'19 Issue 01

Aparna Jain's book 'Like A Girl' releases as an audiobook by Audible which brings alive the stories of 51 women of substance through the voices of celebrated female narrators.
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The decade when liberalisation dramatically altered many facets of our lives saw the advent of cable TV, which came with an array of channels and aspirational programmes. Verve decodes the unchecked optimism of middle-class families who gathered around their screens every night, ready to be teleported out of their living rooms
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Verve time travels back to an era when clubbing was cool and sleepless nights were a good thing. We revel in over-the-top glamour, choreographed dance moves and strobe lights and get our favourite old-school kids — actor Jim Sarbh, photographer Sushant Chhabria, stylist Shweta Betty, visual artist Messmonté, model Rahul Munda and artist Gia Singh Arora — to party like it’s 1999
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Since The Beatles, boy bands have, over the decades, been generating pop pandemonium internationally. Despite the generations that divide them, these groups have preserved a time-tested ‘formula’ of upbeat harmonies and romantic ballads accompanied by signature looks and dance moves. Verve chats with a group of now-adult fangirls as they recall their all-consuming tween-age crushes and how that affected their cultural worldviews and perceptions of romantic love
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...in a delightfully dark yet comical way.
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Gone are the days when Mowgli was a cheerful jungle kid with nothing to worry about and Sabrina was a simple teenage witch who only had high school drama to deal with. We analyse the differences between movies from the past and their recent remakes and talk to four film enthusiasts about why classic movies are being remade in a sinister avatar
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