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HEAD OVER HEELS
He proposed after how many
weeks? But as actor Priyanka
Chopra and pop idol Nick
Jonas tell it, their love story
was two years (and many,
many text messages) in the
making. Abby Aguierre gets
the story. Photographed by
Annie Leibovitz. Styled by Tonne
Goodman

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www.t.me/njm_magz GLOBAL INDIANS
Documenting the lives of cocoa
farmers in South America;
fighting for the rights of
restaurant workers; creating
binge-worthy television shows
that capture the zeitgeist;
bringing together people and
celebrating the art of gathering;
teaching 90,000 girls how to
code—these are just a few of
the day jobs of Indian women
across the globe. In our cover
story and in these pages, we
bring to you 50 of the brightest
actors, entrepreneurs, writers
and designers who are creating
powerful legacies. These are
their incredible stories

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THE HOME STRETCH
Modesty, beige, couture
details, cowboy cool—the
Indian collections were an
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all-encompassing affair.
Photographed by Kay Sukumar.
Styled by Daniel Franklin

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studio with some of her why, now more than 208 Shape shifting
earliest creations as well ever, size is really just a Want a sculpted waist?
as iconic never-seen- number. By Rishna Shah Or a toned butt? We
in-India-before pieces, give you five ways to
Bharti Kher’s new show 132 Once upon a loom photoshop your curves
is a piece de resistance. A four-decade-strong without the involvement
Curator Peter Nagy family legacy, a global- of, well, Photoshop or
speaks to Kher about local aesthetic and a a treadmill. By Avanti
her upcoming exhibit focus on technology— Dalal
when it comes to their
106 Ray of hope scarves, Shingora’s 210 Spa and the city
Through her battle Amit Jain and Marta This urban oasis lets you
with cancer and the Santambrogio have it slow down and take time
labyrinthine surrogacy all wrapped up. By Aditi off the daily grind, finds
process, Lisa Ray tells Bhimjyani Sneha Mankani
us how she became the
middle-aged-hot-mess- 134 Shanghai nights 212 Beauty bulletin
happy-mom who’s still 48 hours on the Bund. The Vogue guide to
doing it her way 4 iconic women. 4 your beautiful month
timepieces. It’s safe to
112 Back to school say Priyanka Kapadia LIVING
As Malala Yousafzai had a gala time at the 215 Take a ’cue
begins her second year launch of Omega’s new Enjoy the great
at university, she reflects Constellation watch outdoors by firing up
on her life at Oxford and a grilled feast using
why every girl deserves 136 Decorative arts this season’s favourite
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THE HOME
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same chance A meditation on the
most intimate and brutal
ingredients. Sonal Ved
sets out to prepare the
STRETCH 120 On the rise accessory: the earring. 2019 barbecue guide
Indian American senator By Durga Chew-Bose
Kamala Harris came to 218 The pursuit of
30 Contributors bags to own, khaki picks, Washington to do the 140 The X Factor happiness
36 Ed’s letter landscape prints and work and gave women Highlights from the Chase the northern
40 Letters the best of saturated across the US a voice Vogue Women of the lights, breathe the
colours. Beauty goes inside the room where Year 2019 awards cleanest air and fall in
VOGUE LOVES experimental and it happens. By Yamiche love with huskies in the
45 Everything we heart accessories are nature- Alcindor RSVP happiest country in the
this month inspired 154 The scoop on world. Finland’s Levi
VIEW hottest soirées might be the closest
VOGUE SHOPS IN VOGUE 125 The plus side you’ll get to an earthly
67 Welcome January 101 Best in show Three women, four BEAUTY utopia, finds Shahnaz
with our cruise Juxtaposing brand-new labels and a designer 200 Beauty in Siganporia
collections report, the It works right out of the help Vogue figure out 2019 & beyond
Our predictions and 220 Buzz
prophecies. By Maureen How to live it up this
COVER LOOK Choi January
On Priyanka: Dress, Balenciaga.
Hair: Garren/R+Co. Haircare. 204 Healing waters 222 Diary
Make-up: Pati Dubroff/ Marc Beauty has long been 224 Shoplist
Jacobs Beauty. Production: pursued in bodies of
Chelsea Sillars/ AL Studio. water, with many skin- VOGUE PS
Set design: Hans Maharawal. transforming therapies 226 High on life
Special thanks: The 1896 and drawn from their Don’t fear the future—
Bayonet Farm soothing springs. Let us jump into January
immerse you in these 2019 and the new
KAY SUKUMAR

Photographed by Annie aquatic sources. By year buoyant, blissful

Leibovitz Cotton Codinha and braced for new
Styled by Tonne Goodman beginnings
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ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
Leibovitz is an award-winning
American photographer best known
for her celebrity portraits. For this
month’s cover shoot ‘Head over heels’,
on page 160, Leibovitz photographs
in-the-news duo Priyanka Chopra and
Nick Jonas right before their internet-
breaking wedding.

LISA RAY
In ‘Ray of hope’, page 106,
actor-model-activist Ray,
who now turns author
with her memoir Close
To The Bone, pens a
candid account exploring
her battle with multiple
myeloma and her new life

Get to know...
as a mom to twins
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KAY SUKUMAR
Sukumar is a fashion and beauty
photographer who divides his time
between India, London, Paris and
New York. In this month’s issue, he
shot ‘The home stretch’ (on page
190), a 10-page fashion shoot
that encapsulates the best of the
Indian collections this season.

ADITI BHIMJYANI MITESH RAJANI

In ‘Once upon a loom’ on page 132,
author and Vogue contributing editor
Bhimjyani traces the life cycle of a
Shingora scarf. Her story offers a
A Mumbai-based hairstylist and make-up artist,
Rajani loves nothing more than achieving that ‘fresh
and dewy’ finish on his make-up muses. For our
January issue, he works his magic brush on models
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behind-the-scenes peek into the brand’s Elizabeth Mech, Namita Sunil and Prency Dedha in
expansive workshop in Ludhiana. ‘The home stretch’ on page 190.

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If resolutions pave the path for actions, January
sets the tone for the rest of the year. So, while
putting together this special issue, our idea was to
represent all the things that we hope this month
(and year ahead) will bring us—love, light, hope
and some calm.
For love, we bring you the poster couple of modern
love—Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. Their
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of age, culture and ethnicity but it’s one that brings
together all of it to make for a storied romance. As
Chopra says in our cover story: “Differences don’t
make us different. Differences make us interesting.”
PC leads our army of 50 global Indians in this
issue. All women of Indian origin, this diverse
diaspora spans critics and comedians, artists and
actors, who are making an imprint on the world
with their work. And they are the ones lighting
up the way for the others.
The year will also be about the crazy new things
that are lighting up our beauty regimes. In ‘Beauty
in 2019 & beyond’, we look into the crystal ball and
bring you everything from grey-reversing potions
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YOU GLOW,
GIRL
Cover girl
Priyanka Chopra
leads our list
of the 50 most
influential
global Indians
and AI apps that make “get the look” achievable at
the click of a button.
Hope we found in those who have made commu-
nity their mission, women like Kamala Harris and
Malala Yousafzai, who have two unique memoirs out
this month. If you’re seeking calm, our guide to the
best healing waters in the world is for you.
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that promised to carve the path to a brave new world
ahead. After #metoo, after Section 377, we hope
2019 will witness a groundswell of change.
Make this the year of self-love, where you chase
what makes you happy. Let this year be about
freedom—where it’s okay to feel FOMO or JOMO,
be lithe or curvy (do read ‘The plus side’ on page
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
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—Nalini Sharma, Chennai
FIRED UP
Only Vogue could have
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sport stars. I loved the
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Barman, Hima Das and
Vinesh Phogat—the real
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EVERYTHING WE HEART THIS MONTH
1. PRIYANKA CHOPRA
Bid farewell to biker leather
and make room for this red-
5 hot iteration.

6 2. PADMA LAKSHMI
Recycle your red carpet
outfit (because why not?).
4 3. VICTORIA BECKHAM
Let black take a backseat and
try white for the night.

4. GIGI HADID
Double up on denim.
The Canadian tuxedo
looks coolest with cycling
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Dare to drop your pants
and pull up your boots.
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3 2 6. KIM KARDASHIAN
WEST
Do pink three ways—satin
bodysuit, second-skin trousers
and a bag in powder pink.
7. LADY GAGA
7 The brief on suiting?
Supersized.
8. BLAKE LIVELY
The modern Cinderella isn’t
afraid to take the plunge.
9. SARA SAMPAIO
Give leopard print a
sophisticated spin with
a shirt dress.
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ELSESSER
Unleash your inner

GOAL GETTERS
glamazon with
disco-ball sequins.
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Setting style resolutions is a task we take very seriously.
This year we drew up a definitive list through our
favourite silver screen and street stars
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Celebrated fashion photographer Dabboo Ratnani takes an avant-garde approach for the
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EXPERIENCE
SHOOTING FOR THE
MANYAVAR-MOHEY
2019 CALENDAR. I
ALWAYS WANTED
TO WORK IN THE
WEDDING SPACE
AND THIS WAS
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cer I was diagnosed with in 2009—multiple my-
eloma—had hurtled me into premature meno-
pause. There was also no way I could carry a
child on toxic, lifelong maintenance therapy.
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groups on Facebook, wading through soul
slings and strollers, Tinder for moms and at-
tachment mothering. The parenting books
piled up bedside, each one contradicting the
other. When Mexico didn’t work out, Jason
sighed. “Maybe it’s a sign. Maybe it’s not meant
to be for us.” “Yes, it’s a sign,” I said. “It’s a
sign we must go elsewhere.” Eventually, we
settled on the country of Georgia, where gesta-
tional surrogacy is a legal, transparent, fair pro-
cess. When we began to receive ultrasounds
and updates on our twins, I tucked away those
images in my heart.
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when I was alone with them and a
nanny. On one of my more challeng-
ing mornings, with both my babies’
cries ringing through the apartment
like jackhammers, my friend and re-
cent admit to the mom club, Leonie,
sent me a message:
1. Everyone will have an opinion on
what to do but what is paramount is
instinct. You are their mother and use
that as your guide.
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age 46 via surrogacy
lose yourself in motherhood. Don’t worry about
scheduling and sticking to all those routines in
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I threw away all those parenting books, one
by one. And I’m surprising myself. After
months of soapboxing about gender-neutral
clothing, I’ve bought them a wardrobe pep-
pered with frills. I mastered the hands-free bot-
tle chin feed, so I could Facetime with my hus-
band and edit entire chapters of my book
without neglecting my child. I’m fatally mis-
matched most days whether in socks or prints,
but we are doing it our way. Including piling
my three-week-olds into a car for a trip into the
Caucasus mountains with a driver so alarmed
by his fragile cargo that what should have been
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ated me into motherhood—a middle-aged,
proud, hot-mess mother. My heart is full at how
I’ve been able to take my seat and my assign-
ment—“mother”—even if I don’t always re-
spond to the name when called. And father,
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awkward, hot- partner. But parenting—doing it our way—
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pared for my babies—but am I ready to be a parenting in
mother? I was also deeply grateful to our sur- the age of the
rogate but ambivalent about meeting her in anxious mom
Tbilisi. But when our twins were born in the
Chachava clinic on June 22, all my apprehen-
cult. And I
sions and anxieties spontaneously dissolved. love it
tion. Two individuals invested in bringing up
two other individuals with love and care.
Doing it our way.
Lisa Ray’s memoir, Close To The Bone, will
be published by HarperCollins India this
summer Q

