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A Single Man

DOES THE END GAME ALWAYS HAVE TO BE MARRIAGE?

A Self-Portrait In Words

I’m a 30-something woman: smart, tall (5’7” without heels), with long legs and dark hair down to my waist.

Sniff ‘N' The Tears

To make your home bar really cool, start raiding your grandfather’s cabinet

The Last Frontier

TWO GENERATIONS OF MEN PROVE THEMSELVES IN THE KITCHEN

The Redesign Of R&B

ON HIS NEW ALBUM BEACH HOUSE 3, TY’S SPIRITUAL CHANGE IS AS THOROUGH AS THE TRANSFORMATION OF HIS GENRE

Power Move

Best known as the God of Thunder, Chris Hemsworth is Boss Bottled’s new face. And there’s so much more to the Man of Today than those ridiculous biceps

Winged Wonder

Have we reached peak Jaquet Droz with the new Loving Butterfly Automaton?

The Great (Gay) Marriage Bureau

In a country that’s obsessed with getting hitched, but also criminalises sexual activities “against the order of nature”, 24-year-old Urvi Shah is helping the LGBTQ community find love through the Arranged Gay Marriage Bureau. With several success stories, and over 1,400 clients from Malda to Palampur, traditional matchmaking just got a 21st-century update.

Southern Comfort

Before the phenomenal success of the Baahubali franchise, Telugu superstar Prabhas had a 15-year-long career, with almost as many films, in which he reprised the role of the soft romantic lead in movies such as  Mr Perfect and Darling. Then, for five straight years, he immersed himself in SS Rajamouli’s epic. He learned sword-fighting and horse-riding, and convinced audiences that he could wrestle bulls with his bare hands and scale elephant trunks like it was nothing. Since the release of the two-film saga, he’s become a household name across the country, and inverted traditional Bollywood and regional cinema hierarchies.  Suman Naishadham travels to Los Angeles to meet the actor with the baritone giggle

The Aviators

Meet Parvaaz, the strongest force on the indie music scene, now streaming on a loudspeaker near you

Two's Company

Dark-dialled, double-barrelled, dapper: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s latest Duomètre takes a microscope to the concept of time

Power Pint

Small car. Big power. Much fun

Double Check

This month, Delhi-based Raqs Media Collective whirl into Shanghai to curate a biennale with a mission: To ask, and ask again.

Farhan Akhtar Unplugged: From One Rockstar To Another

He's turning the idea of being a rockstar on its head. Indus-Creed frontman Uday Benegal peers through the looking glass.

Ghosts In The Star Machine

Twitter, Instagram and Facebook may be essential to modern fame, but many stars and politicians can’t (or won’t) handle them. It’s the social media manager who keeps a celeb on message, out of trouble and – above all – ‘authentic’

Room For Sex

With a cultish set of clients across 20 Indian cities, a w ebsite that offers premium hotel rooms for unmarried couples (minus the judgement) has become a curious community for the lovesick.

Nothing You Can See That Isn't Shown

It might have been the age of imagination, but the material remains of the sixties’ social battlegrounds still hold great value. through a new exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, GQ’s Charlie Burton tells the story of the counterculture.

2016 A Phenomenal Year For Anushka Sharma!

2016 has been a very strange year. Except if you’re Anushka Sharma.

Hot Ball

At a time when India’s presence in sports is growing rapidly beyond cricket, Ritwik Bhattacharya, erstwhile national champion-gone-coach, doesn’t want squash to get left behind.

Twilight Tokyo

Japan is more than karaoke nights and matchbox-sized izakayas. On a recent visit to India, Shibuya district’s nightlife ambassador Hideyuki Yukoi aka Zeebra talked us through the best and worst his country has to offer night owls.

The Director's Cut

From True Detective to his latest mind-bending series, Maniac, Cary Fukunaga has proven himself a master of creating the perfect tone on screen.

Lay Of The Land

Agriculture might be the biggest source of livelihood in India, but farmers remain the last to reap decent profits. Rikin Gandhi and Aditya Sethi, founders of Digital Green, want to change that.

The One And Only

While Varun Dhawan may be the most bankable star of his generation, what’s equally impressive is his artistic range. But where do his own sensibilities lie? Omkar Khandekar investigates

Livin' La Vida Goa

Has The Sunshine State Still Got It?

High Fidelity

Why the remastered Lexus ES launched in America’s hippest city

A Portrait Of A Young Man As The Writer

Photographer. Blogger. Writer. Flâneur. Historian. It’s hard to ascribe a neat label to Mayank Austen Soofi and his work. Niha Masih spends an afternoon with the Delhi Walla

Street Smart

A wild city deserves a roaring soundtrack. And DIVINE’s made it his mission to score one for Mumbai

A Class Apart

Why Wimbledon and Rolex make a great match

Rahul Akerkar Is Gearing Up For Act Two

When he launched Indigo, Rahul Akerkar changed the way Mumbai dined. Two decades later, he’s set to repeat that phenomenal success with Qualia.

The Insider

With unprecedented commercial success and critical acclaim, Rajkummar Rao now occupies a unique position at the very top of the Indian entertainment business. Once the ultimate outsider, this rule-breaking actor is blazing a trail – reflecting the drive and spunk of a new Indian generation