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Why is Bollywood Obsessed With Nawazuddin Siddiqui?

And is he slowly joining the ranks of actors who are lauded more for their screen presence than their versatility? 

Tiger Shroff Wants To Be A Perfectionist!

No, we didn't ask Tiger Shroff to do splits or fold himself in half, Although we're quite sure he would have happily obliged — it's no secret that he's insanely fit. Instead, we asked him 15 questions about his universe.

Meet South African Model-Turned-Designer Gabriella Demetriades

Warning: Prolonged exposure to this article will elevate your pulse.

The Lure Of The Powder

Heroin, Arjun Nath says, in his compelling book White Magic: A Story of Heartbreak, Hard Drugs and Hope, is a coldhearted bitch in a business suit. From chasing her for the first time to hopping rehabs across cities, Nath bares it all.

Can There Be Redemption For The Accused Men?

For the men implicated in the recent #MeTooIndia tsunami, is there a path to redemption? Or is it too early to even discuss contrition and comebacks?

The Day Virat Kohli Became A Man

Virat kohli is now a full-fledged superstar — captain of india, a man with amazing batting talent and the cricketing world at his feet. This wasn’t always the case, as his brash personality had threatened to come in the way of his career, in his youth. Kohli, however, fought through the odds with fierce, unwavering dedication, and his journey is captured in driven: the virat kohli story, a book by noted cricket journalist vijay lokapalli. In this moving excerpt, lokapalli writes about the sudden death of kohli’s father, and how kohli overcame his emotions and showed up to bat for delhi in a ranji trophy match the very next morning.

Aditya Chopra And Farhan Akhtar On Working With 'Shah Rukh Khan'

In Samar Khan’s new biography of Shah Rukh Khan, SRK 25 Years Of A Life, the actor’s many collaborators through the years describe what it’s like to work with him. In this excerpt, Aditya Chopra and Farhan Akhtar spill the beans.

Cheteshwar Pujara: I Am Not Fan Of Comparison

After a recordbreaking home season, the Indian Test cricket mainstay opens up about the other side of his calm and composed self, and why he thinks no team selected him at the IPL auction. 

My Life As A Vegan

Veganism - the practice of abstaining from animal-derived foods and products - is more than a fad these days, with an increasing number of Indians taking to it. For our writer, the experience has been about ‘feeling like a rebel.’

The New Face Of Indian Comedy

At the age of 24, Bhuvan Bam is already one of the most important Indians on the internet. In September, he became the first Indian YouTuber to hit the 10 million subscriber mark, with his immensely popular comedy channel, BB Ki Vines; each video he puts out, in which he plays a variety of characters, gets between 20 to 30 million views. This year, he also starred in a popular short film, Plus Minus, and is gearing up to write and star in a BB Ki Vines feature film in 2019. Over the course of 2018, he’s managed to live a lifetime, and is at the forefront of the new pop culture movement in India.

Rediscovering The Indian Middle Class

Amit Sharma's sleeper hit, Badhaai Ho, is part of a refreshing new trend of bold filmmakers finding success in portraying the ordinary Indian family in a realistic milieu, down to its patois and accents.

India Through Picture Postcards

Sangeeta and Ratnesh Mathur have been collecting postcards – dating from the late 19th century - featuring the Indian subcontinent for over 15 years, a large selection of which they have compiled into a delightful book. In this extract from Picturesque India: A Journey in Early Picture Postcards (1896-1947), they explain how they built their collection, and what inspired them to begin the collection. The postcards reproduced are selections from each chapter in the book, which are based on popular travel routes of those times, covering the entire subcontinent.

Among 120 Million Believers

A few days at the Kumbh, the world’s largest gathering of humanity at a single place, should be on everyone's bucket list. Shaalu Wadhwa was at the Ardh Kumbh at Prayagraaj last month and writes about all the “bliss and the babas” she experienced.

Baby Tigress

Ever since her debut, Zoya Akhtar has been described as a tasteful, cerebral and urban film-maker. A darling of the industry, her films, though offbeat, have always found love and support. With Gully Boy, she has delivered a film that shocked Bollywood with her gumption, backing it up with a web series debut, and her own production house, Tiger Baby.

Driving The Car Of The Year

The Maruti Suzuki Swift recently won the ICOTY 2019 award, thus becoming the only car in India to win the prestigious award on three separate occasions. To celebrate, we collaborated with Maruti Suzuki to help write ‘Swift’ across the Indian map, via GPS art.

Customise Your Own Cigars

Kaizad Hansotia’s Gurkha Cigars will now custom-make cigars to suit your personal taste.

The World's Best Smartphones

This year, we’ve seen a range of high end smartphones being released. Some were great, some were just about okay, a few were just experiments and some even exploded. As is usual, many of these have become top sellers, while others haven’t done well, despite their individual product strengths. The price bracket of these flagship devices has also increased — one could be under Rs 30,000, and another could be well above Rs 60,000. This makes things quite confusing, in a hugely crowded phone market. Let’s cut through the clutter, then, and take a look at the best flagship smartphones that have come out this year.

A personal selection

Our resident film critic picks the finest films she saw in 2016 – and no, there aren’t any blockbusters in the list.

George Harrison Told Me a Story About Two Frogs Once

When someone starts a conversation with that, you can either be jealous or in awe. Anoushka Shankar is music royalty, but she actively makes it a point to chisel her own identity, rather than live in her father’s resplendent shadow.

Nucleya

Udyan sagar is probably the most democratic musician we have in this country right now. From the slums of mumbai to nightclubs on luxury hotel rooftops, everyone is grooving to nucleya.

Things You Don't Know About Women

Amyra Dastur, Actor

The Problem With Brats

Audi’s next-generation A5 brings together great design and, through the S5, bonkers performance. But is it worth it?

The Godfather

He may no longer be the captain, but MS Dhoni’s influence on the Indian team is no less significant.

What's New In Sex?

Let’s face it: handcuffs and belts are pretty passé these days, as are ball gags and cock rings. Here’s an update on kink trends – and what they say about us.

A Roomful Of Billionaires

Where does a billionaire go to get confidential financial advice, or a massage? To an exclusive, invite-only club, of course. Home to over 2,000 billionaires, India has seen an exponential growth of ultra high net worth individuals in the past decade, and their rarefied world is made more exclusive courtesy of the billionaires’ clubs blossoming across Mumbai and Delhi.

The Mother Of All Road Trips

Dutchman Wiebe Wakker is on a road trip in his electric vehicle from the Netherlands to Australia – and he’s doing it without money.

The Charming Mr. Khurrana

Ayushmann Khurrana Is the Guy You Would Take Home to Your Mom (but You Can’t — He’s Married). His Films Appeal to Indian Audiences Across Social Denominators, and the Music in Them Is Comfortable and Romantic, With a Touch of the 1990s. Does Khurrana Lovingly Remind India of Its Favourite Decade? 

How Gucci Won Big With Gender Fluidity

The Italian luxury fashion house has bet big on the changing gender attitude of young people around the world, reaping rewards that go beyond fashion.

Montblanc Connects With Nature

The German luxury giant recently held a preview in Shimla for four new editions from its reputed 1858 collection

X Marks The Spot

The new BMW X4 SUV is a surprise package – in a good way.