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HEALER’S
LIGHT
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shines as an inspiration, guiding people towards
finding happiness in the everyday
Bhawana Datta
Life is nothing if not for experiences that urge us to learn and grow
as we try to discover our true selves. And these experiences, more
often than not, come with a bit of pain. As an emotion, pain tends
to manifest itself in several ways, some of which can even lead to “LIFE IS BUT EXPERIENCES THAT
different illnesses. But when you have the help of a healer and more
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By engaging with the subconscious mind, she makes people more
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heals.
It all began a decade ago, when Bhawana asked herself what her
purpose in life was. What was she here for? Why did it feel like she Apart from running her practice, Bhawana is also an avid runner,
was living life in a loop? What was it that she needed to change trekker and an entrepreneur. “I wake up at the crack of dawn to join
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ing a higher consciousness. She says, “Unlike most conventional ings and emotions I store from my sessions. I believe that a healthy
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Back to school
As MALALA YOUSAFZAI begins her second year at university, she reflects
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The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort makes its fresh debut
in paradise, and invites you to join in all the luxury, wellness and fun
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It’s finally arrived, and Maldives couldn’t be happier. The opening of
The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort brings in a new wave of
meaningful wellness—the brand’s core propositioning—on the tropical
archipelago oasis. And it perfectly resonates with today’s travellers who
are looking for more than guilty indulgences, prioritising well-being
even when travelling to exotic locales.
Nestled on a beautiful coral island in the Baa Atoll, from the
moment you arrive, you will leave the rest of the world behind. The
ocean plays a big role here. Besides the stunning uninterrupted ocean
and lagoon views, it also lends inspiration to the design of the resort.
Led by award-winning Milan-based architects PEIA Associati, the style
takes on a visionary approach towards environmental sustainability—
from the use of natural materials like unique shells to the movement
and flow of marine life including sea turtles and whale sharks. The aerial
view of the resort even reveals an outline in the shape of a fish, while the
arrival jetty is structured to resemble clamshells and ocean waves.
Overwater Suite with Pool
Featuring 70 villas and suites, with 41 on the island and 29
overwater, each one is shaped with an eco-friendly double roofing
for amazing natural ventilation, and has an outdoor rainforest shower
which you will love. Poised over the sea on stilts, the overwater suites
are among the largest on offer in this atoll. As for the experiences,
it will leave you thoroughly relaxed, refreshed and rejuvenated—you
may never want to leave.
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Seven years
after the Taliban
attempted to
murder her,
Malala Yousafzai,
now 21, advocates
the worldwide
education of girls
more powerfully
than ever
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reading completed and new walking boots wait-
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Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall in October 2017.
University life is a big change for any student
and I was no exception. None of the food in the
dining hall could compare with my mum’s
chicken and rice, and in the beginning I missed
my parents, and sometimes my little brothers,
too. They often complain that I don’t miss them
as much as they miss me—which is probably
true. But that is because life at Oxford is busy.
Yousafzai’s next book I had long lists of books to read and many es-
releases January 8, 2019, says to write to keep up with my Philosophy,
on Hachette India Politics and Economics course. Along with
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studies, you also want to socialise—to hear
speakers, go to balls, cheer at sporting events.
The hardest part for me is managing my time,
as, on top of my studies and balancing work
with Malala Fund, I want to take advantage of
everything university has to offer. I joined the
cricket club, Oxford Union and the Oxford Pa-
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screenings and became a tour guide to encour-
age younger students, especially those from
under-represented groups, to apply to Lady
Margaret Hall. I made wonderful new friends,
and I had too many overscheduled days.
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between classes, study groups, cricket match-
es and meetings with extracurricular groups.
I would go to a friend’s room or they would
come to mine to chat after dinner; when I
would look at the clock again, it would be three
in the morning! A few—well, many times—I
started an essay at 11pm the night before it
was due. I overwhelmed myself with the pos-
sibilities of university life. And I’m grateful for
that. I know how lucky I am to have access to
an incredible education, lectures, art, sport
and new perspectives.
At 11 years old, I woke up one morning and
could not go to school because the Taliban had
banned girls’ education in Swat, the region of
Pakistan where I was born. I am so pleased that
I spoke out and for my years of campaigning
that have followed. Now 21, I am able to study
at a prestigious university—but I want to live
in a world where every girl is able to weigh her
future career options in the way I hope to when
I graduate.
Today, there are more than 130 million girls
who are out of school around the world. Many
are forced to marry as young as 11 or 12 years
old, so instead of learning, they are cooking,
cleaning and raising children of their own. In
many places, poverty forces girls to go to work
so they can support their families. Too often in
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and their schools. They have no choice. Most of
them never go back to the classroom. Some
girls brave long walks, risking street harass-
ment and sexual violence, just to get to their
school. Some girls do not have access to work-
ing restrooms, and must choose between their
dignity and education. Some girls have
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no schools at all. I have visited refugee camps,
war zones, favelas and slums. The hardest
thing is to see a girl nearly my age, with all >
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easier for the next

generation of girls
from their communi-
ties to do the same. It
should be obvious that
130 million out-of-
school girls are not
just a problem for
these young women
individually but for
our whole world.
When girls have
access to 12 years of
education, primary
and secondary, they
the dreams and aspi- reduce the risk RIYLROHQWFRQÁLFWLPSURYHSXE-
rations that I have, lic health, slow the effects of climate change
stuck in a situation and grow economies.
she didn’t create and In July, the World Bank released research
unable to choose her showing that we could add between US$15 and
own future. US$30 trillion to the global economy if every
Everywhere you girl went to school. On average, girls who grad-
go today, you see
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feminist T-shirts much money as girls who are left out. As tech-
and hashtags— nological advances change the nature of work
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female”, “Girl pow- an education will fall even further behind. Digi-
er”, “Who runs the WDOLVDWLRQ DXWRPDWLRQ URERWLFV DQG DUWLÀFLDO
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in New York last year; in WRVXSSRUWJLUOVRQWKHIURQWOLQHVRIWKLVÀJKW learn and earn. Without an adequate start in
Pakistan earlier this year This summer I travelled to Brazil to meet with life, millions of girls won’t have the skills they
with her brother, mother
and father. This was indigenous girls who face some of the worst need to succeed in today’s labour market. They
Malala’s first visit home marginalisation and violence in their country face a lifetime of low-paid, low-status work,
since she was shot by because their families are poor, their skin is poverty and insecurity. Their untapped poten-
the Taliban in 2012 “too dark” and they’re female. One of the girls tial is a loss for all of us.
I met, Andrea Bak, is 17 years old. She told me Whether you’re a feminist or an economist—
how excited she was to study chemistry in or just a person who wants to live in a better
school this year. She wants to be a dentist, lift world—you should want to see all girls in school.
her family out of poverty and provide afforda- Listen to the stories of girls such as Andrea and
Whether ble healthcare to her community. Zaynab and share them with your friends and
A few years ago, I met Zaynab Abdi, 21, from family. Speak out against injustice when you see
you’re a <HPHQ6KHWROGPHKRZVKHÁHGZDUVLQWKUHH it. Vote for leaders who believe in equality and
feminist or an countries before she was 17 years old. Today commit to investing more in education.
economist—or Zaynab is a refugee, living in America and stud- I am going back to university. As I begin my
just a person ying international relations at a women’s col- VHFRQG\HDUP\SODQLVWRÀQGDEHWWHUEDODQFH
lege. She works three jobs to pay for her tuition, between college work and social life. I want to
who wants to gets top marks, serves on the student council prioritise the activities that interest me the
live in a better and captains a soccer team. She wants to most and get a better idea of what I want my
world—you become a human-rights lawyer and return life to look like post-graduation. I don’t know
home to help her country. yet what career path I will choose—but I know
should want to
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Like me, Andrea and Zaynab are excited to I’ll keep advocating for girls and women. If one
see all girls in go back to school. They understand that educa- girl with an education can change the world,
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PASSION TRIBE:
SOCIALISER
Indra Kantono, Pooja Dhingra and Gan Guoyi
making a Jigger & Pony special cocktail
POOJA DHINGRA, PASTRY CHEF,
LE15 PATISSERIE
The process of creation is a constant drive
for this celebrity pastry chef. One often
finds her working through 18 hours over
innovative cakes, macaroons and pastries.
At 32, she has over a million Instagram
followers and owns Le15 Patisserie, one
of the only cafés in India specialising in
French desserts and macaroons. “What
really excites me is seeing something
come to life from an idea that once lived in
your head,” she says.
INDRA KANTONO AND GAN GUOYI,
SINGAPOREAN RESTAURANTEURS
From cocktail bar Jigger & Pony, rum joint
Sugarhall and vintage cocktail pub Gibson
PHOTOS: THE HOUSE OF PIXELS
to the whisky bar called Flagship, seafood
restaurant Humpback and the iconic Caffe
Fernet—this power-couple is the force
behind some of the island city-state’s finest
hangouts. Their passion? Bringing people
together and create memories through
unique experiences. “The objective is to
ensure that people remember that they
had an amazing night at our places and
come back for more,” they said.
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Old Fashioned with
Caffe Fernet
Olive oil cake, Caffe Fernet
an Indian twist
Pooja Dhingra travelled
to meet Singaporean
restauranteurs, Indra
Kantono and Gan Guoyi.
The result? A blend of
culture and palates
A SYNERGY OF PASSION
When Pooja, Indra and Gan met at Caffe
Fernet in Singapore’s Marina Bay area,
there was an instant connection. All three
of them enjoy being a part of people’s
lives through their creations—be it
artisanal cakes, handcrafted cocktails or
fine food served in thoughtfully created
Pooja Dhingra environments. Speaking about Indra and
Gan, Pooja said, “They go out of their way
to interact with their guests and make sure
they’re really happy and comfortable in
the spaces they’ve created. That’s what I
connected with.” During her stay, Indra and
Gan introduced her to Singapore’s vibrant
cocktail culture. At Jigger & Pony, the three
brought added nutmeg and cinnamon to
bourbon to create an Old Fashioned with
an Indian twist. This exciting cocktail-
making experience further fuelled Pooja’s
passion for food and drink, all thanks to her
Indra Kantono and Gan Guoyi wonderful hosts Indra and Gan.
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In November, the winners of the
The lawns of The Lodhi all set for the ceremony eighth annual Condé Nast Traveller
Readers’ Travel Awards, as chosen by
you, were honoured at a gorgeous
ceremony on the lawns of The Lodhi,
New Delhi. The event, hosted by
actor-producer Chitrangda Singh,
drew the best names in hospitality,
F&B, journalism and the arts. The
event was sponsored by Forest
Essentials and The Glenlivet was the
celebration partner. Here’s a look at
travel’s biggest night.

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Aditya
Ghosh Vivek Nair and CNI’s Arjun Mehra

Chitrangda Singh

Karishma Manga Bedi,

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CNT’s Divia Thani

Pareina Thapar and
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Vir Sanghvi CNT’s Armaity Amaria

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Tanya Puneet

Alejandro Bataller Pineda

and Coralie Rogez
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Chawla Sasha Grewal

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Harris, the first personIf you want to ask Senator Ka-

of colour elected mala Harris whether she’s
as district attorney
of San Francisco, is
planning to run for president,
also the first Indian keep in mind her favourite
American elected to Cardi B track: “Be careful.”
the US Senate The California Democrat will
answer with polite exaspera-
tion because to discuss the
race with her now, she be-
lieves, implies that political
ambition motivates her work
in the Senate. Instead it’s a
deep sense of justice that
drives her. “I’m just trying to
get at the truth,” says Harris,
54. “I don’t believe my time is
to sit here and spew poetry.
It’s not for some kind of per-
formance art. It’s not about
grand gestures.”
Still, the narrative of her
rise is the stuff great political
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November 2016, Harris is the
lone African American woman
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Indian American. She was ap-
pointed by Democratic leader-
ship to a seat on the powerful
Senate Judiciary Committee
and has pushed legislation
centred around national secu-
rity, civil rights and bail
reform (an issue on which she
has found common ground
with Senator Rand Paul, a
Republican from Kentucky).
Outside Washington she’s
gained fans and critics for her
well-documented blunt talk.
She’s been on the front lines
SPOTLIGHT
of every major issue in 2018,
and the viral clips add up:
Harris grilling Secretary of Homeland Security

On the rise Kirstjen Nielsen about the Trump administra-

tion’s controversial child-separation policy;
staring down Attorney General Jeff Sessions
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over his contacts with Russian nationals; press-

Indian American senator KAMALA HARRIS
came to Washington to do the work and gave
women across the US a voice inside the room
where it happens. By YAMICHE ALCINDOR
ing then Supreme Court justice nominee Brett
Kavanaugh to name laws that govern the bod-
ies of men (as abortion laws govern the bodies
of women). After that exchange left Kavanaugh
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 BEAUTY’S
LEADING LADY
Meet Barkha Shewakramani, a Dubai-based, Indian couturier who
recently launched Barkha Beauty—a beauty brand that has
become all the rage. And in conversation, she talks about it, while
spilling her personal beauty secrets
Barkha Shewakramani hit the scene with Dramaqueen, a couture label that took the
runways of Dubai Fashion Week by storm. Her timeless, show stopping creations
appealed to both eastern and western style sensibilities, and soon had a large
following of fashionistas from around the world. Now, she’s all set to take over the
beauty business with Barkha Beauty. And here’s what she reveals in a Q&A.

1. How would you describe your signature look?

A clean look with well-groomed thick eyebrows, a bronzer
blush and Saesha nude matte lipstick from Barkha Beauty.
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2. What’s in your vanity kit right now?

Carmex lip balm, Saesha and Queen B Barkha Beauty
Lipsticks, and a KKW Concealer.

3. Why did you start your own make up line?

My search for the perfect matte nude lipstick led me to cre
my own line.

4. What does Barkha Beauty stand for?

Barkha Beauty is about getting red carpet glam at high str
prices. Some of these products are absolute life changers. For
instance, the soon-to-launch One Concealer Plus Foundation
gives you the best coverage ever. Apply it with your fingertips
or use an air brush machine to get that porcelain-like finish.
The good news: It looks so natural, no one could tell you’re
wearing makeup.

5. What are Barkha Beauty’s hottest products?

Saesha and Queen B Nude Lippies. But if you want some
colour go for RV, a beautiful coral and Rich, the eternal matt
red liquid lipstick.

