STYLE

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Brief Encounters

Ashiva Shu is introducing a new category to fashion: queerswear

The Delhi-based designer’s debut collection turns childhood dress-up into luxurious clothes designed for queer men’s bodies
By Chloe Chou
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Fashion

Anne’s orange shearling jacket from ‘The Four Seasons’ is telling me to keep my dinosaur tee

Kerri Kenney-Silver’s character in the Netflix show has a colour-saturated wardrobe that’s a giant middle finger to ‘age-appropriate’ dressing
By Shalini Shah
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Aseem Kapoor is the calmest Leo around

Following Satya Paul’s London showcase, the brand’s newest creative director talks about mining the archives, the sari as canvas, and the futility of pre-show panic
By Butool Jamal
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Fashion

Dolly Jain, sari draper to the stars, is ready for her next chapter

The “drapepreneur” has spent two decades perfecting the art of wearing a sari. Now with Kisseh, she wants to perfect the experience of buying one
By Drishti Vij
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The Nod Shop

12 flip-flops to hop to the beach and beyond

Thong sandals are the new fancy footwear
By Anusha Mary Jones
A model wearing a batik sari by Sonali Dharmawardena
Fashion

At AltaRasa, you’ll find Sri Lankan batik alongside Bella Hadid-approved knitwear

Lopamudra’s new multi-designer platform brings together a curation from across the Subcontinent
By Tanya Mehta
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hand-me-down

Yes, that’s my father’s coat

Acquired in the late ’80s, my father’s Burberry trench coat has seen places and lives (and the occasional instance of mistaken identity). It’s now bearing witness to mine
By Priyanka Khanna

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

CULTURE

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Arts

With ‘Honest’, the photographer behind the Kingfisher calendar makes a pivot

For over three decades, Atul Kasbekar has captured Bollywood’s biggest stars. Now he turns the lens on its finest actors
By Tanvi Parekh
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Books

To know Goa, you need ‘Fish Curry and Rice’—the book, not the meal

In the newly edited fifth edition of Claude Alvares’s iconic tome, you’ll find colourful stories of the state’s green past to take to the future. What you won’t find is a list of fish thali spots
By Mohan Kumar Korappath
Entertainment

Vicky Kaushal and the school of life

A decade after ‘Masaan’ catapulted the boy from Malvani to stardom, the actor reflects on fame, family, and fatherhood
By Prasad Ramamurthy
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The Nod Book Club

Why ‘Good People’ is our June book club pick

Written for the attention-deficit readers of the Reels generation, Patmeena Sabit’s debut novel looks at the death of an Afghan American teen through the eyes of her unduly invested community
By Ruhi Gilder
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Through the looking glass

The bougiest corner shop in London has an India connection

How Shreeji News and Magazines became the city’s coolest rabbit hole for fashion people, book nerds, beauty brands, and anyone trying to cultivate better taste
By Sheya Kurian
Controversial opinion

Gen Z’s done with the pigeon hate

Once maligned as rats with wings, the stubby, grey birds are now being seen as misunderstood victims of capitalism and symbols of the queer revolution who only want to coo in peace and befriend you
By Saachi Gupta

TRAVEL & LIVING

COMMUNITY