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Style

Beauty & Well-being

Culture

Travel & Living

Community

The Wedding Collective

Book Club

Entertainment9 MIN

Manoj Bajpayee aims to please one critic. Himself

Over his 30-year career, the talented actor has played everything from Everyman to macho hero to vigilante, comfortably straddling critical acclaim and widespread appeal. His goal through all this? His own satisfaction
By Nila Iyer

LATEST STORIES

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Design3 MIN

For the fourth time, a Kerala-based brand has created the Met Gala carpet

By Sheya Kurian
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Fashion2 MIN

Isha Ambani takes Indian craft to NYC

By Butool Jamal
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Check please4 MIN

Where to eat this May... in Mumbai

By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
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The Nod Book Club3 MIN

Why ‘The Names’ by Florence Knapp is our May pick

By Sheya Kurian
Taurus Horoscope for May 2026 The Nod Mag
blame the stars3 MIN

Your May 2026 horoscope is here

By Sheetal Dewan Kapur
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Many spoilers ahead5 MIN

I need to talk to HR, plus other thoughts I had while watching ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’

By Chloe Chou
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Accessories5 MIN

10 work bags that work hard and look even better

By  Ava H Madan & Anusha Mary Jones
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Hair & Makeup7 MIN

We asked dermats to rate the most popular hair fall treatments

By Shyamolika Vaz

STYLE

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Accessories5 MIN

10 work bags that work hard and look even better

From a tote loved by Meghan Markle to a briefcase (not kidding) that can fit your Owala, here’s what we’re turning to come Monday morning
By Ava H Madan & Anusha Mary Jones
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Fashion

Isha Ambani takes Indian craft to NYC

For the outfit that took 450 hours to create, designer Manish Malhotra zoomed into a pan-Indian design element—the embellished border
By Butool Jamal
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Fashion

In ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’, the ties steal the scene

Plus pinstripe suits, vests, and more menswear-inspired moments from the film
By Butool Jamal
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Fashion

To know the future of fashion, look at Divya Mathur’s wardrobe

From microplastic-free activewear to the perfect Zoom wardrobe, the chief merchandising officer and fashion director of Revolve has it down to a T
By Priyanka Khanna
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Weddings

Ashwin Thiyagarajan is thinking of the Tamizh baddie on her wedding day

The diaspora-favourite designer from Chennai almost didn’t make it into fashion
By Patsy Anthony
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Fashion

A women-led lingerie brand that’s inspired by India

Olakh’s founder Tanvi Ghate is out to prove that underwear can be supportive, sexy, and much more
By Chloe Chou
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Accessories

13 shoes fresh from the runways on everyone’s summer vision boards

Heels that fit like a glove and flip-flops that deserve a manicure
By Priyanka Khanna
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I have parents coming in with their sons saying, ‘Shaadi hone tak baal theek kar do, baad mein ka baad mein dekh lenge'

Hair & MakeupGen Z isn’t waiting to go baldBy Chloe Chou

SKIM

Capsule-sized news for the time-strapped.

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Books

Why ‘The Names’ by Florence Knapp is our May pick

By Sheya Kurian
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Fashion

In ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’, the ties steal the scene

By Butool Jamal
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Weddings

Ashwin Thiyagarajan is thinking of the Tamizh baddie on her wedding day

By Patsy Anthony

DIVE

Thought provoking long reads and opinions.
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Taurus Horoscope for May 2026 The Nod Mag
Relationships

Your May 2026 horoscope is here

By Sheetal Dewan Kapur
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Entertainment

I need to talk to HR, plus other thoughts I had while watching ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’

By Chloe Chou
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Hair & Makeup

We asked dermats to rate the most popular hair fall treatments

By Shyamolika Vaz

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

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On The Go3 MIN

Diipa Büller-Khosla is moving fast—and so is Indē Wild

A subway touch-up and a sold-out pop-up later, the founder recaps Indē Wild’s wild Sephora US launch
By Chloe Chou
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Hair & Makeup

We asked dermats to rate the most popular hair fall treatments

Because Dr Google isn’t your best friend here
By Shyamolika Vaz
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Skin

Anita Lal has never used sunscreen

The Good Earth matriarch only wants you to put the best ingredients on your skin. Just don’t ask her about sun protection
By Sheree Gomes Gupta
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Skin

An Indian fragrance house, now rubbing shoulders with Loewe and Tom Ford at Selfridges

Meet Rahasya, the niche perfume brand bottling Indian memory for a global audience
By Chloe Chou
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Losing It

Nobody tell the hair gummy it’s not working

Supplement brands have built an entire industry around fixing your hair loss from the inside out. Dermatologists and nutritionists have notes
By Sheree Gomes Gupta
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The Tab

Ask a pretty boy: How much does it cost to look this good?