6. What message would you like to give to the women

out there?
Makeup should be used to enhance your natural features and
not completely transform you into what you aren’t. Invest in a
few products, but the right ones. I feel most women go wrong
in choosing a foundation, it should look like your second skin
and not a heavy layer of cake.
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tallied the scorecard: “Goddamn, Kamala
Harris brings it.”
THE BEGINNING
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‘Plunge’ bra.
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Fed up of standard size charts,
founders Abby Morgan and
Lauren Caris Cohan wanted
to create an extensive range of
lingerie sizes from A to G, 30 to
38, without unnecessary padding
or pushing. “Why can’t a G-cup
customer have the same product
and experience as a B cup?”
questions Morgan. “Most brands
offer less than 20 sizes. They try
to convince customers that they
can squeeze into a bra that’s not
the right fit. That’s why we offer
35 sizes.” Manufacturing was the
biggest challenge, as more sizes
meant more technical investment
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have been liberating. The ‘Plunge’
is a favourite with those who need
small bands and large cups, while
the ‘Scoop’ is targeted for larger
bands and larger cups. “This bra
lifts, shapes and supports without
excess materials that pinch or
bulk,” says Morgan. Shopcuup.com
LYSSÉ
If you need an optical illusion for your
muffin top, say hello to Lyssé. It all
began with a pair of fabulous leggings by
Beth Gold Cohen. Almost as good as a
tummy tuck, she created a 5-inch interior
waistband that was so effective it deserved
its own patent that promised to smooth
out all bumps and bulges. Think shapewear
morphed into a pair of pants but available
in everything from vegan leather to denim.
Its four-way stretch allows for a cosy fit
all the way upto 3X. Using silhouette-
slimming technology, Lyssé has now
extended the line to an assortment of
bottoms from wide-legged velvet pants to
suede culottes all stitched with the secret-
weapon waistband. Lysse.com
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When most stores were stocking
swimsuits upto a size L, Chromat’s
Becca Becca McCharen-Tran insisted on
McCharen-Tran going all the way to size 4X. “I hope
we reinforce that there are many
kinds of beautiful and that every body is
worthy of acceptance and empowering garments,”
says McCharen-Tran. Her flattering forms come
with compression mesh panels and are enhanced
with sculpted detailing but production isn’t always
easy. This season, for example, Chromat struggled
to find an underwire manufacturer for a swimsuit
that went up to 40G. Eventually, the piece was
redesigned. There was also an Instagram of the
label’s plus-sized mannequin that went viral—it was
an eye-opener, to say the least. “It’s time to explode
Chromat’s plus-size
our historically narrow view of what beauty is. It’s
production mannequin not the body that needs to change to fit designer
clothes, but clothes that need to be designed to fit
each individual body.” Chromat.co
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brands that are helping fill the gaps. Bid farewell to S, M, L!
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Khloé A couple of years ago when
Kardashian Khloé Kardashian got a hot
makeover on Keeping Up With
The Kardashians, everyone tuned
in. Her ‘revenge body’ was so impressive
that it provided content for a spinoff TV
show and even led the way to launch
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a denim-focused clothing line with co-
founder Emma Grede. Khloé’s fans loved
the label’s tagline ‘sexy comes in every
The #GOODSQUAD size’ and the fact that the collection was
campaign
available from size 00 to 24. Two years
later, they decided to address a niggling
Lyssé bottoms problem—the return rate in sizes 14 and
with a 5-inch 16 was incredibly high, much more so
suction waistband
than any other size. By tapping into the
gap in the market Good American found
a solution by inventing a size 15. “This
isn’t just about finding the perfect pair of
jeans but embracing your body and being
proud of all that you are,” says the 5’9” star.
Her inclusivity also extends to Instagram,
where she invites women of all shapes
and sizes to join her #GOODSQUAD
casting campaign and model for the
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Celebrating the spirit of self-belief and individuality through its radical, new concept—Pride—Blenders Pride
Fashion Tour 2018 has taken the cities of Gurugram and Hyderabad by storm. And here’s all that transpired
Pride is an inner sense of achievement that
engulfs you when you’ve conquered your
goals. A feel-good sentiment that’s extremely
important to the millennial generation as
it fuels motivation and self-worth. That’s
why Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2018
unveiled ‘Pride’ as its over-arching
concept. The fashion tour has given a
meaningful expression to the word so that
it resonates with a generation that makes
distinct choices to redefine their individuality.
The tour commenced in Gurugram on
December 7, 2018 with Taurn Tahiliani’s
spellbinding show themed My Blend, My
Pride. In a dramatic representation, he
spun out an “India modern” story where
the East blends into the West. Showcasing
50 unique looks that brought historical
opulence together with contemporary style
sensibilities, he put the spotlight on a culture-
rich India that finds pride in its traditional
heritage while blending into a modern
world. While stars like Mehr Rampal, Kubbra
Sait, Soniya Jahan, Harti Reddy, Bindu
Vadhera, Archana Vijaya, Tina Tahiliani,
Sumant Jaykrishnan and Jaideep Singh
walked the runway for the inaugural show
of the Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2018, it
was showstopper Disha Patani who left the
audience awestruck.
The second destination for Blenders Pride
Fashion Tour 2018 was Hyderabad where
Gaurav Gupta enthralled the audience with
“Through my association
with Blenders Pride Fashion
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Tour 2018, I take pride in
showcasing my expression like
never before.”– Gaurav Gupta
“Blenders Pride Fashion Tour
2018 for me is the perfect foil,
a platform to show this new
exciting expression of India
modern.”– Tarun Tahiliani
his theme My Expression, My Pride.
A theatrical expression of fashion and
art, Gupta showcased uniquely sculpted
womenswear and progressive menswear.
Futuristic, crystalline and wavy, the
collections drew inspiration from the
alignment of stars. Lending an ethereal
experience to the evening was a riveting
performance by CROW. Furthermore,
audiences were completely bedazzled
when Bollywood stars Kangana Ranaut
and Aditi Rao Hydari walked the runway in
Gaurav Gupta masterpieces.
Moving ahead from Hyderabad,
Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2018 will
travel across Mumbai for Rohit Bal’s show
and Kolkata for Ashish N Soni’s spectacle,
and we can hardly wait to see what they
reveal.
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FOCUS

ONCE UPON
A LOOMA four-decade-strong family legacy, a
global-local aesthetic and a focus on
technology—when it comes to their
scarves, Shingora’s Amit Jain and
Marta Santambrogio have it all
wrapped up. By ADITI BHIMJYANI

Weaving in
progress inside
the factory in
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Tradition and technology, local and
global, luxury and pop culture—when
it comes to describing Shingora’s aes-
thetic, Amit Jain’s lexicon is peppered
with these words. As the managing
director of his family-run business in
Ludhiana, Jain says he’s simply car-
rying forward his parents’ vision. “In
the last four decades, we’ve come to
be recognised as one of the leading
industrial-scale manufacturers of
scarves globally, with clients across
America and Europe,” he says with
understandable pride.
Amit Jain
The Shingora facility is located in Lu-
dhiana, where some 850 employees
work in a 50,000sqm area divided
across various departments. “Our pro-
duction capacity is 1,50,000 per month,
including printed and woven pieces—
on 115 jacquard powerlooms and han-
dlooms,” explains Jain. Alongside this
is the sustainable development of the
green cover around their factory and
their dedication to the Shingora Fami-
ly Foundation, which currently pro-
vides quality education to 56 under-
privileged girls aged three to 17 years.
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At Shingora, man and machine
come together to create their
detail-laden shawls. “Even our aari
shawls are embroidered using a
machine that is totally powered by
the hands of skilled local craftsmen,”
explains Shingora’s creative director,
Marta Santambrogio, an alumnus of
London’s Central Saint Martins and
Etro, where she spent six years in
textile research and development for
scarves, shawls and womenswear.
The process of creation is a labour
of love where most Shingora pieces
go through at least three stages of
manufacturing—like silk that is dyed,
printed and then embroidered; or
jacquard that is over-dyed or then
printed upon twice—before the final
stage of logo placement and hand-
rolling the edges.
With all this elaborate attention
to detail you’ll also find fine
embroidery yarns, original crystals
and yards of natural wool, silk
and cashmere in their storehouse.
“Shingora has all possible textile
facilities under one roof, which is
pure joy for me. I can experiment
seamlessly,” says Santambrogio.

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India has served as

a continual source
of inspiration for
Santambrogio

THE DESIGN ELEMENT

Santambrogio maintains that all things Indian are still fairly new to her and
so she has a very privileged position and an unusual viewpoint. Her recent
designs have been inspired by the Indian contemporary art scene and,
quite often, the unexpected. Their ‘Festival of Kites’ was born in Chandni
Chowk, when Santambrogio visited bridal stores and all she could think
about were the kite vendors. And ‘Punjab Baroque’ came out of a car ride
on the way to the office from Chandigarh airport. Shingora is now phasing
out digital printing for higher-quality screen printing, which also comes with
its challenges when dealing with intricate graphics; like their iconic ‘Trees of
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India’ square that is made of 29 screens. State-of-the-art computer software
is used for sketching, innovations and adjustments. One pick on the loom
is like a pixel on screen. Pictures are shared between Jain in Ludhiana and
Santambrogio, who is always on the move, through Slack channels.

TIED TOGETHER
Step one is a few months of trend, art, fashion, colour and design research,
done in London and Milan, where Santambrogio is based. “Our customers
appreciate Indian tradition, but have a cosmopolitan sense of style,” she
says, which is why she makes a good run of exhibition and retail spots,
attends international trend conferences and studies consumer behaviour
reports as well as traditional crafts. Her focus remains on lifestyle directions
in travel and food and, simply, talking to people. She believes it is the best
way to craft with intelligence and capture the zeitgeist.
Equally elaborate is the process that follows. “First comes project briefing,
brainstorming, doodling, building layouts, feedback and refinement,”
The life cycle of
explains Jain. “This is followed by final layout, colourways, editing, colour a Shingora scarf
separation and developing proto samples.” All this incubation is then edited
into a collection theme with specifics on colour, shape and material.
It’s at this stage that Santambrogio sits with the design team and
discusses graphics, yarns, embellishments and weaving. Each piece is
engineered to ensure all details work in harmony.
Phase three kicks in thereafter. “One part is selecting yarn, dyeing the
warp and weft colours, and preparing the looms by beaming, knotting,
drafting and denting,” says Jain. Samples are woven, washed, finished and
assessed. “Another part is fabric development, screen development, colour-
making as per plan, colour-matching and printing,” he adds. And the final
flourish comes with presentation, pricing and production. Q

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y’s
power-packed
performance

From left: Omega’s

leading ladies, Liu
Shishi, Nicole Kidman,
Cindy Crawford and
Alessandra Ambrosio

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NIGHTS
48 hours on the Bund. 4 iconic women.
4 timepieces. It’s safe to say PRIYANKA
KAPADIA had a gala time at the launch
of Omega’s new Constellation watch
DY CRAWFORD
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The glittering Shanghai skyline (insta- opal dials and marked by 12 special ra- On family time...
bait if there ever was one!) had a com- diant ruby baguettes (their cut is in- “As you get older, you realise the most
peting view on a cool evening in Octo- spired by the Manhattan skyline, most valuable commodity you have is time.
ber. For the launch of their new notably the triangular facets of the No matter how hard you try, you can’t
Constellation Manhattan watches, Freedom Tower). EX\RUÀJKWWLPHWe live on the beach
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their stunning leading ladies—Ales- launched in 1952 and redesigned in our priority—even with our children
sandra Ambrosio, Cindy Crawford, 1982, when it was given its current being older now, we cancel plans to
Nicole Kidman and Liu Shishi. In a name. In 1995, the watch went take Kaia to sushi or watch a movie
dramatic moment, they descended through a stylish facelift with the with Presley. It’s my favourite way to
down a grand staircase against a back- help of supermodel and ambassador spend time.”
drop of mirrors and a powerhouse per- Cindy Crawford. Naturally then in
formance by composer Stephen Ridley. my conversation with the two ambas- On ’90s fashion favourites...
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The foursome, all dressed in head-to- sadors Cindy Crawford and Nicole Kid- “Kaia has already stolen my favourite
WRHÀHU\UHGZHUHWKHSHUIHFWPRGHOV man, we talk making time, changing Azzedine Alaïa leather trench coat!
for the new designs—featuring white times, and buying time. When she takes something, I think, ‘I

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must have been cool if she wants
it now.’”

On timepieces...
“I’ve been with Omega for over 20
years and a job perk is accumulating a
very nice watch wardrobe. The Con-
stellation is like a piece of jewellery, a
bracelet. It’s just easy to wear, day to
night, or even to mix in with little piec-
es. I also like men’s watches, and I wear
my Seamaster a lot. While I have other
Omega watches, this one is so femi-
nine and, in a way, more relevant. It
was all about big men’s watches for a
while, but now it’s coming back to
more feminine styles. Living in Mali-
bu calls for simple dressing—I’m al-
ways in blue jeans and a white shirt,
and that little style statement, like
your watch, is so important.”

On changing times in fashion...

“When I came up in fashion, it was the
late ’80s and it was an exciting time for
models, designers and photographers.
Today social media is bringing about
another renaissance—there’s a whole
new focus on not only the models,
photographers and designers, but also NICOLE KIDMAN
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the stylists, hairdressers, make-up
artists and everything that goes into
making the images. I do have a fa-
vourite young model—it’s Kaia! It’s
cool being her mom—I get to know all
the young models but it’s also fun for
Kaia because she sees that those
young girls look up to me.”
Cindy
Crawford with
daughter
Kaia Gerber
On family time…
“The thing you really learn when you
have children and a career and particu-
larly when you’re an older mother is
the preciousness of time and therefore,
trying to balance everything and learn-
ing to say no to things. Most of my life,
I’ve said yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and then
before you know it, I’m exhausted.
My husband always says that you
can buy a lot of things but you can’t
buy time. That’s probably the most
valuable thing you have.”
On changing style...
“Style essentials for me come from
health—so I would say if you take
care of your skin, you can literally
pull your hair back, put on some
blush and lip gloss and you’re done. I
also love a black blazer and a white
shirt with jeans or men’s trousers.
Don’t forget to add a gorgeous watch
and fedora.”
On time away...
“I like being able to escape on holiday
with my family—that’s the ultimate
luxury. To swim in a beautiful ocean
and eat some great food is my idea of
total relaxation.”
On changing times…
“I think there’s a movement to change
[in the industry]. I’m not sure how
long-lasting it will be, but I think it’s
very much a part of the conversation
and I think now that people are becom-
ing more aware, there’s a particular
way of behaving—that’s changed for
the better. It’s still in need of conversa-
tion and support, but we’re all aware
that the culture needed to change.”
On looking into the future...
“It’s bright. There’s an enormous move
towards sisterhood and that’s a beauti-
ful thing. I come from a family of wom-
en; we had the most divine father who
was very much pivotal in our family but
we’re primarily women in our family.
The more we have each other’s back,
the better the future is. It makes us so
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cause weDUHFDSDEOHRILQÀQLWHJLYLQJ.
So, as they say, happy wife, happy life,
happy woman, happy world.” Q

