INDIA, Nov. 24 -- A culture editor's field notes from India's most chaotic, glittery, creator-powered carnival yet.

By the time I reached the MMRDA Grounds on a hot Sunday afternoon, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I heard it before I saw it - soulful renditions of iconic Bollywood tracks, and then I saw the masses lined up - waiting to get in. By then I'd resigned myself to the fact that the Myntra GlamStream Fest 2025 was going to be a full-scale cultural extravaganza. Mumbai and its people tend to do that to events-they swallows them whole and spits them out shinier and more dramatic than intended. But even then, nothing quite prepares you for the moment you walk into the space buzzing with 3,000 creators and Bollywood a...