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Culture

Travel & Living

Community

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Brief Encounters4 MIN

This Gen Z rookie with Indian roots is F1’s youngest driver this season

Arvid Lindblad, an 18-year-old racer, talks about sharing the track with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, ribbing with his teammates, and some other teenage dreams
By Sheya Kurian

LATEST STORIES

Mahieka Sharma opened the AKOK Anamika Khanna show at Lakmé Fashion Week in March 2026
Fashion5 MIN

7 key takeaways from Lakmé Fashion Week to consider for your wardrobe

By  Butool Jamal & Chloe Chou
CBD gummy content is trending on Instagram Reels and TikTok
Health3 MIN

IG creators are tripping on magic gummies. We’re tripping on the content

By Darshita Goyal
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Check please4 MIN

Jubilee Hills’ new Cantonese spot doesn’t aim to please everyone

By Nikhil P Merchant
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow8 MIN

Aneeth Arora of Péro wants you to set that OOO auto-reply

By Chloe Chou
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It's not you, it's your job7 MIN

Do Indian restaurants have a Noma problem?

By Saumyaa Vohra
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I spy5 MIN

The secret lives of private investigators

By Sonali Kokra
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Food4 MIN

In Hyderabad, Telugu cuisine gets the fine-dining makeover it deserves

By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
Konkona Sen Sharma
Fashion6 MIN

There’s a reason—or a dozen—why the cool creatives are wearing Payal Khandwala

By Butool Jamal

STYLE

Konkona Sen Sharma
Fashion6 MIN

There’s a reason—or a dozen—why the cool creatives are wearing Payal Khandwala

“I don’t really know a lot of my clients, but I feel like we are birds of a feather,” says the designer at the launch of her SS26 line
By Butool Jamal
Mahieka Sharma opened the AKOK Anamika Khanna show at Lakmé Fashion Week in March 2026
Fashion

7 key takeaways from Lakmé Fashion Week to consider for your wardrobe

A recap of the very blue four-day event
By  Butool Jamal & Chloe Chou
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Aneeth Arora of Péro wants you to set that OOO auto-reply

Ahead of her Lakmé Fashion Week finale show, the designer offers The Nod a sneak peek of what’s possibly the label’s most extensive press kit yet
By Chloe Chou
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Fashion

This $17 thong was what every ‘naked’ dresser wore over awards season

The ‘Shark Tank’-approved cheap-and-cheerful thong from Stringys has become red carpet stylists’ secret weapon
By Chloe Chou
The Lovebirds show in Lunuganga, Sri Lanka
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Lovebirds’ internet-breaking show took place in an internet-free garden in Sri Lanka

At the launch of their SS26 collection, the designer duo behind the Delhi label discuss batik, Geoffrey Bawa, and architecture in clothes
By Megha Mahindru
Teyana Taylor
The Real Deal

Why natural diamonds still rule the red carpet

Awards season runs on borrowed couture, but these billion-year-old stones are built to outlast every trend
By Shyamolika Vaz
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Oscars 2026

At the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, guests went home with an Indian keepsake

An ultra-exclusive gift bag featuring Swadesh’s hand-embroidered pashmina awaited around 150 attendees
By Sheya Kurian
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I might get surgery; I have three in mind. Obviously, I won’t get it now. I’m still 20, my brain hasn’t fully developed, and I don’t have the money for it. But I’m working along with college and I’m getting into modelling to save up.

MindInside the mind of a 20-year-old Indian looksmaxxerBy Darshita Goyal

SKIM

Capsule-sized news for the time-strapped.

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Fashion

This $17 thong was what every ‘naked’ dresser wore over awards season

By Chloe Chou
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Fashion

At the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, guests went home with an Indian keepsake

By Sheya Kurian
Priyanka Chopra Bvlgari
Jewellery & Watches

The perfect necklace at the Oscars? One that sits on your collarbone

By Butool Jamal

DIVE

Thought provoking long reads and opinions.
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Fashion

Aneeth Arora of Péro wants you to set that OOO auto-reply

By Chloe Chou
Konkona Sen Sharma
Fashion

There’s a reason—or a dozen—why the cool creatives are wearing Payal Khandwala

By Butool Jamal
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Mind

Inside the mind of a 20-year-old Indian looksmaxxer

By Darshita Goyal

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

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Mind7 MIN

Inside the mind of a 20-year-old Indian looksmaxxer

A growing community of men believe looking better will improve the quality of their life, and they’re willing to go to extreme lengths to get there
By Darshita Goyal
CBD gummy content is trending on Instagram Reels and TikTok
Health

IG creators are tripping on magic gummies. We’re tripping on the content

Have you seen videos of people having CBD candy and going gaga at the mall? Yep, same
By Darshita Goyal
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R.I.P.

Whatever happened to the big, beautiful, body positivity movement?