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VIEWPOINT
DECORATIVE
ARTS
A meditation on the most intimate and brutal
accessory: the earring. By DURGA CHEW-BOSE
I am interested in a particular type of
earring—the kind that functions not
merely as a decorative accent but as a
handsome object, worthy of the sort of
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neckties. Like this one: a tassel shaped
like a feather duster, like a cheerlead-
er’s pom-pom in repose. Photographed
in black and white and worn by the
Hungarian-Indian painter Amrita
Sher-Gil—commonly referred to, albe-
it lazily, as “India’s Frida Kahlo”—the
piece of jewellery al-
ters the portrait’s
mood. It contradicts
the strict line of Sher-
Gil’s middle part; her
straight, dark brows.
The enigmatic Sher-
Gil, who died in 1941
at age 28, is currently
experiencing a quiet
but well-deserved re-
vival. This March saw
the UK reissue of
Amrita Sher-Gil: A
Self-Portrait In Let-
Amrita Sher-Gil
ters & Writings, with
a foreword by Salman
Rushdie. This summer, the New York
Times issued a reparational obituary.
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her measured dissonance, in mint
green juxtaposed with crimson and
coppery orange in Three Girls, her
best-known painting. Or in a woman’s
dejected stare, so different from the
sheeny grace of her silk sari in Sumair,
a portrait of Sher-Gil’s cousin. Or in
this photograph of the artist: with her
earring, she has made art of herself.
In the only photograph I’ve ever
seen of Katharine Hepburn wearing
earrings, she looks stately. Her won-
derful, fast-talking impatience is cap-
tured in the sting of her tapered fea-
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tures. Her severe cheekbones.
Her morose pout, painted blood
red. The way her earlobe ap-
pears cinched to her jawline, as
if secured in place by that tuft- Katharine Hepbu
rn, 1940s
ed-button pearl cluster. An ex-
acting earring. Tenacious. Only
Hepburn could make a pearl cluster
look tenacious. She was commanding, INNER
thoroughly modern, and headstrong.
She looked comfortable and persuasive
CIRCLE
The earrings making the
in a gown, on a skateboard, in a three- rounds this season
piece suit, or in san-
18K gold
dals and khakis, re- earrings, Anissa
arranging the Kermiche
furniture
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Cavett Show. Ear-
rings weren’t really Lily
her thing. So of topaz set
course I imagine Hep- in gold
earrings,
burn screwing in this Ana
pearl cluster while Khouri
she busies herself
with something more
important. Winning
an argument. Run- Gemfields
ning out the door to emeralds set in
gold earrings,
get on with her day. House of
(A particular intima- Meraki
cy is attached to watching a woman
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on her shoes or speaking on the phone.
That vague but practised, and nearly
XQFRQVFLRXV IRFXV 7KH ZD\ RXU ÀQ sighed, pretend-hooking them into
gers take charge with some secret in- holes that were long closed over. I ex-
telligence. The swiftness of it all.) perienced a funny feeling of disap-
Many years ago, after a trip to India, pointment—the gift was useless. Sa-
I returned with gifts for my friends. I rah seemed to sense this, and while I
had bought cinnamon sticks from Ker- can’t remember if what happened next
ala and Egyptian cotton T-shirts for was actually the next day or the next
hot summer days. I had chosen a pair week, Sarah took the earring and
of simple silver earrings for Sarah. We quite violently forced it through. I’d
were new friends, and the thought only ever seen impromptu piercings in
hadn’t crossed my mind that I’d never the movies, in those summer-camp
seen her wear earrings before. When scenes. This felt not dissimilar—with
she opened the box, Sarah smiled but a certain, secret thrill.” Q
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Our winners travelled from afar,

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Bose
Rahul Mishra and
Istituto Marangoni’s Raul Payal Khandwala
D’Souza, Archana Surendran,
Tarun Pandey and Viral Shah

Rana Daggubati

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Mallika Tarkas Parikh, Ceclia Morelli

Parikh, Lata Patel, Jayna Lakhiani
and Jaya Raheja

Riteish Deshmukh
and Karan Johar

Farah Oomerbhoy and Roohi

and Chetan Jaikishan

Masaba Gupta

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Kareena
Natasha Poonawalla Kapoor Khan

Radhika Apte

Ananya Birla
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Abhishek and
Pragya Kapoor

Kartik Aaryan
Usha Kiran and
Shingora’s Amit Jain

Prateek Jain and

Suhani Parekh
Preity Zinta

Karisma
Kapoor
Sabyasachi
Mukherjee
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Samyukta Nair,
Maithili Ahluwalia
and Kajal Fabiani

Prateek Raja, Udit Bhambri, Shalini

Passi, Priyanka Raja and Cecile D’Ascoli
Karan Arora and
Vogue’s Dilshad Arora

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The Absolut bar

was a hotspot
Gauri Tandon and
Nisha Khiani

Diva Dhawan and

Kiara Advani

#6
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Monica Shah

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Kanika
Kapoor

Malavika Sangghvi and

Deepika Gehani Raj Sangghvi

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 Schauna Chauhan,
Chhaya Momaya and
Atul Kasbekar, Fahad Samar, Simone Monika Garware
Singh and Homi Adajania
Alana, Deanne and
Ahaan Panday

Queenie Sethia and

Haseena Jethmalani

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Fernandez
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Nitya Arora

Waluscha
De Sousa Nishant
Mathew and
Aishwarya
Nair Mathew

V Sunil and Bose

Krishnamachari

Parizad
Kolah IBM’s Karan Bajwa, Harsimran Mouni Roy
Marshall Bajwa, Lamborghini’s Sharad
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Agarwal and Aarti Agarwal

Nushrat
Bharucha

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Baccarose’s
Biju Kassim
Condé Nast’s Falguni and Shane Nehal Shah and
Arjun Mehra Peacock Shyamal Swali

Payal Asnani

Vogue’s
Renuka Modi

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Priti and Gaurav

Sunita and Niharika Mahajan
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Kulsum
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Wahab

Ileana D’Cruz

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Pia Alizé Hazarika
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Tarun Tahiliani and IBM’s

Mahesh Bhatt and Karan Bajwa present the
Lamborghini’s Sharad Agarwal award to Vinita Gupta
present the award to Alia Bhatt

Gemfields’ Helena Choudhury and Michele

Tachella present an award to Ritu Kumar
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RITU KUMAR

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DESIGNER of the YEAR SINGH
ANAMIKA KHANNA RAJAWAT

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rsvp
Simone Arora

Roohi and Chetan

Jaikishan
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Jindal
Rhea Kapoor

SHOW TIME
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Karishma Swali, Monica Sh
and Maria Grazia Chiuri

WHAT: Jade’s 10th anniversary celebrations

WHERE: The Jade flagship, Mumbai

Designers Monica Shah and Karishma Swali know a thing or two about
marking a decade in style. The 10th anniversary celebrations of their
couture label Jade drew in an impressive crowd including fashion force
Maria Grazia Chiuri, the artistic director of Dior. (Legend has it Chiuri has
been working with Chanakya, the export house owned by the family, since
her days at Fendi.) The evening began with a walk through 100 archival
pieces from Shah and Swali’s private collection. After cocktails, guests
were ushered to the show area to witness the unveiling of Jade’s special
edit, titled Oneness, with actor Jacqueline Fernandez as showstopper.

Jacqueline
Fernandez

Ananya Birla

Rita Dhody, Lali Dhawan

Farah Oomerbhoy Olivier Bialobos and Reena Wadhwa

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Haseena
Jethmalani
Kanika
Kapoor
Farhad Taraporevala
and Priya Aswani
Ira Dubey

Chhaya Momaya

Azmina
Rahimtoola

Schauna Chauhan

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Kintu Bajaj
Maneka Thadani
Nehal Shah Pratima Bhatia

Divya Gehlaut

ari Shah, Dia

Gayatri Rangach
nshi Mehta
Bhupal and Devau

Lyla Marker, Bindu Mittal

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Anamika
Khanna and
Kalyani Saha
Chawla

Robin Passi, Roshni

Vadehra, Shalini
Linda Fargo Passi, Udit Bhambri
and Prateek Jain

MEET AND
Sushant and
Ruchi Chhabra

GREET
Deepa Sama, Björn
Wallander and Anish and Divya
Cecile D’Ascoli Chanana

WHAT: A dinner hosted for

Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo
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by Kalyani Saha Chawla
WHERE: The Saha
Chawla residence, Delhi
Somya Khurana Gunjan Gupta
To welcome style maven Linda Fargo
(frequently dubbed the “eyes of Bergdorf
Goodman”) to the country, Kalyani Saha
Chawla hosted an intimate evening at
her home in the capital. The dinner,
which saw an expansive homecooked
spread, drew in an interesting mix of
Anita Bajaj and
Radhika Chopra guests from the art and fashion fraternity.

Kavita and
Isha Rajpal
Raghavendra
Rathore Dheeraj Puri
and Archana
Vijaya

Tarana
Sawhney
SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

and Sethu
Vaidyanathan
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• A LOVE STORY • INDIAN COLLECTIONS •

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ring, pictured here.
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 “I’ve had that rule my whole life... Never publicly
acknowledge a relationship. Ever.”
uniforms. She asked her mother to let her stay in America
for high school. “That was my teenage vanity,” Chopra
says, laughing. “I was like: I get to be cute? Girls are wear-
ing make-up and their hair down. Land of the free, here I
come!”
She spent part of her ninth-grade year in Cedar Rapids,
and the rest with relatives in Queens, New York. Tenth
grade she spent with extended family in Indianapolis,
Indiana; 11th grade in Newton, Massachusetts. Her fa-
vourite city was New York. “Because it was Queens,” she
says. “So diverse, so fun.” She discovered hip-hop. “I had
braids. It was a whole thing—puffer jackets, I was in love
with Tupac. I wore black for 20 days when he was killed.”
She was less crazy about Newton, where she was sub-
jected to racist taunts at school. (“Go back on the elephant
you came on,” she remembers. And “Oh, my God, do you
smell the curry?”) “It really marked the way I felt and my
self-esteem.” Chopra decided she’d had enough of the US.
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“I wanted to go back to the uniform.”
Madhu barely recognised her daughter at the airport.
“I sent her there a lanky, carefree tomboy, and what came
back was a gorgeous female,” Madhu tells me later. “From
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be so intense that Chopra’s father installed iron bars on
the windows of the family home. “The house looked like a
fortress,” Madhu remembers. (“A jail,” Chopra says.)
One day, Chopra’s brother Siddharth was paging
through one of his mother’s magazines when he hap-
pened upon an advertisement for the Miss India contest.
“This little fellow, my son, all of nine years old, came into
my room,” Madhu remembers. “He said, ‘Is Didi beauti-
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this out?’” (Later, when I reach Siddharth, he tells me
that Chopra had taken over his bedroom. The Miss India
idea was his plot to reclaim it. “I thought, I’ll get my room
back.”)
hopra was studying to become an en-
gineer—but she begged to go to the
preliminary Miss India competition
in Delhi. “I remember the doors of
this hotel opening, and these tall, lis-
som, gorgeous women walking out—
in my head, in slow motion—and big
tears started rolling down my face,” Chopra says. “My
mom said, ‘Don’t worry about how you look. Speak so
that they listen to you. Have something to say.’” She won.
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She won the Miss World competition in London, too—
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learned acting on set, by doing. “Life prepared me for it,”
she says. “All the moving around. I knew what cultural
differences were. I knew that differences don’t make us
different. Differences make us interesting.”
Chopra was 10 years into her movie career when, in
2010, she was contacted by Acharia, who was riding a
wave of success of her own and had found a business part-
ner in music executive Jimmy Iovine. The two were look-
ing for an Indian artist who could break into the Ameri-
can market. By chance, Acharia had seen Chopra in a
spoof hip-hop video a few years earlier. Chopra agreed to
a meeting.
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(“Who is this Arab terrorist?” and “She’s not American.
This is an American sport”). “It took me back to being
that 16-year-old girl again,” says Chopra. She pauses. “I
remember talking to my manager and saying, ‘It will al-
So when, the following year, the ABC casting executive
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her about Quantico, Chopra was hesitant. “The only
thing I told her was: I don’t want my ethnicity to lead the
part that I play,” Chopra says. “I want to have a job. I
want to have a plot. I want to have a story.” The night the
show premiered, Chopra calmed her nerves the way she
often does: She sat by the pool of her Los Angeles hotel in
and was ultimately broadcast in 64 countries during its
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Never, during all that time, had Chopra allowed herself
to be photographed with a boyfriend. “I’ve had that rule
my whole life,” she says. “Never publicly acknowledge a
relationship. Ever.” But when I bring up Jonas, Chopra
covers her face with her hands. She visibly melts. “What
is happening? I’ve not known myself like this,” she says.
“This guy turned me into such a girl! If I could blush, I’d
be tomato red right now.”
Cut back to Vegas, where Chopra and Jonas have now
unearthed and reviewed the electronic record of their
courtship.
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On Priyanka: Dress, Paco
Rabanne. Earring, Me&Ro.
On Nick: Shirt, Hartford
 “Two very different cultures and religious back-
grounds, and the beauty of it was, there was so
much love and acceptance for our side”
Graham Rogers, Chopra’s co-star on Quantico: “ ‘Priyan-
ka. Is. Wow.’” Jonas lets the words hang. “That’s not the
way I talk.”
Next was a direct message from Jonas to Chopra on
Twitter: “I’m hearing from a few mutual friends that we
should meet.” I ask for the date. “September 8, 2016,”
Jonas says. “We checked this morning.” He goes on: “She
responded day of with a message that said, ‘My team can
read this. Why don’t you just text me.’” (Here Chopra
erupts, like she’s cheering at the Super Bowl: “Boy got
the number!”)
They text back and forth, an epic correspondence—
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came the Oscars drink. Then the Carlyle and Chopra’s
apartment. “We hung out for a couple of hours,” Chopra
says. “He patted my back before he left.”
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pure incredulity on her face.
“She’s still upset about that.”
Chopra demonstrates the platonic pat on Jonas’s back.
“Your mom was in the house!” Jonas says. “I thought it
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They had an incredible time at the Met and the
after-parties. Later, I call Nick’s brother Joe Jonas, who
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“I think she kind of knocked him off his feet. He was just
this little puppy dog,” Joe tells me. Joe still has a photo he
took of Jonas at the end of the night, at the Carlyle: “He’s
VLWWLQJRQWKHÁRRU$QG6RSKLHDQG,ZHUHMXVWODXJKLQJ day extravaganza stayed true to Chopra’s prediction:
at him. We’re like, look at this little smitten, drunk kid
right now.”
Jonas and Chopra didn’t see each other for an entire
year after that. Not until the next Met gala, in fact, where,
oddly, they ran into each other on the red carpet. This,
apparently, was the pivotal point when timing began to
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Jonas invited Chopra to a live performance of Beauty And
The Beast. They met at the Chateau Marmont. Jonas re-
calls: “She walks into the Chateau, and I feel an over-
whelming sense of peace and understanding about this
next chapter of my life.” The next night, they went to the
Dodgers game. The following morning, Jonas called his
mother and informed her that he was going to marry
Chopra. “This is date three,” Chopra says.
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to be a birthday trip. Jonas waited until after midnight, so
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that future engagement anniversaries would not coincide
with her birthday celebrations. He had the ring with him,
having shut down a Tiffany & Co. in London to pick it out
with his brothers a few weeks earlier.
“I got down on one knee, again, and I said: Will you make
me the happiest man in the world and marry me?” Jonas
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can’t say them. But he did it in Sanskrit. The Indians were
so impressed with their National Jiju.”
Chopra and Jonas are drawing up long-term plans. They
will still do what they’ve done thus far, we can assume, but
philanthropy will become an even bigger focus. We can also
assume they will have children, possibly several. “My ulti-
mate dream is to have kids,” Chopra has said in the past.
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held in different spots at the palace in Rajasthan. The three-
“People will need vacations after this wedding.”
It was, in tone, not unlike Jonas’s description of the
roka: “Two very different cultures and religious back-
grounds, and the beauty of it was, there was so much love
and acceptance for our side.” “Nick’s mother thinks she
was Indian in a past life,” Chopra adds. “She rocks
Chopra wore a custom gown by Ralph Lauren. Before
this, Lauren has made wedding dresses only for his daugh-
ter, his daughter-in-law, and his niece. But he
personally came to Chopra with sketches. Jonas dressed
like royalty, as is customary—turban, sword—and he rode
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Chopra has more than 50 Indian
films on her résumé. Her ABC
show Quantico ran three seasons,
and next month she stars opposite
Rebel Wilson in the rom-com
send-up Isn’t It Romantic.
Dress, Oscar de la Renta.
Shoes, Tom Ford

