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newsletter issue 212

newsletter issue 212

OCTOBER 17, 2025

OCTOBER 17, 2025

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The long Diwali weekend is finally here, and if your only plan involves snacks, fairy lights, and some quality couch time, we’ve got you covered. This is your ultimate binge list of shows you might have missed, postponed, or pretended you’d get to someday. From Emmy-winning heavyweights like Hacks and The Pitt to underrated gems like What We Do in the Shadows and Andor, this lineup has something for every kind of viewer. Whether you’ve got just one day to spare or a full-blown staycation on your hands, we’ve handpicked the perfect shows to keep you hooked, emotional, or deliciously unproductive all weekend long. Grab the remote, light those diyas, and let the binge begin.


As the festive season begins, we have also curated a list of picks for those last-minute gift buyers—including one specifically for the foodie in your life. If you have a Diwali party a day to attend, there are the sparkliest, shimmery-est body oils to celebrate glow season. And if you’re looking for some reading material, our big October interview just dropped, featuring none other than the talk of the town, The Ba***ds of Bollywood star, Lakshya.

The long Diwali weekend is finally here, and if your only plan involves snacks, fairy lights, and some quality couch time, we’ve got you covered. This is your ultimate binge list of shows you might have missed, postponed, or pretended you’d get to someday. From Emmy-winning heavyweights like Hacks and The Pitt to underrated gems like What We Do in the Shadows and Andor, this lineup has something for every kind of viewer. Whether you’ve got just one day to spare or a full-blown staycation on your hands, we’ve handpicked the perfect shows to keep you hooked, emotional, or deliciously unproductive all weekend long. Grab the remote, light those diyas, and let the binge begin.


As the festive season begins, we have also curated a list of picks for those last-minute gift buyers—including one specifically for the foodie in your life. If you have a Diwali party a day to attend, there are the sparkliest, shimmery-est body oils to celebrate glow season. And if you’re looking for some reading material, our big October interview just dropped, featuring none other than the talk of the town, The Ba***ds of Bollywood star, Lakshya.

 

 

 

Entertainment

Entertainment

Lakshya has his eyes on the target

Lakshya has his eyes on the target

From his all-consuming, rampaging debut in the action thriller ‘Kill’ to his much-talked-about role in the recent satire ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’, the actor’s career is picking up steam. And right now, it’s blinkers on only

From his all-consuming, rampaging debut in the action thriller ‘Kill’ to his much-talked-about role in the recent satire ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’, the actor’s career is picking up steam. And right now, it’s blinkers on only

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Skin

Skin

The sparkliest, shimmery-est body oils to celebrate glow season

The sparkliest, shimmery-est body oils to celebrate glow season

Whether you want a pearly sparkle or a beach-bronze gleam, here’s a lineup of oils that give you that expensive-looking finish

Whether you want a pearly sparkle or a beach-bronze gleam, here’s a lineup of oils that give you that expensive-looking finish

Design

Design

13 homegrown design products that will make your Diwali table shine

13 homegrown design products that will make your Diwali table shine

Mithai tastes better when served on a three-tier platter shaped like clam shells

Mithai tastes better when served on a three-tier platter shaped like clam shells


 

Food

Food

BRB, ordering rasgulla tiramisu for my Teen Patti night

BRB, ordering rasgulla tiramisu for my Teen Patti night

Despite sus-sounding flavours, it seems modern mithai is everywhere. But has the experimentation gone too far?  

Despite sus-sounding flavours, it seems modern mithai is everywhere. But has the experimentation gone too far?  


Design

Design

Banana leaf tablecloth and other ways to win at Diwali table setting

Banana leaf tablecloth and other ways to win at Diwali table setting

Three creative hosts show how to mix mood and material to craft a tablescape that gives new meaning to ‘dinner-table conversation’

Three creative hosts show how to mix mood and material to craft a tablescape that gives new meaning to ‘dinner-table conversation’

Food

Food

By now, you should be adding pickle brine to your picante

By now, you should be adding pickle brine to your picante

Say ciao to canned and bottled cocktail mixers and bring in ferments like kombuchas, congees, vinegars, and brines to add acidity, funk, and a whole lot of umami to your cocktails

Say ciao to canned and bottled cocktail mixers and bring in ferments like kombuchas, congees, vinegars, and brines to add acidity, funk, and a whole lot of umami to your cocktails


 

Design

Design

The only thing you need to get the table talking this Diwali: Statement spoons

The only thing you need to get the table talking this Diwali: Statement spoons

Flatware is anything but flat today. From sculptural coffee spoons to molten-metal dessert servers, here’s what’s stealing the spotlight this festive season

Flatware is anything but flat today. From sculptural coffee spoons to molten-metal dessert servers, here’s what’s stealing the spotlight this festive season

 

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