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25 coffee gifts that will perk up everyone on your list

There’s a dripper that doubles as an immersion brewer, beans rested in whisky barrels, and mineral drops that fine-tune the water itself

By Dipak Raghuwansi

Fashion2 Min

An Elie Saab wedding gown—minus the couture invoice

The Elie Saab H&M collaboration’s surprise wedding gown brings corsetry, beads, and a sweeping train to the high-street aisle

By The Nod Desk

Read your Leo Horoscope for October 2026 horoscope

blame the stars4 Min

Your October 2026 horoscope is here

Venus and Mercury are in retrograde. Your certainty isn’t a virtue anymore

By Sheetal Dewan Kapur

Fashion6 MIN

Péro does sexy (yes, really) with a little help from Barbie

With the debut of Péro Intimates, teeny-tiny koodai, and rollerblading Barbies and Kens on the Lakmé Fashion Week runway, Aneeth Arora gives Barbie’s wardrobe a whimsical makeover

By Chloe Chou

Fashion

When streaming came in, all the movies were equally placed next to each other on the same grid. You could have Shah Rukh Khan’s films alongside a web series by an unknown actor. That kind of democratisation, to me, was a welcome change.

EntertainmentVijay Varma is done playing the bad guyBy Jane Borges

SKIM

Capsule-sized news for the time-strapped.

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Fashion

Meet the Malayali model who just walked the Victoria’s Secret fashion show

By Mokshaa Shivlani & Khushi Vora

Fashion

Old gym towels, seaweed sequins, and spliced football jerseys at the Circular Design Challenge

By Chloe Chou

Entertainment

15 very Vijay Varma things you would have never known

By The Nod Desk

DIVE

Thought provoking long reads and opinions.

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Books

Some people read two books at once. Parini Shroff writes two at a time

By Ruhi Gilder

Entertainment

Vijay Varma is done playing the bad guy

By Jane Borges

Fashion

Amit Aggarwal likes his coffee strong, his stores grey, and his television silly

By Chloe Chou

Health5 MIN

Broccoli has a new fan club, and Kim Kardashian is in it

The vegetable contains sulforaphane, a compound that is said to help with better skin, endurance, and gut and cellular health. Do the claims hold up or is it too much too soon?

By Avani Thakkar

blame the stars

Your horoscope this fortnight: October 19 to 31

Mercury and Venus are in retrograde. In this double retrograde period, if things get messy, blame the cosmos

By Sheetal Dewan Kapur

Health

Live while we’re young, ache like we’re 60

Young people are piling up at the physiotherapy and orthopaedic clinics with a medical reality once limited to the older generation—slip disc, cervical spondylitis, and debilitating back and neck pain

By Takshi Mehta

Shelf Life

Curly hair? Actor Aarushi Bajaj doesn’t care

Hot off her role in ‘Don’t Be Shy’, the Gen Z actor on the long-winded journey to accepting her curls, why she’s team tinted sunscreen, and her rotation of trusted fragrances

By Avani Thakkar

On Trial

Nothing says getaway like underwater meditation

At the Longevity Summit in Mumbai, my body and mind surrendered to the water and I’ve never felt better

By Anjan Sachar

The Nod Shop

The Seoul-saving beauty shopping guide for first-timers in the city

From pharmacy finds and PDRN miracles to the makeup that survived a long-haul flight, these are the K-beauty buys that deserve every inch of your suitcase space

By Priyanka Parkash

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Ananya Panday, like the rest of us, pleads guilty to blush blindness

The Chanel brand ambassador and face of its Diwali 2026 beauty campaign talks festive makeup, childhood beauty experiments, and getting party-ready in 10 minutes

By Sheya Kurian

Many spoilers ahead5 MIN

“It’s not done bro!” and 47 other thoughts I had while watching ‘Koffee with Karan’

Twenty-two years on, the cult talk show brings in its ninth and final season with the one and only Salman Khan

By Saniya Jaffer

Brief Encounters

Meet Doyel Joshi, the artist headlining Bvlgari’s Diwali campaign

Her art sits at that perfectly viral spot between concept, craft, and clutter-breaking spectacle. Not surprisingly, she’s the artist every major label wants to work with

By Shahnaz Siganporia

Shuffled

15 very Vijay Varma things you would have never known

The actor talks about Benne dosa, Bruce Lee, and the one biopic he would love to take on

By The Nod Desk

For the Plot

Finished watching ‘East of Eden’? Here are 11 more period dramas to binge

Gorgeous costumes, gripping mysteries, and tangled family secrets await in these underrated period dramas worth streaming now

By Sheya Kurian

The Nod Book Club

Some people read two books at once. Parini Shroff writes two at a time

The prolific author discusses cat allergies, the tapered candles that need a writing credit, and the unusual pairing she brought to life in her latest novel, ‘Some People’

By Ruhi Gilder

Entertainment

The writer of ‘Primetime’ isn’t sure how his script got to Robert Pattinson, but he has a theory

Ajon Singh, an Indian-origin screenwriter, talks about his feature debut, those Chris Hansen memes, and how a diet of ‘Devdas’ and ‘Dhoom’ affected his filmmaking sensibility

By Saniya Jaffer

Books

In her “sort-of memoir”, Shefali Shah tackles films, friendships, and Spanx

For her literary debut, the actor delves into everything from the roles she picked (and walked away from) to the women she loves and why she believes a good blow-dry can fix anything

