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Shikhar Dhawan

In an Age Controlled by Professional Image Consultants, Public Figures Are Usually Well Prepared With Appropriate Answers for Interviewers, Even in Their Sleep. Thus, When We Spent a Day With Shikhar Dhawan (Who Made a Comeback to International Cricket This Year With Back-to-back ‘man of the Series’ Trophies), It Was Initially Like Any Other Interaction With a Star Cricketer. As the Day Progressed, Though, the Southpaw Became More Candid, and by the Time We Said Goodbye, the Layers Concealing the Man Inside the Celebrity Had Disappeared.

Heavy Mettle

Ranveer Singh’s ability to oscillate between contrasts — over-the-top yet nuanced, outrageous yet articulate, down-to-earth yet larger-than-life — gives him all the trappings of a new-age superstar.

The Interview with Srijit Mukherjee

The Bengali movie industry’s golden boy is making his Hindi directorial debut, Begum Jaan, starring Vidya Balan and Naseeruddin Shah. By Arnesh Ghose

Wild Within

The creation and sustenance of life is as much art as it is science. We discover this and more with Shaun D’Sa and his terrariums.

Behind the Scenes

Actor-lensman Mark Bennington’s book, Living the Dream, captures celebrities on film sets, at home, and doing what they love.

Mr. Path Less Trodden

Since his debut in 2010, Rajkummar Rao has carefully maintained an “intelligent actor” persona, appearing in projects that have won him public accolades and critical acclaim. 2017 might just be his best year yet.

Of Shirts, Threads and Buttons

Made-to-measure specialists Threads & Shirts are bringing together fresh fabrics and a meticulous construction process for best custom fits

Shashanka Ghosh

The director of Veere Di Wedding opens up about his reclusive nature (and his lovehate relationship with Sonam Kapoor)

All At Sea

The Volvo Ocean Race is the toughest sailing event in the world, and it takes a special kind of sailor to participate in it.

Towards A Brand New Future

Breitling is in the midst of a radical transformation of its product, marketing and communications strategy under a dynamic new CEO

Coveted Collaborations

When brands get together, the result is often magic.

Kill Your Darlings

Untouched by clichés, unaffected by convention, undeterred by censors, Sudip Sharma, the writer of NH10 and Udta Punjab, is laying a fearless path for screenwriting in Hindi cinema.

A Musical Odyssey

When the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai launched the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI), it was without knowing if it could find enough musicians or audiences to fill up the auditorium. But, in ten years, it has launched 20 successful seasons, invited guest conductors such as Charles Dutoit and Augustin Dumay and soloists such as Zakir Hussain and Maria João Pires, and toured Switzerland and Russia. It has launched a school to train future musicians and created several avenues for people to understand and appreciate western classical music more. As India’s only professional symphony orchestra, it has accomplished so much in so little time. Friend and fan of the SOI, Anil Dharker recounts what the orchestra has come to mean to Mumbai.

Q&A With Kidambi Srikanth

The ace badminton player is on a hot streak of form, having won consecutive Superseries titles in Indonesia and Australia.

Full Scale Ahead

There’s only one thing that automotive journalist Cyrus Dhabar loves more than his food — his collection of scale model cars.

Eating Wild In Hokitika

`Wildly’ exotic specialties like deer penis pate, crisply fried locusts, seagull eggs, crisp pig ears, boiled snails and stallion semen shots make the annual Hokitika Wildfoods Festival in New Zealand, a culinary celebration like none other on the planet

Becoming Superman

Mayank Vaid, who is the fastest Indian to complete the Ultraman, is now gearing up for his first hundred-miler — Run the Rann.

Loitering In Kamathipura

See Mumbai in a new light with RaahGeer Citywalks, which takes you on night walking tours inside the red-light district.

Sneakerheads Unite

With the launch of sneakerheads’ communities such as Sneaker Talk India, and sneaker boutiques such as VegNonVeg, the global sneaker culture has finally come home.

Gin Comes Of Age In India

India welcomed its first artisanal gin Greater Than last year, as well as gin-focussed bars such as Toast & Tonic and PDA recently. The golden age of the silver liquid is finally upon us.

Too Bad, Aziz Ansari

The #MeToo bandwagon juddered to a halt at the Aziz Ansari junction recently.

Chapman & Maclain Way On The Making Of Wild Wild Country

Netflix’s recent docu-series brings back to life the fascinating story of Osho’s Rajneeshpuram commune in America. The Way brothers — the director duo behind the show — take us behind the scenes of the most talked-about show in the country right now.

Cyrus Todiwala

OBE; Head Chef, The River Restaurant -- Acron Waterfront, Goa; chef-proprietor of Cafe Spice Namasté and Mr Todiwala's Kitchen, UK

The New Theatre District

Aram Nagar, the hub of Bollywood’s casting industry, has been transformed into a destination for alternative and fringe performing arts experiences.

Nandita Das

The actress-turned director's passion project, Manto, which has been selected for the prestigious Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, follows the travails of one of the most controversial authors of the subcontinent

A New Dram

Never before has there been so much change in the world of whisky, from all corners of the world, at the same time.

Mr Big

Bollywood stars may have moved on to more opulent ways to arrive, but the Q7 — now in petrol — can still deliver the goods, if not the flash.

Shah Rukh Khan's Burden

The bad boy SRK of Darr and Baazigar fascinated us. Lover boy Raj/Rahul enthralled us. Don disarmed us with his charm. The NASA scientist in Swades touched us. The Muslim who is also 'The Bhai’, however, raises nationalistic hackles.

All The Single Daddies

Divorced, adoptive, widowed or by choice, men raising children alone face a unique set of challenges.

I Don't Like Being Looked At

Arguably one of the best actors of our times, Konkona Sensharma has followed in her mother’s footsteps and is debuting as a director, with A Death in the Gunj. She curled up on a chair with some cola and smokes to casually chat about movies, film-making and not finding enough time to watch them.