Hair: Garren/R+Co. Haircare

Make-up: Pati Dubroff/
Marc Jacobs Beauty
Grooming: Marissa Machado/
Dior Beauty (Nick)
Barber: Ryan Stone (Nick)
Menswear editor: Michael
Philouze (Nick)
Production: Chelsea Sillars/
AL Studio
Set design: Hans Maharawal
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to code—these are just a few of the day jobs of Indian women across the globe. In our
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“The complexities that Indian women face are
present in my writing, because that’s my entire DNA,”
says Instagram sensation Rupi Kaur about her dual
identities—the Indian girl at home and the Canadian girl
when she steps out. ‘The Queen of Insta-Poets’ is what
Rolling Stone calls her, designers are all eager to dress her
and the reaction to her often sold-out shows is not unlike
one at a rock concert. With her pithy words, Kaur has
managed to bring poetry to a new audience. The writing,
she says, was completely unplanned, and the response
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an incredible surprise. An obsessive reader, she started

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writing at a young age. “In middle school, I wrote on boys

I had crushes on, in high school it became a political act;
I wrote about the changes I wanted to see. In university,
it was a lot more reflection.” So as a cultural poster girl
for the millennial generation, what advice would she give
them? “Take it from me: the internet, although great, isn’t
always great for your soul. Reach into your inner self and
do the things you fear. Take the risks.”—Priyanka Khanna
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LILLY SINGH,
YOUTUBER & ACTOR, LOS ANGELES
A bestselling book, collaborations with Michelle Obama and Priyanka Chopra, cameos in films and TV, and a
production company called Unicorn Island Productions later, it’s hard to think that Lilly Singh’s launchpad was a
YouTube channel titled ‘Superwoman’ in 2010. Now, nine years in, her videos, which tackle everything from gender
stereotypes to last-minute Halloween costumes, rack up to 2 billion views and 14 million subscribers. The Indo-
Canadian Sikh who grew up in Ontario had just wrapped up a degree in Psychology from York University, Toronto,
when she started vlogging her first confessions. She was intrigued by the simplicity of online video—“literally, just being
human on camera”—and moved to Los Angeles to further her career. Apart from highlighting her heritage in videos
like ‘When it’s your birthday, but you’re brown’, Singh also started #GirlLove, a campaign to wipe out cyber bullying
and girl-on-girl hate, proceeds of which were donated to primary schooling for girls in Kenya and the Malala Fund. >
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 DIIPA KHOSLA,
SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER
AND ENTREPRENEUR,
AMSTERDAM/LONDON
Any given week of any given month,
Delhi-born Diipa Khosla will be
jetting off to anywhere up to three
continents. In September alone, she
covered India, where she got married
to her Dutch boyfriend (the virtual
wedding got 13 million views); New
York, for the Victoria’s Secret show (“I
met Alessandra Ambrosio before she
did her last walk after 25 years as an
Angel”); and back to Europe (where
she lives between Amsterdam and
London). “I was studying international
law and my first internship was at the
International Criminal Court in the
Hague,” she says. This was before
coming to the realisation that influence
comes in various forms. “It was 2013
and there were no Indian influencers on
the global scene doing luxury fashion
and lifestyle. I figured this would fit me
perfectly, and three-and-a-half years
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being billboards at Piccadilly Circus
for Maybelline’s diversity campaign,
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UNFPA and considering co-owning a
cruelty-free make-up line.
—Akanksha Kamath

DEEPICA MUTYALA,
FOUNDER OF TINTED, CALIFORNIA
How often do you find someone who’s broken the internet with 10 million views
on a single YouTube video? Meet Deepica Mutyala, whose contouring videos are
correcting the under-representation of brown women in the American beauty
industry. Her pet project, Tinted, began when her obsessive love for make-up found
zero tutorials relevant to her skin colour. “Growing up, I had dyed my hair blonde and
wore blue contacts because that was considered beautiful. So, when a video I filmed
on my iPhone using red lipstick to hide my dark circles went viral last year, I quit my
job!” But garnering likes on social media is one thing and turning it into a full-blown
business quite another. “My father wanted me to live the American Dream (read:
become a doctor like the rest of my family). I eschewed the tradition for a newer
definition of the phrase—one that means being a game changer and shattering glass
ceilings.” What’s followed is collaborations with beauty giants like M.A.C and L’Oréal

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KAVITA SHUKLA,
DESIGNER, INVENTOR AND ENTREPRENEUR, WASHINGTON, DC
“Freshpaper actually began as my middle-school science project based on a home remedy my grandma
gave me to drink while I was visiting her in India,” says the Harvard grad and CEO and founder of The
Freshglow Co. Kavita Shukla was born in Germany, and lived in Finland and India before moving to the
United States. As a young girl, Shukla spent most of her spare time tinkering with science experiments
and art projects in the garage. One of those led to a simple innovation that reduces food waste (over
25 per cent of the world’s food supply is lost to spoilage), the spice-infused Freshpaper, which inhibits
bacterial and fungal growth and keeps food fresh for longer. Her journey involved selling batches at

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the local farmer’s market, and Freshpaper is now available in over 180 countries. “The last few years
have been a series of pinch-me moments—speaking at the Nobel Prize Dialogues in Stockholm about
the future of food, testifying in Congress about our unlikely entrepreneurial journey, and being named
in Time’s “5 Most Innovative Women in Food” list. The most surreal moment was winning the Index:
Design to Improve Life Award, previously awarded to Apple and Tesla.”—Priyanka Khanna

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MONICA ROYER,
CEO AND FOUNDER OF
MONICA + ANDY, CHICAGO
“I always thought I would end up in
medicine,” says the woman behind chic
childrenswear label Monica + Andy. After
a decade working in the pharmaceutical
industry, her brother’s experience
launching Bonobos sparked her
entrepreneurial spirit. After the birth of
her daughter, Royer became conscious of
the lack of high-quality, organic clothing
for children. The result was Monica +
Andy, a thoughtful childrenswear label
strong on the digital platform and now
with ‘guideshops’, as they refer to them,
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For 27-year-old Seema Bansal,
co-founder of Venus Et Fleur, the
idiom ‘to stop and smell the roses’
has a dual meaning. After receiving
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terrible delivery of Valentine’s Day
flowers from her now husband Sunny
Chadha, they decided to create a
luxury rose atelier in 2015. In just a
few years, they’ve become the go-to
florists for the Kardashians (millennial
validation, if there ever was one),
found their spot on the Forbes 30
under-30 entrepreneur list, and rang
the NASDAQ bell. Oh, and the
estimated growth of their business
stood at an astounding 226 per cent
last year. “The most exciting part is
seeing my designs come to life in our
products. I love innovating,” she says,
adding that Sara Blakely’s success
with Spanx has been a big influence.
When it comes to her personal style,
she veers towards neutral classics.
“Being put-together and feminine
is very important for me.” Shoes
are her go-to, with Saint Laurent
and Stuart Weitzman topping the
list. For her wedding last month,
she observed all the Sikh traditions,

in Chicago and New York.

There are three really exciting parts of
the job. “The first is working with and
building a team. Then meeting our
customers and their little ones. And of
course, watching it all through the eyes
of my daughter. She is the inspiration
behind everything I do.”
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and wore looks from Anita Dongre.
“I’m Punjabi and my love for Indian
culture runs deep, from the food to
Bollywood movies and of course, the
fashion! I embrace it all!” >
—Priyanka Khanna
 ROSH MAHTANI,
FOUNDER, ALIGHIERI, LONDON
“I’ve always felt like a hybrid character; as a kid I felt quite lost whenever
someone asked me where I was from,” says Rosh Mahtani, whose
grandparents were displaced during Partition and moved to Zambia.

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“I loved writing, photography and telling stories. I started making one
piece of jewellery for every poem in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
so that I could create a narrative through fashion.” The result is over 60
international stockists including Matches and Net-a-Porter. Her mantra
is simple: “I don’t believe there is a set formula or way of doing things.
Follow your instinct and don’t try to follow a set path.”—Priyanka Khanna

SUPRIYA LELE,
FASHION DESIGNER, LONDON
Supriya Lele’s initiation into fashion was her
mother’s large collection of saris that travelled
with her from India to England long before
Supriya was born. Today, in her eponymous
label, which held its first solo presentation at
London Fashion Week, drapery styles of the
six-yard staple can clearly be seen.
Born to two doctors in a small village in
the UK’s West Midlands, Lele’s grown up in
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West. “I am of Indian heritage and I am also
British. I want to create a modern feminine
dialogue between two cultures that focuses
on the female body and has an openness
and lightness within it,” she told Vogue.com
of her mix-and-match aesthetic. “I did my
BA at Edinburgh College of Art and then
completed my MA at the Royal College
of Art in London,” says the designer, who
briefly studied architecture before turning
to fashion. “I think the three disciplines cross
over a lot. My interest in architecture informs
my minimalist aesthetic.”— Akanksha Kamath

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AKANSHA SETHI, JEWELLERY DESIGNER, LONDON

The Goldsmiths graduate credits her yearly trips to hometown Indore for shaping her design
ethos. “The colours and inspirational forms, along with the narratives, form the backbone of my
current jewellery collections,” says Sethi. In 2018, just a year after floating her own brand, AS
by Akansha Sethi, she participated in London Fashion Week. “After 10 years of the designer
showrooms started by the British Fashion Council, it was a pleasant surprise when, on the last day

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of the Week, Her Majesty the Queen made an impromptu visit. It was a privilege to show her my
jewellery and explain the story behind each collection,” says Sethi.—Sheree Gomes Gupta

