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Culture

Travel & Living

Community

Balance

The Wedding Collective

Book Club

Off-Book

Entertainment6 MIN

Tamannaah Bhatia: Prolific actor, girls’ girl, no-BS entrepreneur

Two decades after her film debut, the star of many hits across Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films opens up about dancing, industry friendships, and making things that outlive people
By Rohini Ramnathan

LATEST STORIES

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Places4 MIN

Just a charming street party in Rome—with 25,000 scooters

By Ridhima Sapre
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Accessories3 MIN

This Surat-based designer is putting miniature paintings on shell pendants

By Pratiksha Acharya
Beaded bags by Mirchi By Kim
The Nod Shop2 MIN

12 beaded bags that don’t need an occasion

By The Nod Desk
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The super-regulars4 MIN

This Chandigarh couple has eaten at Naar over 30 times in 32 months

By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
The Nod Shop4 MIN

Your face bleach might be feeding your pigmentation

By Patsy Anthony
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Weddings6 MIN

A Belgian-Indian wedding in monsoon-soaked Goa

By Khushi Vora
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Chronically Online4 MIN

You’ve got bird mail

By Sheya Kurian
Manuja Waldia, Granny Miu Miu
The Nod List5 MIN

In August, we’re going gallery-hopping

By The Nod Desk

STYLE

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Kids These Days6 MIN

What to buy a teen today? Ask a teen (or nine)

Jorts, baby tees, and some Rare Beauty make the list
By Darshita Goyal
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Accessories

This Surat-based designer is putting miniature paintings on shell pendants

Mana Patel takes us through the delicate, nerve-racking process that precedes each of her statement pieces
By Pratiksha Acharya
Beaded bags by Mirchi By Kim
The Nod Shop

12 beaded bags that don’t need an occasion

Cheerful, embellished, and surprisingly easy to wear with everything you already own
By The Nod Desk
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Weddings

A Belgian-Indian wedding in monsoon-soaked Goa

Sarah Saxena and Pranab Patel’s celebrations featured two Dries Van Noten looks, a 15-year-old Kanjivaram, and a menu with khichdi and French fries
By Khushi Vora
Devisha Kumari Singh in a custom tie dye sari
Fashion

Devisha Kumari Singh has a sari for every day of the year

The Jaipur- and London-based creative, who has nearly 300 drapes in her collection, talks “borrowing” from her mom, pearls, and being hot-pink leopard print at her core
By Himanshu Dutta
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Fashion

We’re here for Anne Hathaway’s maternity looks featuring her very real bump

The star is making a convincing case for an unconventional maternity silhouette—low-rise pants
By The Nod Desk
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Fashion

How ‘Survival of the Thickest’ rewrote the fat-girl style handbook

Facetune and Ozempic better watch out when the fattie baddies take over
By Pratiksha Acharya
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Fashion

The teenagers of ‘Sterling Point’ mix Chanel, Brandy Melville and vintage

In an exclusive interview, costume designer Marissa Schwartz breaks down Annie’s polished New York wardrobe, her Muskoka evolution, and the hand-me-downs that chart her coming-of-age
By Priyanka Khanna
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I feel like we’ve always been a musical culture. We love songs. But somewhere people started treating them as frivolous. Like they don’t require thought. Or effort. Or investment.

EntertainmentTamannaah Bhatia: Prolific actor, girls’ girl, no-BS entrepreneurBy Rohini Ramnathan

SKIM

Capsule-sized news for the time-strapped.

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Accessories

This Surat-based designer is putting miniature paintings on shell pendants

By Pratiksha Acharya
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Fashion

We’re here for Anne Hathaway’s maternity looks featuring her very real bump

By The Nod Desk
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Jewellery & Watches

Macabre meets maximalist with this Sabyasachi x the Met cuff

By Chloe Chou

DIVE

Thought provoking long reads and opinions.
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Artwork by The Nod
Food

31 pizza places for the purists and the pineapple-topping lovers

By Ara Mishra
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Fashion

The teenagers of ‘Sterling Point’ mix Chanel, Brandy Melville and vintage

By Priyanka Khanna
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Books

This Bengali philosopher in harem pants is having a moment

By Sheya Kurian

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

Skin3 MIN

My new skincare expert is an AI chatbot. That’s probably a problem

After influencers and Reddit threads, we’ve moved on to ChatGPT for beauty advice
By Navya Sharma
The Nod Shop

Your face bleach might be feeding your pigmentation

That 15-minute salon quick fix could be the reason your dark spots keep coming back. Skin experts explain what’s actually happening to your skin
By Patsy Anthony
Cryotherapy at Tulah wellness
The Recce

I’m 32. At Tulah, I discovered I have the bone health of a 50-year-old

At Kerala’s newest clinical wellness retreat, DEXA scans, a not-so-flattering VO2 max score, and a deep dive into my health revealed that six years of strength training hadn’t made me nearly as healthy as I thought
By SHRADHA SHAHANI
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Skin

The internet has a name for your perfect-skin anxieties: Cosmeticorexia

Preventative Botox at 24. A 12-step routine before breakfast. The term might not be a real diagnosis, but the obsession driving it certainly is
By Rituparna Som
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On Trial

I bought the viral Medicube Booster Pro so you don’t have to...

