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BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

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Skin

How ghee went from parathas to collagen masks

Before Vaseline, Indian households swore by ghee for chapped lips and elbows. Now, the beauty industry is waking up to its hydrating properties and officially integrating it into skincare and makeup formulations
By Avani Thakkar
Sensory beauty
Hair & Makeup

Beauty wants you to go all touchy-feely

A compact with that satisfying click, a bouncy jelly blush and its squishy applicator—makeup is now in its sensory era
By Navya Sharma
Hair & Makeup

A beauty museum ft Marilyn Monroe’s lipstick and a hamburger-shaped lip gloss

With The Makeup Archive, celebrity makeup artist and beauty historian Erin Parsons turns her passion for collecting into an online museum with more than 1,500 vintage objects
By Adarsh Soni
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Skin

Vitamin C-infused under-eye products that can fake a full night’s sleep

The power ingredient supercharges your skin against pollution while fighting pigmentation
By Nandini Gulati
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Hair & Makeup

Are buzzcuts the male version of breakdown bangs?

Erling Haaland, Connor Storrie and Cristiano Ronaldo are sporting a 360-degree hair transformation and we have thoughts
By Avani Thakkar
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Wind Down

Subiksha Shivakumar isn’t hiding her dark circles—or her skincare shelf

The model, content creator, and self-described artist on double cleansing after 3 am shoots, everything showers, and why she stopped Facetuning her under-eyes
By Sheree Gomes Gupta
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Skin

I feel bad about my hands

The beauty industry has come for your hands. But before you go all in, dermatologists break down what’s worth injecting, lasering, slathering on—or leaving alone
By Avanti Dalal-Mehta

CULTURE

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Brief Encounters

Usha Jey wears many hats, but she’s dancing in all of them

The first-generation French-Tamil choreographer and movement director talks about merging hip-hop with Bharatnatyam, collaborating with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and training in muay Thai
By Avani Thakkar
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Entertainment

“Mind wipe” and other great contributions to the English language courtesy ‘Adults’

The comedy on JioHotstar isn’t just capturing the Gen Z experience, it’s updating our vocabulary with it
By Saniya Jaffer
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Shuffled

Who knew miniature trees were Mona Singh’s jam?

Besides a wide spectrum of roles, online bonsai classes, power suits, tanpura and two pooches are keeping the actor’s plate full
By The Nod Desk
What are tweens watching
Kids These Days

Too old for cartoons, too young for ‘TSITP’: What are tweens today watching?

For one, Mr Beast
By Nandini Gulati
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The Nod List

Take a long, hard look at the (back of) this mirror

Plus, dumbbells that double as home decor, a multi-hyphenate oven, and more of The Nod’s current obsessions
By The Nod Desk
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Entertainment

‘Tony’ through the eyes of an Anthony Bourdain superfan

The Dominic Sessa starrer is a crowd-pleasing attempt at a complicated life. And that’s okay, if not wholly satisfying
By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
And this is how the cookie crumbles

Things got very Oreo very quickly on this mom WhatsApp chat

One mother had things to say about her child’s classmates’ snack-box choices. The other mothers pushed back. The cookie (and an AI app) had the last laugh
By Priyanka Khanna

TRAVEL & LIVING

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Places

It’s a good month to explore Hyderabad by foot

With 50 city-wide walks divided by themes and led by experts, The Shehr Walk Festival is betting that the best way to know the Telangana capital is one step at a time
By Mallik Thatipalli
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In collaboration with Dewar’s Discoveries

Sarah Todd is on a journey across seven cities of India with Dewar’s Discoveries

The celebrated chef brings her decade-long connection with India to the table for a multi-city experience, starting with a Rajasthan-inspired menu at The Oberoi Udaivilas
By Tanvi Parekh
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Your Venice itinerary deserves an Indian craft upgrade

Homo Faber 2026 brings an impressive mix of Indian designers and craftspeople to Venice. Here are the works worth seeking out
By Sheya Kurian
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At this jungle resort, first you play some pickleball, then you see the tigers

With its gaming arcade and other activities, the 127-key JW Marriott Ranthambore Resort & Spa will keep you entertained all day long—even before you get into the safari jeep
By Praachi Raniwala
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Places

Will travel for padel

As the sport evolves from a post-pandemic hobby to a wider global phenomenon, the hospitality industry is going all out to attract the “padel traveller”
By Nikhil P Merchant
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Food

Raga isn’t Gaggan 2.0, but it sings a familiar tune

For his Delhi debut, chef Gaggan Anand brings his ingredient-technique experimentations to a 22-course meal that surprises without overwhelming and comes with only a tiny side of déjà vu
By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
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Places

I trekked 4 hours to reach Cherrapunji’s living, breathing double-decker bridge...

...and discovered I wasn’t alone
By Darshita Goyal

COMMUNITY