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SHILPA SHAH,
CO-FOUNDER, CUYANA,
SAN FRANCISCO
“Less is more” is a mantra
Shilpa Shah and her partner
Karla Gallardo live and work
by. A lack of fulfilment in the
relentless consumption that the
fashion industry demands, led
them to launch Cuyana, a range
of women’s essentials that fall
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can have amazing quality and
curated design, and it can still
be accessible. We have travelled
the world to find the best
materials and the most passionate
craftsmen out there. Each product
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we create is carefully considered
from beginning to end,” she says.
The daughter of Punjabi parents,
she says, “Being Indian is part of
everything I do. It has formed
the foundation of my work with
Cuyana. My love for textiles
comes from growing up around
the rich fabrics of Indian clothing.
We wanted to make materials
mean something again.” >
SALONI LODHA, DESIGNER, —Priyanka Khanna
HONG KONG
In March last year, Saloni Lodha celebrated 10 years of her
London-based eponymous label. Her choice of destination,
Udaipur, and the theme, Holi. “Of all the festivals in India,
I hold Holi closest to my heart. It is the most dramatic
expression of life, full of colour and fun,” says the designer
who was born to a traditional Marwari family in Nashik and
now lives in Hong Kong. To encapsulate the spirit of Saloni,
what played out was a three-day unabashed party speckled
with colour and familiar faces from the fashion fraternity
including Giambattista Valli, Caroline Issa, Aquazzura’s
Edgardo Osorio, and Peter Dundas.
Her universally flattering tea dresses have found favour
among everyone from Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
to Lily James, the Duchess of Cambridge and Deepika
Padukone. “I always keep my Indian heritage in mind while
designing but without translating it literally into our clothes.
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FILMMAKER, LOS ANGELES
Raised in New Jersey by Indian
immigrants who moved to New York
from Kerala in the 1970s, Menon’s
passion for filmmaking was ignited
early on. “My father, realising there was
nowhere to see Malayalam films in New
York, began screening films and bringing
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ACTOR,
NEW YORK
On the AMC show
artistes from South Indian cinema over Dietland, the series with a
to the US for performances,” she recalls. dark comedic perspective
At 19, she learnt how to shoot and on women’s issues, Ami
edit. “I bought cameras with part-time Sheth plays an artist and
jobs, shot short films with friends in my acid attack survivor.
apartment,” says the director whose “Sana is strong, sensitive
résumé boasts a Bachelor’s degree in and has devoted her life
Art History from Columbia University to helping other women.
and a Master’s in Film from USC’s Getting to transform
School of Cinematic Arts. Recent into her physically was
career highlights include attending a also a new challenge
writers’ lab at the Sundance Institute with for me,” says Sheth,
partner Tanuj Chopra to work on their who underwent hours
new television project, a contemporary of prosthetics for the
Indian American adaptation of Devdas. role. “I’ve been acting
“Being able to write stories for the South my entire life but never
Asian diaspora and have those stories thought I could make my
recognised in Hollywood is a true career living doing it,” says the
goal.”—Sheree Gomes Gupta New Jersey-born and
-raised actor who studied
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be a veterinary doctor
at Boston University and
has also had a role on the
show Blindspot.
Not surprisingly, she
lists Priyanka Chopra as
a woman she admires.
“The strides she’s made
help the other Indian
actresses trying to
succeed,” she says.
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SANGITA PATEL,
TV PERSONALITY, TORONTO
Patel, who grew up idolising media mogul
Oprah Winfrey and star reporter Connie Chung,
volunteered at a television station at night whilst
pursuing an Engineering degree. “This is what
steered my path to working in television and
storytelling,” she says. Currently an entertainment
reporter for ET Canada and the host of Home To
Win on HGTV Canada, her style changes with
her roles. “From weather presenter, lifestyle and
entertainment host to mother, wife, fitness influencer
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many roles, especially when it comes to Canadian
designers. In my busy day, leggings are a staple.”
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BELA BAJARIA, VP - CONTENT ACQUISITION, SCRIPTED

CO-PRODUCTIONS/ORIGINAL TV AND UNSCRIPTED ORIGINALS,
NETFLIX, LOS ANGELES
How many people can list a career highlight as “advocating for Mindy Kaling’s first TV
show The Mindy Project, where she was the creator, producer and star?” As the highest-
ranking Indian American in Hollywood, Netflix’s Bela Bajaria is probably the only one.
Chances are, if there’s been a binge-worthy television show, she and her team have been
involved. In her career she’s overseen shows like Master Of None, Unbreakable Kimmy
Schmidt, The Sinner, Riverdale and My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David
Letterman, to name a few. While at Universal Television, Bajaria was offered this role
that sits at the intersection of Hollywood and technology. “Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief
content officer, is creative, a big fan of film and TV, and very strategic, so when he pitched

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me this unique job to launch the unscripted initiative and major studios co-licensing, I
took it.” She adds, “My Indian roots are also a strength and asset in storytelling. I love
bringing my Indian background into work, whether that is in a show or introducing Indian
food to my teams or wearing a sari to the Emmys and Golden Globes. The upbringing of
d warmth is an asset in managing teams at work, too.”—Priyanka Khanna

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“Indian Annie Hall meets Katharine Hepburn—
collared shirts with pyjama pants or a skirt, with white
sneakers and a statement necklace,” says Oman-
raised, New York-based Shruti Rya Ganguly, who runs
her own production company, Honto88. It was while
in class at Northwestern University that Ganguly saw
Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali and had an epiphany.
“Film combined everything I loved—art, design,
culture, curiosity and music, and there was a business
component to it, too.” She worked on the sets of Kaal
(2005) and Chameli (2003), moving to New York to
work at Island Def Jam. What followed were stints at
Nylon, an MBA at NYU, and an MFA in film at Tisch,
working with James Franco on films, a job at MTV
Desi and finally Condé Nast, where she launched ‘73
Questions’ at Vogue. She’s now prepping to direct her
first film, but her career highlight still includes being
on a committee for the Obama administration. “As
the only non-American, immigration, women’s rights
and climate change are things I discussed openly.” >
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Missoni. Boots, ZINNIA JOTHI
Tibi. Earrings, Lady KUMAR,
Grey. Ring, Cartier MODEL, HUMAN
ATTRACTION
SCIENTIST AND
FILMMAKER, NEW
YORK
How many of us can
pinpoint our career paths to
an allergic reaction? Part-
time model, documentary
filmmaker and student on
her way to bagging a PhD
from Oxford University,
Kumar’s career as a field
conservation biologist in the
Australian Outback took
a turn when she became
allergic to eucalyptus! The
24-year-old multi-hyphenate
then began studying human
evolutionary biology, with a
KUMARI SURAJ,
DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER,
LOS ANGELES
Born Kumari Lohar-Singh on a military base in
California, Suraj’s debut on Fox’s popular dance reality
show, So You Think You Can Dance, choreographing
the show’s first ‘Waack’ performance in 2011, put the
spotlight firmly on her individuality. She’s continued to
gain recognition with her work for Dizzy Rascal, MC
Hammer and Mya. Currently studying at the Fashion
Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles,
Suraj’s style reflects her Indian, African and native
American cultures complimented with vintage pieces
by YSL and Chanel, disco sequins and sportswear
labels. Next up, a ‘queer-centric’ social media-based
brand Her Drummer Her Dancer in collaboration
with her fiancé, Malinder Tooray. “Our aim is to
continue inspiring and supporting other queer desi
and interracial couples,” says Suraj, an active
member of the LGBT community.
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focus on colourism.
Born in Sydney, Australia, to
a Punjabi father and Bengali
mother, she now lives
between cities—London
is her current location,
while New York serves as
her professional base. Her
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vintage meets grunge and a
little bit bohemian. The one
constant through it all? “I can
never leave home without
my Dr Martens.”
—Akanksha Kamath

MADAME GANDHI,
MUSICAL ARTIST, NEW YORK
An electronic music producer and drummer whose mission is to
“elevate and celebrate the female voice,” Gandhi regards herself
as an artist and activist. “My parents were always invested in giving
back.” When the family moved to New York, Gandhi, then eight,
was aware of how privileged she was. “It was about not writing a
cheque, but about getting involved in the community in a hands-
on way,” says Gandhi, who recently hosted a voting awareness
programme at her home for 500 people. Touring with rapper
M.I.A during her first semester at Harvard Business School was
a high point for Gandhi. “Another highlight was running the
London Marathon on my cycle and starting a conversation about
how we treat menstruation in various cultures,” says Gandhi.
“I want to become the best version of myself; I put out a song
called ‘Bad Habits’ [it rose to No 8 on the viral US top 50 Spotify
charts], which is a sort of an accountability anthem.” She’s a
firebrand even when it comes to her dressing, with red, yellow and
orange being her preferred palette. “Mae Studio and NorBlack
NorWhite give an update to traditional Indian patterns. I do that,
too, in my activism and in my music.”—Sheree Gomes Gupta

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CHARLOTTE
EMMA AITCHISON
VIDYA IYER, (CHARLI XCX), SINGER,
MUSICIAN, LOS LONDON/LOS ANGELES
ANGELES “Technically, I spend half my time
Music wasn’t always on the living in London and half my
agenda for Chennai-born time living in Los Angeles, but in
LA-based artist Vidya Iyer. “It’s reality I’m mainly living out of a
been the longest road to get suitcase, constantly on tour,” says
here. While I may have grown up Aithchison, better known by her
learning Carnatic music, I studied stage name Charli XCX and as
Psychology and Pre-medicine the voice behind popular hits like
and was firmly on the path to ‘Boom Clap’ and ‘I Got It’. Born to
becoming a doctor,” says Iyer. an Ugandan-Indian mother, she is
A collaboration with American yet to visit India but says growing
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composer and clarinetist Shankar up in her grandparents’ home has

Tucker is what triggered the given her a strong understanding
transition from aspiring doctor of traditions. At 14, she was
to YouTube star. “I toured with contacted by a London promoter
Shankar’s ensemble when I was to perform and ever since there’s
in college and after graduating. been no looking back.
Then I came to Mumbai to “I was very inspired by party
immerse myself in learning music. culture from a young age. I’ve
After two years, I moved in with been making music for 10 years
my mom in DC, started my now and I also write songs for
YouTube channel and here we other artists, including Icona Pop,
are.” Today, her cross-continental Iggy Azalea and Selena Gomez.”
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her viral mashups and sartorial
sensibilities. “My style motto artist and a performer.
is: What if Coachella came to
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Rajasthan? So, you’ll find lots with who I am and letting go of
of big oxidized jewellery, Indian the fear of what people will think is
prints in Western silhouettes, my a personal highlight. I have found
mom’s and grandmom’s old saris what is unique to me and I’m very
and pyjamas!”—Neharika Manjani proud of that.”—Priyanka Khanna

ZARA MARTIN,
DJ, MODEL, INFLUENCER, ACTOR, LONDON
Born and raised in London to an Indian mother and British father, Zara
Martin’s striking looks and rock ‘n’ roll image first helped launch her career as
a model and TV presenter when, during an unpaid internship at MTV she
convinced her bosses into putting her on screen to host her own segment.
Her passion for music—hip hop, in particular—eventually led her to deejaying.
Today Martin is one of London’s leading DJs on the fashion and private
party circuit. She has worked with global fashion and tech brands, including
the likes of Chanel, Samsung, Estée Lauder, Tom Ford and Versace, and
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line of headphones sold in Topshop and ASOS. Next up for this multitasker
is a film with Freida Pinto, releasing later this year. More than just a pretty
face, Martin, an Economics graduate, is also an ambassador for Women For
Women International, a charity dedicated to helping female survivors of war
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ELIZABETH LUTHER,
SINGER AND WRITER,
LOS ANGELES
“I grew up in Melbourne with my
Australian (Scottish and Prussian)
mother and Indian father. I always
felt a little different. It wasn’t until
the first time I visited India that I
realised I was truly a mix, a clash,
a balance of both East and West.
All my deep interests, subtle
quirks, curiosities that seemed a
little different from the average
Australian seemed to make sense,”
says Luther, who has been moving
addresses since she was 19.
For her, a job is not a static,
desk-bound scenario. It’s studying
human rights, acting and theatre,
modelling, singing and a side
hustle concocting perfumes using
natural Ayurvedic ingredients.
Right now, though, modelling
gives her the financial freedom to
APARNA
NANCHERLA,
COMEDIAN AND ACTOR,
WASHINGTON, DC
Ever since her breakthrough
performance in 2013 that won her
the ‘New Face’ award at the Just
For Laughs Festival in Montreal,
Nancherla’s rise has been meteoric.
In the last five years, she’s written for
several successful shows, including
Late Night With Seth Meyers,
appeared on Inside Amy Schumer,
got her own half-hour special on
Netflix’s The Standups, and starred
in A Simple Favour, with Blake
Lively. Having suffered depression
and anxiety, Nancherla’s signature
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explore the world, while music is without trivialising the issue. In fact,
her creative outlet. “I have been she’s so committed that she created
writing songs since I was 10 and ‘Blue Woman Group’, a podcast that
now I’m recording my first album aims to help “overcome issues facing
in Los Angeles.”
www.t.me/njm_magz modern depressives.” Exciting times
When off-duty, she wears a are ahead for Nancherla—Disney
uniform of all-black. “I’m usually Junior recently announced a new
preoccupied, so black is simple. animated show Mira, Royal Detective
And I love anything vintage from with an all-South Indian cast including
the ’60s. Most of the time I live in Kal Penn, Aasif Mandvi, Freida Pinto
well-loved cashmere sweaters.” and Nancherla, to be launched next
—Akanksha Kamath year. It’s no surprise then that the
Indian-American has garnered a
massive fan following in just a few
years.—Sheree Gomes Gupta
TIYA SIRCAR, ACTOR,
TEXAS
Tiya Sarcar was born to professor
parents and holds a degree in Business
but don’t let her academic background
fool you. The 36-year-old (you might
recognise her as the Twilight fan in
The Internship or as the real Eleanor
in The Good Place) traces her love for
performing back to her toddler years—
theTexas-born actor began training in
dance when she was only two and a half
years old. At the age of 18 she landed in
LA and promptly bagged her first role in
an episode of Disney’s Hannah Montana.
Since then she has made appearances in
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Diaries and Master Of None, to name
a few) and lent her voice to Star Wars
Rebels. Fun fact? The multihyphenate
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Bengali, French, Spanish and Italian.
—Neharika Manjani
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SONALI DE
RYCKER,
PARTNER AT ACCEL,
LONDON
If Sonali De Rycker penned an
autobiography, it would probably
have a chapter called ‘Around
the world in envy-inducing jobs’.
“I was raised in Mumbai. My
father worked in a public sector
job, and from an early age I
understood I had to control my
own destiny,” says De Rycker, who
moved to the US after scoring a
scholarship at Bryn Mawr College
in Pennsylvania, kick-started her
career with Wall Street giant
Goldman Sachs and is now partner
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at London-based venture capital
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like Facebook, Flipkart, Dropbox,
Slack, Spotify and Supercell,”
she adds. Despite her hectic
schedule, De Rycker routinely
takes trips to Delhi and Mumbai
to see family and friends. So, it
comes as no surprise when she
reveals Michelle Obama is her
role model. “She’s whip-smart,
inspirational and it never seems to
come at the expense of her family
commitments.”—Neharika Manjani

