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Solo trip? Here's what the Reels don't tell you, even about safe places

India, Aug. 1 -- It's an Insta subgenre that refuses to die: One woman driving solo - moisturised, unbothered - through a forest; another woman - selfie stick aloft - strolling solo as the crowds rush... Read More


Fall of fame: Why celebs need to start being mysterious again

India, Aug. 1 -- Denzel Washington recently gave Michael B Jordan some killer advice: Stay out of the public eye. "Why would people pay to see you on the weekend if they see you all week for free?" Fa... Read More


Can't stan this: How to stop being a crazy fan

India, Aug. 1 -- Wearing a red football jersey every game day? Normal. Knowing the lyrics to all of Taylor Swift's songs and dancing to Love Story? Normal. But fighting strangers, friends and family b... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: A tour of the kingdom

India, July 25 -- There are, wrote F Scott Fitzgerald, no second acts in American lives. I was reminded of this and about how it clearly did not apply to Indian lives when I had lunch recently with Ra... Read More


Aura Farming, Banana Botox and more: Is your vocab up to date?

India, July 25 -- Keep up. Language is changing fast. And the internet generation is inventing new terms quicker than you can say "Delulu is the solulu". Some terms have escaped the group chat and are... Read More


Go beast or go home: Can you handle competitive gymming?

India, July 25 -- Run for one kilometre. Ski Nordic-style for the next. Then, push a 100kg sled. Run some more. Row. Then, haul 30kg weights from A to B. Run again. Lunge with 10kg. Finally, throw a 5... Read More


Missing from the frame: Bollywood's female icons

India, July 25 -- Noticed how Bollywood's leading men are getting the full docu-series treatment lately? The Romantics went back to the chiffon-wrapped dreamscape of Yash Chopra's cinema. The Roshans ... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Protest on the streets

India, July 18 -- Where do you get the best food in India? It's not a difficult question to answer. The best food in India has always been on the streets. India's street-food vendors get a really bad... Read More


Weekend Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: Going on a speed date

India, July 17 -- For one reason or the other, the Goodwood Festival of Speed had eluded me. For any car nut, this event is a bucket-lister. Goodwood FOS, as it is popularly known, is motorsports' mos... Read More


Spectator by Seema Goswami: Grin from year to year

India, July 17 -- The two women presented a study in contrast as they posed next to each other. The occasion was the state visit of the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to Britain. And the two ladie... Read More