Conforming, LGBTQIA, Online Exclusive, Performance Art, Poetry, Queer, Queer Politics, Trans, Transfemininity

Looking Beyond The Gender Binaries With Queer Performance Artist Alok Vaid-Menon

Text by Shubham Ladha. Photography by Abhinav Anguria. Technical Design by Adrianne Keishing. Makeup by Rohit Singh

Trans feminine, queer and gender non-conforming performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon tells us how they're using fashion, beauty and poetry as a way to a more inclusive society and future


October 22, 2018

Crafted with the finest attention to detail, shining accessories bring an additional sheen to your wardrobe – and the spirit of celebration.


The ornate facade of the much-awarded Majestic Café, Porto

Taste Of Porto

Text by Shirin Mehta

What can be better than to catch up with like-minded friends over good food and experience a city’s cuisine through the eyes of those who know your cravings? Verve indulges in the rustic and traditional flavours of the Portuguese city that never sleeps


October 21, 2018

All By Myself: Malishka Mendonsa

Text by Meghna Pant. Photograph by Joshua Navalkar

As a society, we often mistake being alone for being lonely. Women travelling alone must be pathetic. Men eating alone must be sad. We forget that silence isn’t empty but rather full of answers. In the last part of our series Radio Personality Mallishka reveals how escaping from her surroundings is sometimes the best way to find herself


Hrishikesh Kannan, Radio Personality
October 20, 2018

All By Myself: Hrishikesh Kannan

Text by Meghna Pant. Photograph by Joshua Navalkar

As a society, we often mistake being alone for being lonely. Women travelling alone must be pathetic. Men eating alone must be sad. We forget that silence isn’t empty but rather full of answers. In the fourth part of our series Radio Personality Hrishikesh Kanan reveals how escaping from his surroundings is sometimes the best way to find himself


Ayurveda, Beauty Products, Dr. Sheth's, Featured, Forest Essentials, Just Herbs, Kama Ayurveda, Ohria, Online Exclusive, Organic skincare, post-festive skincare, Skincare, Sova
October 19, 2018

Although your feet may be hurting from all the dancing and you want nothing more than to put them up and waltz into the weekend, don't ignore your skin's silent cries for help....


LGBTQIA+ community, EltonJFernandez

Making up the rules

Photographed by Nihar Tanna. Realisation and Styling Team: Dhruv Tyagi and Ojas Kolvankar

As conversations around gender roles and identity become more nuanced, there has been a noticeable move towards inclusivity in the global beauty industry. Here in India, where the landscape is still dominated by content and products aimed at women, the LGBTQIA+ community is shaking things up. Beauty guru EltonJFernandez meets four forward-thinking members and uncovers what lies beneath the foundation

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