KINJIL M
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, SQUARESPACE, NEW YORK
“I was one of only a handful of Indian American students. However, I was
fortunate that my parents were part of a strong Indian community in Dallas that
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kept me connected to the culture,” says Kinjil Mathur, who now as the chief
marketing officer of tech start-up Squarespace counts herself in the 3 per cent of
women of colour who are C-level executives in the United States. “Sharing my
experiences as a first-generation Indian American woman and fighting the good
fight to change the ratio is part of my everyday,” she says. This year, the 37-year-
old, along with her team, galvanised feminist customers, including the likes of
Gloria Steinem, to raise awareness around pay equity between men and women.
On any given day the girl boss gravitates towards monochromatic dressing
but the devil lies in the details. “It’s how I express the day’s mood—curious with
unexpected embellishments, strong with structured fabrics and playful with
interesting cuts.”—Neharika Manjani
 RESHMA SAUJANI,
FOUNDER AND CEO OF GIRLS WHO CODE,
NEW YORK
“On January 14, 1973, my parents arrived in the United States, five dollars in
their pockets, and carrying bundles of used clothes,” says Reshma Saujani, who
has clearly inherited their survival instinct. After three attempts, she got into
Yale Law School. She interned at the Clinton White House, ran for Congress
and lost, but that didn’t deter her from setting up Girls Who Code, which, in
just a few years, has touched the lives of 90,000 young girls. “Every time I hear
about a girl building a website to save the bees or a microchip to keep our
communities safe from gun violence, I remember the importance of our work.
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able to build and create with code,” she says. What’s been her biggest
influence? “I’ve always admired women in history who have taken their
power—whatever they could find, whatever was given to them, and whatever
they found within themselves—to work for change.”
She has a toddler at home, so what does she hope to pass on? “Do the things
that scare you. You’ll never get ahead if you’re holding yourself back out of the
fear of imperfection. It’s time to be brave, not perfect.”—Priyanka Khanna

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ANJALI SUD,
CEO OF VIMEO, NEW YORK
Anjali Sud embarked on her journey of disparate experience-

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gathering early on. At 14 she swapped the comforts of home
in Michigan (her parents migrated to the US in the 1980s) for
boarding school. A degree at Wharton, and a rainbow of gigs,

including investment banking and toy buying at Amazon,
followed. “Each experience taught me a different skill set and
helped me become a better decision maker,” she says. She
landed at the video hosting site in 2014 to lead the marketing
team, and was named CEO last year. “Having my teammates
stand up to welcome me into the role was a moment I will
never forget,” she says. Also last year, in another instance of
life coming full circle, Vimeo opened their first Indian office in
Bengaluru, and visiting was a highlight for this first-generation
American who is “fiercely proud” of her Indian heritage.
—Parizaad Khan Sethi
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SANGEETA BHATIA,
GLYMPSE BIO FOUNDER, MIT PROFESSOR
AND DIVERSITY ADVOCATE, BOSTON
Before she found her calling at MIT, Boston-based
Sangeeta Bhatia worked the watch counter in a
department store, the dressing room in a clothing
store and even taught step aerobics for a free gym
membership. “I had a long line of unglamorous jobs
before I found my passion at 30,” says Bhatia. Now, the
mother to two girls is the founder of a biotech start-up
that focuses on the use of nanotechnology to detect
diseases and deftly juggles two roles at MIT (she’s a
professor and diversity advocate), all while raising style
stakes—stilettos are a staple. “The students joke that they
can hear me coming,” she says. The ardent multitasker,
whose parents immigrated from India to the US over five
decades ago, turns to social media to stay in touch with
her scattered family. “My husband is also originally from
India. Each of us has a sister and 30 first cousins across
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 ANJULA ACHARIA,
EARLY STAGE INVESTOR AND PRIYANKA CHOPRA’S
MANAGER, SAN FRANCISCO
“As Indian women, this is our time!” Anjula Acharia should know. She’s
made it her mission to promote South Asian talent, most famously,
through our country’s most well-known exports, our cover girl Priyanka
Chopra. As one of the few South Asians in Buckinghamshire, England,
the lack of representation around her and in the media angered Acharia,
“I knew that whatever I did professionally would need to give a voice to
those who for too long had been ignored,” she says. After college she
co-founded Desi Hits with record producer Jimmy Lovine, and they
brought Bollywood to Hollywood and vice-versa—Lady Gaga, 50 Cent

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and Britney Spears came to India, and she famously launched Chopra in
America. She also calls herself an accidental investor. In 2013, she wrote
Payal Kadakia of ClassPass her first check. Today ClassPass has raised
US$255 million and partners with more than 10,000 fitness studios in
50 global markets. Other companies that have benefited from her
mentorship include The Muse, Thrive Causemetics, Yumi, Bulletproof
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nurturing it. My advice is to always think big. If your vision and dream
don’t scare you, you’re not thinking big enough. Also, hustle and hustle
hard, and don’t ever feel sorry for yoursel RACHNA
BHASIN,
CHIEF BUSINESS
OFFICER OF MAGIC
LEAP, DANIA BEACH
Born in Gwalior, India, and
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raised in Wellington, New
Zealand, Bhasin’s first job
was at DST international, an
investment banking software
company. “I eventually
attended Harvard Business
School.” Over three years
ago Bhasin joined Magic
Leap, the spatial computing
company building the world’s
next computing platform,
leading all strategic business
and corporate development.
“The most exciting part of my
work is the unpredictability of
my day. A call to Europe with
a creative partner, work on an
M&A deal in the afternoon
and end the day having dinner
with a filmmaker.”
A career highlight, she says,
was sharing Magic Leap
demos with the world last year
at L.E.A.P.—the company’s
first-ever conference focused
on all things spatial computing.
“It was wonderful to see the
diversity of experiences—from
Shakespeare with the Royal
Shakespeare Company
to surgery with BrainLab,”
she recalls. >
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 PRIYA PARKER, CONFLICT
RESOLUTION FACILITATOR,
BUSINESSWOMAN, AND AUTHOR OF
THE ART OF GATHERING: HOW WE
MEET AND WHY IT MATTERS, NEW YORK
“I actually lived in India when Vogue launched, so I
always ask my friends to carry back issues for me,”
says Bulawayo-born Parker, who, after time in Africa
and South East Asia as a result of her parents’ careers
(her mother is an anthropologist), lived in Arizona and
Northern Virginia, and now calls Brooklyn home. Her
bio is quite the mouthful, so what exactly does Parker
do? “I’m trained in the field of conflict resolution, and
have worked on race relations on American college
campuses and on peace processes in the Arab world,
southern Africa, and India,” she says. At Thrive Labs,
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those learnings to write her book, The Art Of Gathering:
How We Meet And Why It Matters. “I followed my
passion and natural talents and I made sure to get the
skills I didn’t have,” she says. Best advice? “Read the
newspaper. Develop a craft and set of skills. Gathering is
a form of power; learn to bring people together well and
intentionally. Seed conversations with your peers about
the world. Develop a deeper understanding of structural
power. Don’t quit your job to plan your wedding—do
both.”—Priyanka Khanna

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SCAACHI KOUL, SENIOR

CULTURE WRITER FOR BUZZFEED
NEWS, AND AUTHOR, TORONTO
“I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, best known
for their beef and white people. I now live in Toronto,
Ontario, best known for considering itself the only
city in Canada,” quips the popular author of One Day
We’ll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter. “It
was like the childhoods of many first-generation kids,
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an education in being different from everyone else,
from how I looked to the way my mom talked to me
(screaming, usually, as is her wont) to what we ate.”
In Koul’s trademark humour, she describes life
as a writer as a little bit of luck and a big dose of
foolishness. “I work really hard and I hate meeting
new people, which means I’m a perfect candidate for
sitting in front of a computer and writing about the
crippling despair that is human existence!” Advice for
young millennials looking for a voice? “If anyone is
foolishly interested in my advice, it’s this: Moisturise,
don’t start smoking, call your folks and not just when
you need money, be nice to yourself, when you realise
someone you thought was your friend actually sucks,
don’t waste time giving them chances. And never, ever
get bangs after you get dumped.” —Priyanka Khanna

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PARUL SEHGAL,
CRITIC AT THE NEW YORK
TIMES, NEW YORK
“I miss my writer friends in Delhi, my
family in Mumbai, Kolkata’s bookshops,
Chandigarh’s rose gardens…,” says Parul
Sehgal, who has lived in DC, Manila,
Budapest and Delhi. As the book critic
at the Gray Lady, she covers fiction
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thanks in part to her obsessive reading!
What keeps her excited? “I feel the
typical answer for a critic is to say the
excitement comes from identifying the
new—a new voice or some new energy
or orientation in the culture. I love that.
But the deeper pleasure for me is to
come to a writer’s defense, to parse the
work of someone who might have been
misunderstood or dismissed as too
difficult or narrow. It’s been an honour
to write about Mary Gaitskill this
way—and Marguerite Duras, Clarice
Lispector and Machado de Assis,” she
ends.—Priyanka Khanna SIMRAN SETHI,
WRITER, REPORTER AND FELLOW AT INSTITUTE FOR FOOD
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AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY, OAKLAND
If out-of-office messages are an indicator of exciting jobs, Simran Sethi’s would top
the list. Currently, it reads: “I am visiting cocoa farmers in South America and will not
be consistently online.” But for Sethi, who was named environmental messenger by
Vanity Fair, and is in the process of relocating to Reggio Emilia, Italy, for a book she
is writing on Punjabi farmers based in the Po Valley, it’s all in a day’s work. Sethi, who
launched the news department for MTV India in the late ’90s, also has the distinction
of having spoken on five different continents and lectured at institutions ranging from
Harvard University to the Sydney Opera House. She’s also the author of Bread, Wine,
Chocolate: The Slow Loss Of Foods We Love. “Getting to share the stories of people
who are underrepresented,” is what drives her, and she lists a career highlight as
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to sustain the coffee crop.” In her quest to tell stories across the world, she’s adamant
to keep the rest of her life simple. “I travel a lot, so I am now tending toward a capsule
collection of black and white blouses and trousers. My friends think it’s a little dull but
I try to make it interesting with jewellery and other accessories.”—Priyanka Khanna

SAMHITA MUKHOPADHYAY, EXECUTIVE EDITOR,

TEEN VOGUE, AUTHOR, NEW YORK
“I had a fraught relationship with my South Asian identity, but have embraced it later
in life. I’m very close to my family, and I think that roots are what you identify with, not
necessarily your ethnic identity.” It’s this frankness that’s made Mukhopadhay, who grew
up between upstate New York and the city, and started her working life as a volunteer
environmental educator at AmeriCorps, a strong voice in the cultural space. Currently the
executive editor at Teen Vogue, she honed her skills at Feministing, Mic.com and is also
an author. “My two books, keynotes and the young women I meet who are activists and
aspiring writers that are inspired by what we do at Teen Vogue... that’s the real highlight,”
she says, naming Anna Wintour, who she works for, as one of the women she admires. >
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 MICHELLE
RANAVAT, FOUNDER
AND CEO OF RANAVAT
BOTANICS, LOS ANGELES
Ranavat’s year-old beauty brand
is what keeps her anchored to
her heritage. “One of the biggest
reasons I started Ranavat Botanics
was to continue my connection
with the country. I was inspired by
the beauty of ancient India,” she
says. Her commitment to a career
in beauty was preceded by a stint
at Lehman Brothers, at her father’s
business and even as an extra in
Bollywood films. “My dad is a
chemist and my mother an interior
designer, so I have both a scientific
and creative side,” says Ranavat,
whose Indian roots are interspersed
not only in her career choices but
also her closet—an interesting mix
of basics from Everlane and James
Perse finished with heirloom-worthy
jewellery from Haati Chai. “I love
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because it was inspired by the
founder’s grandmother and looks like
the ancient Indian currency. They
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find this incredible way to blend our
heritage into our modern lives.”
—Neharika Manjani

ANITA KAUSHAL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR &

CO-FOUNDER, MAULI RITUALS, LONDON
A spiritual pilgrimage to India reminded British-born and -raised Anita Kaushal
of the healing powers of India’s age-old holistic traditions and provided the
inspiration for Mauli Rituals, the organic skin, hair and bodycare brand she
founded with her husband in 2014. Hair oils, radiance exfoliants, serums,
Himalayan bath salts and lotions are all made harnessing ancient Indian principles
that she learnt from her father-in-law, an Ayurvedic doctor. Deeply connected
to her Indian roots, Kaushal’s brand combines her unique take on two worlds—
Ayurveda wisdom and a sense of British refinement. The handcrafted formulas
are created in limited batches and are currently stocked in high-end retailers
including Space NK, The Conran Shop, Net-a-porter and most recently the
Bulgari Hotel Spa in London and Milan. But Kaushal’s holistic philosophy runs
much deeper than the ingredients in her products—Mauli Rituals donates £1 from
every sale to children’s charities and dedicates a page on their website to give
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Her advice to the younger generation? “Work hard but know that in the end it’s
work, it’s not your life. Don’t lose sight of what truly matters.”—Malika Dalamal

