STYLE

Gaurav Gupta bride Rhea Kapoor in a custom gown for her wedding in Marrakech
Fashion

Gen Z brides can’t get enough of Gaurav Gupta’s couture

With his latest couture collection ‘Light Song’, the designer turns a forbidden romance between the sun and the moon into bridalwear for a generation that wants both tradition and fantasy at once
By Chloe Chou
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Weddings

A wedding with 35 guests and a James Bond-themed reception

In Mexico, against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean, Deepa Sheth and Caleb Maki’s nuptials brought in 007, Adele, and gajar ka halwa
By Nandini Gulati
Alia Bhatt wearing cargo pants while promoting her new film, Alpha
The Nod Shop

Move over, Zara ‘death pants’—we’re wearing cargo pants now

A case for roomy utilitarian bottoms that do it all but do no harm
By Anushka
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Fashion

The Goa shopping guide—with nary a flea market in sight

The Sunshine State’s most compelling retail experiences are hidden in old Portuguese homes, unmarked ateliers, and studios that only open by appointment
By Insia Lacewalla 
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Fashion

It’s an angel! It’s a goddess! It’s Zendaya in Matières Fécales!

The actor’s final look for ‘The Odyssey’ press tour came with wings and a 15-month-long wait time
By Diya Bakhle
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Fashion

Manish Malhotra’s Paris show was a biography in four chapters

After decades of dressing Bollywood’s biggest stars, the designer left behind the tropes that had come to define his brand in favour of an intensely personal collection inspired by his mother
By Chloe Chou
Christopher Nolan Ajrakh tie Aahaan Tandon
Fashion

An ajrakh tie on Christopher Nolan at 'The Odyssey' premiere

Close on the heels of the paisley version at Celine and the eri silk one on Zohran Mamdani, it made a case for the tie entering its south Asian era
By Anwesh Banerjee

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

CULTURE

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Currently reading

All you city people with rural-life pretensions, ‘Country People’ is for you

Daniel Mason’s novel about two academics flirting with lawn mowing, skiing and farming in the countryside is funny, tender, philosophical—and the best thing you’ll read this year
By Shalini Shah
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Books

75 years on, Gen Z reacts to Holden Caulfield

Ultimate performative male or just misunderstood? Two Gen Zers share their assessment of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ and one generation’s favourite teenager
By  Ara Mishra & Nandini Sanghvi
Christopher Nolan on the set of The Odyssey
No Spoilers

Overheard at ‘The Odyssey’ Mumbai premiere with the Nolan bros

An evening spent amidst the Syncopy-tee-donning, trivia-spouting, IMAX-theatre-mapping fans reveals there is Barbenheimer everywhere for those with eyes to see
By Saniya Jaffer
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Music

The curious case of Anuv Jain and the songs we all somehow know

As ‘Arz Kiya Hai’ climbs the charts, the singer reflects on fame, fiercely loyal fans, and the responsibility of evolving beyond the ‘Anuv Jain sound’
By Sheya Kurian
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The Nod Book Club

‘Absolute Jafar’ will make you miss a city you may have never lived in

No conversation with Sarnath Banerjee is straightforward. The graphic novelist discusses César Aira, ‘Citizen Kane’ and cricketing terms to talk about his new book that deals with memory, migration, and fatherhood
By Sheya Kurian
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Books

Meena Kandasamy’s new novel takes on incels, cancel culture, and toxic masculinity

Delving into the Indian manosphere via a viral deepfake sex clip, ‘Fieldwork as a Sex Object’ is as much a sharp and witty novel about digital memory as it is about the ethics of storytelling
By Sana Goyal

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