For men in 2026, it turns out, quite a bit
By Avani Thakkar
Model Aarsha Mohan shares her skincare and haircare routine with The Nod
Shelf Life

What model Aarsha Mohan puts on her face

The Econ grad turned model on her surprise pivot from public policy to the runway, the secret to her screen-ready glow, and the scents she loves layering
By Patsy Anthony

CULTURE

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The Nod Book Club3 MIN

Why ‘The Names’ by Florence Knapp is our May pick

Structured around three versions of one life, our book of the month is a novel that reimagines fate, family, and identity
By Sheya Kurian
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Many spoilers ahead

I need to talk to HR, plus other thoughts I had while watching ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’

Twenty years after we got the seminal work that is ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, the sequel is in theatres. Here’s to being bombed by “Is print dead?” scenarios, backslapping finance bros, and a thousand cerulean references
By Chloe Chou
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Books

‘Yesteryear’ is what happens when tradwife content goes too far

This Ballerina Farm-coded fever dream from debut author Caro Claire Burke is already headed for the big screen, and might be your next glossy obsession
By Sheya Kurian
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Music

On Saturday night’s set list: Techno with a side of tabla

Going from baithaks to bass drops, the Indian classical percussion instrument is now finding a spot in the DJ booths
By Bhanuj Kappal
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Books

Belle Burden’s buzzy divorce memoir has a not-so-subtle message for women

The biggest takeaway from the viral book, ‘Strangers’, isn’t that a marriage can implode without warning. It’s that women really need to have that uncomfortable chat about money
By Shalini Shah
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Many spoilers ahead

‘Euphoria’ season 3 is here, and I would like to unsee it immediately

35 thoughts on the misogyny and mess that turned a high-school drama into a full-blown crime spiral
By Sheya Kurian
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The Nod Book Club

Caroline Palmer had one constant companion while writing ‘Workhorse’—a $50 leopard coat

The author of the buzzy workplace novel on complicated women, loving the idea of making readers a little uncomfortable, and the “ridiculous” garment that helped her get in the zone while writing
By Ridhima Sapre

TRAVEL & LIVING

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Food5 MIN

Bookmark this ‘eat-like-a-local’ guide to Tokyo

Away from the Michelin-starred eateries lie the city’s most memorable meals—in tiny 12-seaters, at izakayas under train stations, and one hit wonders where locals line up
By Shirin Mehrotra
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Design

For the fourth time, a Kerala-based brand has created the Met Gala carpet

This year, Neytt has sent an off-white handwoven base from Kerala to New York for artists to work on
By Sheya Kurian
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Check please

Where to eat this May... in Mumbai

Three new places in Bandra, two others in Andheri. We’re headed to the suburbs this weekend
By Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi
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Food

A dinner service with a drag queen and some baba ganoush

At Bengaluru’s Drag Dinner, Jiya LaBeija served equal parts glamour and advocacy along with a three-course meal  
By Darshita Goyal
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Food

Can Indian seaweed become the next big restaurant ingredient?

Foraged from the coast and landing on fine-dining menus across India, the native seaweed is slowly entering the chef kitchen
By Sayoni Bhaduri
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Food

Gurugram’s new coffee and gelato spot looks straight out of a K-drama

With Gram Street Coffee, chef Vanshika Bhatia trades predictable café menus for small-batch gelato and playful brews, to build a space free of laptop lingerers
By Geetika Sachdev 
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Places

The “let’s get out of town” long weekend guide

No over planning, no overthinking, just quick exits from Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Chennai
By Tanvi Parekh

COMMUNITY

Taurus Horoscope for May 2026 The Nod Mag
blame the stars3 MIN

Your May 2026 horoscope is here

Bend so you don’t break
By Sheetal Dewan Kapur
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Impact

Your next paperback could be made of processed cigarette butts

Those little ochre stubs you find outside office buildings, paan shops, and literally everywhere? Noida-based Code Effort is turning them into paper, plushies, and even yarn for denim
By Tanvi Parekh
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Work

This invite-only lifestyle club is a third space you will use all day

Work, workouts, meals, and live gigs—The Quorum Club packs your entire day into a single space
By Tanvi Parekh
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Confessions

Help! I can’t keep up with my rich friends

As more Gen Zers enter the workforce, rising costs, social media pressure, and awkward money conversations are reshaping how their friendships work
By Sheya Kurian
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humour

A completely reliable guide to acing your AI interview round

It’s true. AI interviewers have entered the hiring process, replacing small talk with algorithmic scoring systems. Here’s how to survive an emotionally unavailable interviewer
By Sheya Kurian
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Impact

They catch what a mammogram may miss

Trained as medical tactile examiners, a group of visually impaired women are using their heightened sense of touch to detect early signs of breast cancer that are invisible to a machine
By Radhika Iyengar
Aries horoscope April 2026 The Nod Mag
blame the stars

Your April 2026 horoscope is here

A month of mixed signals and mild overreactions
By Sheetal Dewan Kapur