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Personal trainers, Pilates, protein: how much does your fitness habit cost you?

India’s growing obsession with breaking a sweat is creating new spending habits across demographics. And they don’t seem to be complaining

By Avani Thakkar

The Nod Shop4 Min

6 Indian sneaker brands to kick your Samba habit, according to Reddit

Looking beyond the usual suspects? We scroll through honest reviews from a community of sneakerheads on which homegrown shoe brands deserve a spot in your closet

By Patsy Anthony

Relationships4 Min

40 and fab: 5 Indian women tackle dating scenarios inspired by ‘Youth’

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

Vikrant Massey thinks he’d make a great Rahul Dravid

LATEST STORIES

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40 and fab: 5 Indian women tackle dating scenarios inspired by ‘Youth’

STYLE

Beyond Banarasi saris: a shopping guide to Varanasi

Flats can be festive too

This footwear designer would love to go barefoot. When she can’t, her shoes will do

Sanaa Choksi and Ashmi Bhansali make a business out of good taste

6 Indian sneaker brands to kick your Samba habit, according to Reddit

Sheer skirts deserve some more exposure

It’s a Torani takeover this festive season

When he started saying Papa, I was not there. When his first tooth sprouted, I was not there. That is when I realised that there was a massive void within despite all the conventional successes.

SKIM

Sheer skirts deserve some more exposure

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

DIVE

‘Girls’ is coming back. And this podcast can take “a little credit” for it

Beyond Banarasi saris: a shopping guide to Varanasi

Meg Mason would like you to get to page 75 of ‘Middlemarch’

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

Singer-songwriter Raveena Aurora is finding beauty in simplicity

Personal trainers, Pilates, protein: how much does your fitness habit cost you?

Who put the eldest daughter in charge of everyone’s health?

We’re here to help you pick your OOTD—oud of the day

Your horoscope this fortnight: October 19 to 31

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

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

CULTURE

This is your last chance to step into Tarini Sethi’s steel portal in London

Can art books survive the attention economy? 3 new Indian releases say yes

The producer taking ‘Chhota Bheem’ to the stage knows a thing or two about scale

Want to win Gay Halloween? Try these 10 niche pop culture costume ideas

‘Girls’ is coming back. And this podcast can take “a little credit” for it

Meg Mason would like you to get to page 75 of ‘Middlemarch’

Vikrant Massey thinks he’d make a great Rahul Dravid

TRAVEL & LIVING

Toddy shop staples get the Cordon Bleu treatment in Kochi’s newest restobar

In a neighbourhood full of bars, there’s a big upside to Upside—the food

At Madwater Brewery, the gargoyles come before the beer goggles

This Surat-based studio is making toys that look straight out of Santa’s workshop

Mehek Malhotra has a thing for things

Rajesh Pratap Singh wants to dress your home too

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

COMMUNITY

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

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The perks of being an eavesdropper at an NYC Diwali party

The new relationship saviour: puzzles

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

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In a neighbourhood full of bars, there’s a big upside to Upside—the food 

In a neighbourhood full of bars, there’s a big upside to Upside—the food 