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A beachside wedding where the bride brought her teenage Pinterest boards to life

Rohan Gandhi and Shivani Godhania’s destination wedding in Goa featured a baraat with a vintage car, colour smoke bombs, and palm trees everywhere (outfits included)

By Khushi Vora

Places5 Min

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

Work4 Min

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?

Vijay Varma is done playing the bad guy

LATEST STORIES

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A beachside wedding where the bride brought her teenage Pinterest boards to life

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

Looking for a good leader? Hire a mother

STYLE

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

It’s a Torani takeover this festive season

12 kidswear brands for when festive dressing is a family affair

A fashion collab made for Jaipur’s cool kids

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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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

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

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

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DIVE

Heavy metal on loop is Elif Shafak’s writing jam

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

Vijay Varma is done playing the bad guy

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

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

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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

CULTURE

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

Heavy metal on loop is Elif Shafak’s writing jam

Curtain Blue has been making music for years. This year, more people are tuning in

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

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

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COMMUNITY

The new relationship saviour: puzzles

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