By Tanvi Parekh

Food5 MIN

In Mumbai’s newest XS eatery, last summer’s mangoes get the spotlight

Fitour, a former Gaggan and Masque chef’s 14-seat basement restaurant in Bandra, serves 18 courses of progressive Indian food and a playlist of old favourites

By Sheree Gomes Gupta

Places

Dragons, Uttam Kumar, and tele bhaja in south Kolkata’s pandal trail

From a Durga made from Pentonic pens to a space decked with life-sized matchboxes, pandal-hopping during Durga Puja is a very rewarding tradition that requires time, fortitude, and an appetite for fried goodies

By Rajita Banerjee

Places

Diwali getaways outside India that won’t give you a visa headache

Planning a quick escape over the festive break? Skip the usual Goa rush and consider these international destinations with relatively fuss-free visa requirements

By Sheya Kurian

Every dog has its day

6 pet-friendly stays if you’re in the “not without my pooch” camp

Our pick of luxury properties across India that welcome pampered furry friends with open hearts and treats

By Tanvi Parekh

Food

20 homegrown chips that scratch that midnight snack itch

Dirty martini chips and baked bhujia are making snack time interesting—and, dare we say, a little healthier?

By Nandini Sanghvi

Food

Move over, chilli oil. It’s thecha’s turn now

The spicy Maharashtrian condiment is lending a fiery punch to everything from hot-honey-drizzled pizzas to picantes

By Surina Sayal

Check please

Where to eat... this October

New drops, a week-long eating-out fest, another Franken-croissant—October’s got our plates full

By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi

Games people play4 MIN

The new relationship saviour: puzzles

Competing on Wordle and keeping score on Crossplay, Gen Z couples are bonding over their shared love of simple, once-a-day word games

By Saachi Gupta

Work

Looking for a good leader? Hire a mother

Multitasking, excellent time management, and the knack of making a killer priority list—who says the lessons learned from motherhood don’t align with that corner office?

By Priyanka Khanna

Identity

The perks of being an eavesdropper at an NYC Diwali party

At a festive gathering in Maxwell Social in TriBeCa, New York’s desi crowd mingled over chai cocktails, flowers, and a some very spicy takes

By Srushti Hebbar

Relationships

In 2026, the only way to care is to share (your location)

Widely used among friends' groups for daily check-ins as well as during the ongoing protests, Life 360, Find My and Instagram Maps have become both love language and safety check

By Khushi Vora

It's a love story

It’s a date! My personal AI agent will get in touch with yours

How Instinct, a new invite-only personal AI agent, is filling in communication gaps and taking on the admin load of modern relationships

By Avani Thakkar

blame the stars

Your horoscope this fortnight: October 5 to 18

Venus is retrograde. Expect mixed signals, unexpected turns, and long-buried issues to resurface

By Sheetal Dewan Kapur

blame the stars

Your October 2026 horoscope is here

Venus and Mercury are in retrograde. Your certainty isn’t a virtue anymore

By Sheetal Dewan Kapur

Vijay Varma is done playing the bad guy

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A fashion collab made for Jaipur’s cool kids

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An Elie Saab wedding gown—minus the couture invoice

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STYLE

Péro does sexy (yes, really) with a little help from Barbie

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Meet the Malayali model who just walked the Victoria’s Secret fashion show

These fashionable bibs are not for messy eaters

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These new Swadesh collabs deserve a spot in your festive rotation

Has fashion reached its post-critic era?

When streaming came in, all the movies were equally placed next to each other on the same grid. You could have Shah Rukh Khan’s films alongside a web series by an unknown actor. That kind of democratisation, to me, was a welcome change.

SKIM

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Old gym towels, seaweed sequins, and spliced football jerseys at the Circular Design Challenge

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DIVE

Some people read two books at once. Parini Shroff writes two at a time

Vijay Varma is done playing the bad guy

Amit Aggarwal likes his coffee strong, his stores grey, and his television silly

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

Broccoli has a new fan club, and Kim Kardashian is in it

Your horoscope this fortnight: October 19 to 31

Live while we’re young, ache like we’re 60

Curly hair? Actor Aarushi Bajaj doesn’t care

Nothing says getaway like underwater meditation

The Seoul-saving beauty shopping guide for first-timers in the city

Ananya Panday, like the rest of us, pleads guilty to blush blindness

CULTURE

“It’s not done bro!” and 47 other thoughts I had while watching ‘Koffee with Karan’

Meet Doyel Joshi, the artist headlining Bvlgari’s Diwali campaign

15 very Vijay Varma things you would have never known

Finished watching ‘East of Eden’? Here are 11 more period dramas to binge

Some people read two books at once. Parini Shroff writes two at a time

The writer of ‘Primetime’ isn’t sure how his script got to Robert Pattinson, but he has a theory

In her “sort-of memoir”, Shefali Shah tackles films, friendships, and Spanx

TRAVEL & LIVING

In Mumbai’s newest XS eatery, last summer’s mangoes get the spotlight

Dragons, Uttam Kumar, and tele bhaja in south Kolkata’s pandal trail

Diwali getaways outside India that won’t give you a visa headache

6 pet-friendly stays if you’re in the “not without my pooch” camp

20 homegrown chips that scratch that midnight snack itch

Move over, chilli oil. It’s thecha’s turn now

Where to eat... this October

COMMUNITY

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In 2026, the only way to care is to share (your location)

It’s a date! My personal AI agent will get in touch with yours

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Your October 2026 horoscope is here