...except, now, you might want to
By Priyanka Parkash
Avigon Paphitis Gorgeous Nothings
Hair & Makeup

Avigon Paphitis’s luxury beauty brand is peak IYKYK-coded

Separate from her Aesop legacy, the Gorgeous Nothings founder has built a brand on a key tenet of luxury—mystery
By Anjan Sachar
Daily Compounds Homegrown Perfume
Hair & Makeup

Your next favourite scent isn’t in duty-free. It’s closer to home

Brands like Sept, Daily Compounds, and Aeronot are proving that the homegrown fragrance market goes way beyond dupe culture
By Adarsh Soni

CULTURE

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Chronically Online4 MIN

You’ve got bird mail

Because texting is too mainstream, Roost, a new app, lets you send messages by virtual birds at their actual flying speeds
By Sheya Kurian
Manuja Waldia, Granny Miu Miu
The Nod List

In August, we’re going gallery-hopping

Plus, this wedding-season's It-piece, a longevity summit, and more of The Nod’s current obsessions
By The Nod Desk
Currently Cringe Watching

The internet white boy of the moment is...a mouse?

The first in my bloodline to see a mouse hit 45k followers on Instagram
By Saniya Jaffer
The house of Dragon 3
Many spoilers ahead

Dang, that’s gotta hurt, and other thoughts I had while watching ‘House of the Dragon’

Rhaenyra in beast mode, Roddy on rampage, and Ulf doing Ulf things—there was more than treason transpiring at Tumbleton in the season three finale of the show
By Diya Parakh
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Many spoilers ahead

‘Furious’ puts a fresh spin on the serial-killer trope

The new thriller on JioHotstar from the creator of ‘New Girl’ is the rare cat-and-mouse show where you’re not sure who you’re rooting for
By Shalini Shah
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Shuffled

15 facts that prove Tamannaah Bhatia is (kind of) just like us

The actor on samosas, superstitions, Sunday calls with Mrunal Thakur, and the other little things that make her her
By The Nod Desk
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Books

This Bengali philosopher in harem pants is having a moment

Illustrator Charbak Dipta and his doppelgänger from the self-published ‘The World of Lublu’ were the only Indian nomination at the “Oscars” of the comic book industry last month
By Sheya Kurian

TRAVEL & LIVING

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Design4 MIN

India Post is making old-school collecting cool again

Why stamps, postcards and tiny art collectibles are finding new fans in an increasingly digital world
By Sheya Kurian
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Places

Just a charming street party in Rome—with 25,000 scooters

At Vespa’s 80th anniversary celebrations, nannas and grandpas, teens and dogs gather for a family-style parade to show-off their prized two-wheelers
By Ridhima Sapre
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The super-regulars

This Chandigarh couple has eaten at Naar over 30 times in 32 months

Dr Anshumaan and Anupama Kapoor, who live eight minutes from India’s most famous destination restaurant, have watched it being built, fawned over its 16-course meal and even cooked for its chefs
By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
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Design

This Mumbai couple brought Durga and Art Deco under the same roof

One’s a morning person, the other is, decidedly, not. One leans East, the other looks West. Saim Ghani and Chirag Dengra’s home is a reflection of their distinctive sensibilities and common interests
By Tanya Mehta
Artwork by The Nod
Food

31 pizza places for the purists and the pineapple-topping lovers

From classic Neapolitan to thin-crust Roman-style pies, picante pizza to nori-topped yakitori pizza, our pan-India pizza guide is everything you imagined—and didn’t
By Ara Mishra
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Free pour

What does it take to become Asia’s best bar? For one, a perfect Earl Grey cocktail

Bastien Ciocca of Guangzhou’s Hope & Sesame talks cocktails, underrated ingredients, and why the best bars around the world are now simplifying their menus
By Karina Aggarwal
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Where to eat this August… in Bengaluru

Low-ABV cocktails that mirror the eight phases of the moon, new breweries, a vinyl bar, and gourmet eggless ice cream—Bengaluru’s latest openings have something for everyone
By Ruth Dsouza Prabhu

COMMUNITY

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Impact5 MIN

The tiny pig that refused to disappear

Thanks to conservation efforts, the pygmy hog—barely a foot tall and once feared extinct—is making a comeback in Assam’s grasslands
By Radhika Iyengar
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Impact

Imagine a blind box—but one filled with surplus baked goods

Replate is tackling food wastage in Hyderabad and Bengaluru, one surprise goodie bag at a time
By Mallik Thatipalli
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Work

“You can’t pay bills with lipstick”: The ugly truth about India’s creator economy

Despite the country’s influencer marketing industry booming, creators are struggling to grow followings, land brand deals, and get their invoices processed
By Rhea Arora
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blame the stars

Love is in the group chat. Venus is in Virgo

Forget grand gestures. This transit is all about practical care, healthy boundaries, and figuring out whether your relationship can survive a shared Google Calendar
By Sukanya Venkatraghavan
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Office politics

How voice notes became the workplace rage bait

Plus, who can send it? When to send it? And most importantly, should you?
By Sheya Kurian
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blame the stars

Your August 2026 horoscope is here

A cosmic power cut asks: “Where are you when the lights come back on?”
By Sheetal Dewan Kapur
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What just happened

So, millennials like Gen Z now?

Look who’s finally taking the “slackers” seriously
By Nidhi Gupta