Between the shrinking celebrities and our acute surveillance of them, the answer is a bit more nuanced than the discourse in the comment sections
By Nidhi Gupta
Skin inflammation the nod mag
Skin

The sun could be your pigmentation villain—but don’t forget inflammation

Whether you’re dealing with stubborn melasma or unpredictable sensitivity, dermatologists say the real issue may lie beneath the surface
By Sheree Gomes Gupta
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Skin

12 Indian sunscreens that pass the Reddit check

Your sun time demands you take your screen time seriously
By Shyamolika Vaz
Navkirat Sodhi shares her skincare and beauty routine with The Nod
Shelf Life

What Navkirat Sodhi puts on her face

The poet and performer on vibration plates, wellness at a “cellular level”, and why coconut milk is her ultimate beauty staple
By Chloe Chou
An egg and clock side by side to represent trimester zero
Health

On Instagram, women are training for a different kind of marathon: pregnancy

Lifestyle overhauls, supplement stacks, extreme metric tracking—the pregnancy announcement is no longer the starting point but the finish line to a long, optimised ordeal
By Avanti Dalal-Mehta

CULTURE

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Sports4 MIN

Kareen Kaur knows how to shift gears from Formula 4 to homework

Between early morning classes and race weekends, the Singapore-based, Indian-origin racer is figuring out how to be a teenager and an F4 driver at the same time
By Sheya Kurian
Firsts
Oscars 2026

Some expected wins and the many first-time winners at the Oscars 2026

PTA finally got his due, Michael B Jordan won his first for his art of twinning, and Timothée got a joke
By Tanvi Parekh
Oscars goodie bag 2026
Oscars 2026

A custom prenup, fancy cannabis, and luxury getaways in the $350K Oscars goodie bag

Celebrity life (and marriage) can be hard. And Distinctive Assets, the marketing company that puts together the coveted six-figure bag, knows it
By Tanvi Parekh
Glinda and elphaba
Entertainment

The witches of Oz are having a Mumbai moment

As ‘Wicked’ arrives at the NMACC, Rebekah Lowings and Eve Shanu-Wilson, who play Elphaba and Glinda, talk green makeup, backstage superstitions, and one very inconvenient phobia
By Tanvi Parekh
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In collaboration with Ray-Ban

What caught our eyes (and ears) at Nomads 2026

At the first edition of Nomads 2026 in Khetri, Rajasthan, Ray-Ban brought together folk artists, international DJs, and aural storytellers through curated listening spaces and a future-forward collection
By Himanshu Dutta
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The Nod Book Club

‘The Correspondent’ is Virginia Evans’s first novel—and also her eighth

The author of the buzzy epistolary novel, recently shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, on letter writing, learning creative writing under Claire Keegan, and being on television
By Shalini Shah
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Going viral

Admit it, you love the kitty party ladies of IG

From ‘Matka, Latka, Atka, Jhatka’ to ‘Bridgerton’-themed soirées, kitty party aunties are bringing whimsy and abandon to our over-curated feeds
By Darshita Goyal

TRAVEL & LIVING

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Food4 MIN

In Hyderabad, Telugu cuisine gets the fine-dining makeover it deserves

At Theta Theta Telugu, expect rasam served as consommé, avakaya pappu annam as arancini, and other old favourites reinvented
By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
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Check please

Jubilee Hills’ new Cantonese spot doesn’t aim to please everyone

Despite familiar flavours, Lili, the latest entrant to Hyderabad’s nightlife scene, pushes your palate with unmissable small plates, indulgent wok-tossed mains, and crisp, drama-free drinks
By Nikhil P Merchant
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In collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board

Sustainable cocktails, secret dishes, and sidecar rides

An after-hours trail through Singapore’s best bars, kitchens and backstreets
By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
Restaurants
Food

Pressure cookers and no more dosas—how restaurants are dealing with the LPG crisis

By tweaking menus and switching to a hybrid kitchen setup, India’s biggest restaurateurs are trying to tide over the cooking fuel shortage caused by the West Asia crisis
By Ruth Dsouza Prabhu
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Food

Tiny TVs, Pac-Man plates, and the best Vietnamese coffee in Jaipur

Inspired by an early 2000s garage and hardware store, Jacob’s Brew House is a big, bold 150-cover space. The brews, though, aren’t playing around
By Poorvi Singhal
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Food

Top Banana doesn’t go bananas. So, a good cocktail means just that

Delhi’s busiest drinking district has another entrant. This one pairs vinyl, playful bar plates, and stellar drinks sans the backstories
By Sheya Kurian
Leeu Collection
Places

This Indian billionaire stopped in Franschhoek for a sandwich. Now he owns a slice of the place

Until 2010, Analjit Singh, founder of Leeu Collection, had never set foot in the South African wine region. Today, he’s exporting bottles to 35 countries
By Murali K Menon

COMMUNITY

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It's not you, it's your job7 MIN

Do Indian restaurants have a Noma problem?

René Redzepi’s fall from fame has sparked an important conversation about workplace culture in India’s restaurants. Some of the country’s top chefs unpack the reality of the kitchens they trained in—and what they’re doing about it
By Saumyaa Vohra
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I spy

The secret lives of private investigators

The good old matrimonial background check has now extended to dating too. And there’s a network of professional sleuths to identify catfishers, check fiscal claims, and find out what your fiancé did last summer
By Sonali Kokra
Shrinking Apple TV
Relationships

There’s a life lesson in ‘Shrinking’ besides “get therapy”

The Apple TV series starring Harrison Ford and Jason Segel proposes a blueprint for adulthood where friends, neighbours, and colleagues become the people who hold life together
By Poulomi Das
Pisces Horoscope March 2025 The Nod Mag
blame the stars

Your March 2026 horoscope is here

The month for reading the final print and shedding excess baggage
By Sheetal Dewan Kapur
Interio by Godrej's modular dining table
In Collaboration with Godrej

The most sustainable trend in home design? Owning something you never have to replace

Modern homes are changing faster than ever; the best pieces simply keep up
By Shyamolika Vaz
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Parenting

The first batch of Gen Beta parents is here. And they’re kind of stressed

From fears about screen time to climate anxiety, Gen Beta parents are hoping to build a new parenting playbook for their newborns
By Sheya Kurian
Confessions

My tween has a new granny habit 

Putting down their phones and picking up the crochet hook, today’s tweens are trading the algorithm for amigurumi. Of course, parents aren’t complaining
By Priyanka Khanna