The Nod Mag

The Delhi-based designer on taking risks with traditional menswear, pairing brocade with leather, and why a good pedicure should be non-negotiable—even for men

Karishma Patel and Mahesh Popat’s three-day wedding in the Venetian countryside featured an impromptu pool party, masala negroni sbagliatos, and gajras flown all the way from Mumbai

Embracing corseted bodices, flouncy tiers, shorter hemlines and dainty straps, the traditional fit-and-flare kurta is going through a makeover, and Gen Z wants in

For Mookuthi founder Sarath Selvanathan, a tiny canvas has only meant a bigger obsession

From Sita’s much-debated blouse to an archive of 8,000 textiles, Rimple and Harpreet Narula talk about the extraordinary task of dressing characters everyone already has an image of

For the guys who want to look like they’ve tried, without actually making too much of an effort

Author Daniel Mason on names and fables, reading Jane Austen for the first time, and the canine who keeps him glued to his seat when he’s writing

Do you need to own 80 artworks or more to be a collector? The Moderns or contemporary artists? Art as appreciating asset or art for art’s sake? As the annual art fair returns for its fourth edition, young collectors give us the low-down on how they’re buying art now

Plus, a bag to outshine your jewellery, a theatre festival to beat all theatre festivals, and more of The Nod’s current obsessions

A story about a group of gay men set in 1980s Jamaica, one about a prickly father-son duo in the Scottish isles or that of a man walking around in a black bag. We weigh in on the shortlist

Manav Manglani spills the prep and strategy that go into capturing the most viral celebrity moments  

Answer four simple questions to know  

On one hand she lives in a shifting-sands, reality-is-what-you-want-it-to-be world. On the other, she’s a feminist and gay icon for the youth. Which one rings true?  

There’s some chaos under the festive sparkle—love gets messy, ambitions get bigger, and the past refuses to stay buried

If you say something, they might get engaged. If you don’t, they might get married

In the HBO show, Sharon Horgan navigates dating, dumping, and ageing. The Nod asks five single women in their forties to tell us what they would do in her place

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

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?

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