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 NITASHA GOEL,
OWNER OF THE
CURE APOTHECARY,
TORONTO
A computer networking degree,
jobs in fashion at Holt Renfrew
and Levi’s, and now an all-natural
personal care boutique, The Cure
Apothecary, with the goal for
each client to love themselves and
their skin—Nitasha Goel’s career
trajectory is unlike any other’s.
“The Cure Apothecary grew
from a passion project—my
craving for natural personal
care to be easily accessible to
everyone. It was hard to find
clean, natural beauty products in
Toronto, so I took my knowledge
from my retail buying background,
and sourced the most beautiful
natural personal care brands that
aligned with my vision.”
The brand is only four years

B E A U T Y
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and brands in her daily life. Her
personal style is a little tomboy
with a feminine twist. “On any
given day you can find me in www.t.me/njm_magz
high-waisted jeans paired with a
bodysuit and denim jacket draped
over my shoulders, coincidentally
called the Canadian Tuxedo.”
—Priyanka Khanna

LEILA JANAH,
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, CALIFORNIA
“Being able to increase a woman’s wages means
she invests 90 per cent of it back into her family
and community’s well-being. We see an immediate
improvement in health, education, housing and food
for the entire family,” says Janah, who was named
among Fortune’s Most Promising Entrepreneurs
in 2014. The CEO of Samasource and LXMI—
two companies that aim to give work to the
underprivileged around the world using cutting-edge
social enterprise models in technology and luxury
skincare respectively—has been strongly influenced
by Melinda Gates, American philanthropist and
founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Then, in 2017, Penguin Random House published
her book Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job At
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A Time. “I’ve learned so much from the communities

we serve and source from. Maybe the biggest
highlight for me has been living closer to people,
plants and nature—we, in the West, are so often
trapped in our little boxes of concrete,”
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GARGEE GHOSH,
GLOBAL POLICY
AND FINANCE FOR
BILL & MELINDA
GATES FOUNDATION,
WASHINGTON, DC
Let’s take a minute to trace Ghosh’s
career trajectory. She graduated from
Oxford University with a Master’s in
Economics, interned on the 37th floor
of the United Nations during Kofi
Annan’s tenure as secretary general,
and currently leads the international
policy team for the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation. It’s a résumé that
would stand out in even the heftiest
stack. “One of my personal career
highlights is working with Gavi, the
global alliance for immunisation.
We raised four billion dollars for
life-saving vaccines around the
world!” she says. With a mother from
Darjeeling and father from Kolkata,
Ghosh recalls a childhood shaped by
holidays to India. Today her travel-
intensive role continues to take her
back to the country, commanding a
closet that’s adaptive to adventures.
“I can be in India or rural Africa one
week and a London boardroom the
next. I’m also a mom of two kids. So, I
need a wardrobe that’s functional and
flexible.”—Neharika Manjani
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ORGANISER, ATTORNEY, ACADEMIC & AUTHOR, OAKLAND
If you watched the Oscars last year, you would have spotted an attractive Indian woman
walking the red carpet with actor Amy Poehler. The woman in question was UCLA,
Harvard and Yale Law School graduate Saru Jayaraman, the founder of Restaurant
Opportunities Centers (ROC) United. “My parents’ struggles with discrimination as
immigrants and my classmates’ families’ struggles as working people and people of
colour is what drove me to fight for low-income people of colour nationwide. After 9/11
I founded Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United with restaurant workers
displaced from the World Trade Center,” she says about her organisation that’s grown
to 1,30,000 restaurant workers, restaurant owners and consumers fighting together for
better wages and working conditions. It’s mobilising and elevating the voices of these
workers that is the most exciting part of her job. When President Trump tried to pass a
law making tips the property of owners, 4,00,000 restaurant workers fought back and
won a bipartisan bill. “The attention my work has received over the last year thanks to
the Times Up movement and other high-profile events I was invited to forced me to
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go shopping,” she says about how life has changed. “My good friend, actor and activist
Jane Fonda, was kind enough to share some fashion pointers. At the end of the day,
I want my clothes to be forgettable; I only want my voice lifting up women, especially
women of colour, and my work to be remembered.”—Priyanka Khanna
AMIKA GEORGE,
STUDENT AND FOUNDER OF
#FREEPERIODS, LONDON
Last year, London saw its first mass protest
for making the conversation around periods
stigma-free. The 19-year-old Cambridge
student behind mobilising 2,000 millennials
via her #FreePeriods movement describes
the scene: “We braved the December chill,
holding banners with the cleverest period
puns, to collectively shout for change.” Soon
after, the government pledged to give a
portion of the tampon tax fund to tackle
period poverty, and in October she was
recognised by the United Nations and Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation. A personal
highlight, though: sneaking a selfie with Ed
Sheeran and meeting Emmanuel Macron!
Her inspiration and also her conduit to
feeling connected to her roots (apart from
polishing off a bowl of Kerala fish curry) is
her great grandmother’s legacy as a women’s
rights advocate. Her message to others from
the Insta-generation? “Don’t be afraid to
be disruptive. We have the best tool at our
disposal—social media. Why not use it to see
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the change we want?”—Akanksha Kamath
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NAHEMA MEHTA,
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER,
ABSOLUT ART, NEW YORK
“My career path is more of a jungle
gym than a ladder,” explains Geneva-
born, New York-based Nahema
Mehta. She’s referring to her stints on
Wall Street, Sotheby’s and even the
Supreme Court of the US. In her free
time Mehta also managed to launch
Art Remba, a “Net-a-Porter for the
art world.” This venture caught the
attention of vodka giant Absolut, who
bought her out and led her to co-
found Absolut Art, a globally curated
artist-to-consumer e-commerce site.
“I wanted to address the art-buying
gap between posters and Picassos,”
explains Mehta. Her work takes
her around the world, from Hong
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Kong to Sweden and everything in
between—a familiar feeling from her
childhood years, when she shuttled
between Belgium and Kenya. For her
travels she swears by Maria Cornejo
wrinkle-proof jumpsuits that look
good enough for a meeting after
a long-haul flight. She alsowww.t.me/njm_magz
packs
Brunello Cucinelli separates, Prada
metallic brogues and Anamika
Khanna for post-8pm events.
—Rishna Shah
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GANESH, VISUAL
ARTIST, NEW YORK
The year 2018 saw Ganesh
work on two large-scale
projects. The Scorpion
Gesture, a suite of
animations commissioned by
the Rubin Museum of Art in
New York, was transformed
into an immersive installation
for the 2018 Kochi-Muziris
Biennale. The second,
a multi-part print project
inspired by Sultana’s Dream, a
feminist utopian text written
in 1905, culminated in a solo
exhibition, Chitra Ganesh:
Her Garden, A Mirror. “I draw
inspiration from a variety
of visual languages, from
Surrealism and Expressionism
to Islamic architecture,
comics and sci-fi,” she says.
—Sheree Gomes Gupta
DEVINA SETH
DIRECTOR, MEDIA OPERATIONS AT
GROUP, CO-OWNER OF GUNPO
RESTAURANTS, LONDON
“The closest thing to home for me is food and fi
Devina Seth, who opened her second restaura
husband Harneet Baweja in London this Augu
first Gunpowder we started was in Spitalfields, w
upcycled an old ‘curry house’ and opened shop i
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Beyond moonlighting as a consultant at her hus
restaurant, Seth is a publishing marketing magne
spent six years at Vice, where she witnessed the tea
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TYTLER
THE BIG COVER-UP
From top to toe, leopard
gets a modest makeover.
Sequinned dress, blazer
(worn as headdress);
both Siddartha Tytler.
Earrings, Isharya. Shoes,
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The update on utilitarian dressing? The athletic jumper secured with straps and hold-all pockets.
Jersey jumper with pocket patches, jersey blazer, trackpants; all Nought One
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beige. This season, the
shade comes supersized
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GUPTA.
PAPER PLANES
Origami edges and
embellishments—
couture gets crafty.
Dress, Gaurav Gupta.
Earrings, Swarovski.
Chokers; both En Inde.
Sneakers, Clarks
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The directive on drapes? Grecian with a hint of glimmer.
Draped dress, clutch bag; both Tarun Tahiliani.
Earrings, Olivia Dar
When paired with a cape, polka dots acquire new powers. Think
more strong than sweet, more Marvel than Minnie Mouse.
Organza dress, polka dot dress, organza cape; all Love Birds.
Earrings, Swarovski. ‘Saddle’ leather bag, Dior. Studded boots,
Steve Madden
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MAKE THE SWITCH
The kimono of now swaps peonies for
graphic stripes.
Dress, belt; both AM.IT by Amit
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When skilfully sculpted, florals and lilac lean from picnic Don’t hit snooze on boudoir basics just yet. Silky slips and
to power lunch. Dress, structured top, bustier (worn as stripes are always bedfellows. Slip dress, La Perla. Printed
belt); all Rimzim Dadu. Choker, Metallurgy. Layered cotton shirt, dress; both Rahul Mishra. Charm necklaces; all
necklace, Ritika Sachdeva Swarovski. Boots, Charles & Keith
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WESTSIDE
STORY
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cool with a smattering of
sequins and logos. Printed
shirt, sequinned crop top,
trench coat, sequinned hat,
jeans; all Dhruv Kapoor.
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Repair Hair
Booster, 4,150

Dior Capture
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products will adapt to Temporary Color Gel, 2,500

your skin’s needs.”

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Consider it the new frontier of cus-
tomisable skincare, says dermatolo-
gist Dr Ellen Marmur: “Products so
personalised that they change with
you.” That means pretty soon you
might be able to “apply a sunscreen
that adjusts to protect you more when www.t.me/njm_magz
you’re exposed to more UV light,” she says. For
now, though, concentrated add-ons like hydrating
“You’ll be able to change
treatment drops and antioxidant-rich boosters (like your hair colour instantly,
the Dior Capture Youth Glow Booster) can en- with zero damage.”
hance your routine when mixed with your favourite
moisturiser or leave-in hair conditioner. Until now, switching up your hair colour on the
regular wasn’t a great idea (see: broken ends,
“You’ll want to slather your
entire body with bacteria.”
It’s Skincare 101: Wash your face until every speck of dirt,
oil and make-up is stripped away. But now there’s evidence
that doing so, along with overzealous exfoliation, could be
messing up our skin’s microbiome (aka the protective layer
of good bacteria). That knowledge has led more and more
incorporate healing pre- and probiotics in everything from
face masks (like Elizabeth Arden’s Superstart Probiotic Mask or Em-
inence’s Clear Skin Probiotic range) and scalp serums to daily supple-
ments in an effort to restore balance, strengthen barrier function and
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to be able to do away with the endless hours of
processing and bleaching, says Chris Appleton,
Kim Kardashian West’s hairstylist. Colour tech-
nology is already headed that way, with natural
dyes using clean, low-odour colour and hair-silk-
ening proteins to coat hair (like Christophe
Robin’s new colour gel, LQIXVHG ZLWK LQXOD ÁRZHU
to brighten colour and oat extract to make hair
crazy shiny, or The Face Shop Stylist Easy &
Quick Hair Color Treatment infused with shea
butter and macadamia seed oil). In between dye
jobs, a new crop of souped-up hair serums, like
Color Wow Kale Tonic or Olaplex Hair Perfec-
tor No 3, help strengthen strands at home. >
Eminence Clear
Skin Probiotic
Masque, 3,900
Algenist Alive Prebiotic
Balancing Mask, 2,700
Elizabeth Arden
Superstart Probiotic
Mask, 4,800
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Current Device,
35,300, and
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Smooth, glowy skin without ever having to apply a single serum or

moisturiser? That’s coming, according to dermatologist Dr Dennis
Gross, who believes that pro-strength light-therapy (LED) and mi- Dr Dennis Gross
crocurrent devices (like the ZIIP wrinkle smoother or Foreo’s UFO SpectraLite
FaceWare Pro
Smart Mask Treatment) will do the work of—or at least cut down on LED Mask,
the use of—traditional topicals in the not-so-far future. “We’re already 31,000
starting to move away from thinking that you need to apply something,
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on their make-up.”
Sounds like something straight out of The Jetsons, but coders are currently
developing a platform that lets you “scan an image of your BFF or favourite
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6 “You’ll be able to 3D-print
completely customised
make-up.”
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says make-up artist and founder of Beauty is Boring, Robin www.t.me/njm_magz
Black.
Three-dimensional make-up software is already out there. Admit-
tedly it wasn’t great when it hit the scene a few years ago (limited
“Antipollution creams will
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even one that 3D-prints a custom lipstick in a press-on mold that’s
the exact shape of your lips so you get the most precise application
ever,” Black explains. What her crystal ball sees ahead? “We’ll be
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be as necessary as SPF.”
Skin’s public-enemy number one has long been the sun;
now free-radical-causing dust, ozone and air pollution is a
growing concern, says Jessica Alba’s facialist Shani Darden.
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and discovering innovative antioxidants like apricot extract
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age. Another line of defense, says Darden, is using cutting-
to deal with grey edge versions of retinol (found in her Texture Reform Se-
rum or Skinceuticals Retinol Cream 1.0, which as of now
hair again.” “is the best and most important ingredient to use other
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peptide that stimulates the production of melanin in
your hair follicles, which means the next time your
strands grow out, they’ll be your OG natural colour.
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day on your roots for three months, but that’s a small
price to pay for no more greys, don’t cha think?

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WELLNESS

healing
waters
Beauty has long been
pursued in bodies of
water, with many skin-
transforming therapies
drawn from their
soothing springs. Let us
immerse you in these
aquatic sources.
By COTTON CODINHA
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ISRAEL

dead sea There is romance in seeking refuge in the Dead Sea—this is, after all, where Cleopatra
came to bathe in its mystical powers (or so the legend goes). The Dead Sea is the lowest
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surface by the water’s incredibly high salinity. (The Dead Sea has 10 times more salt
than an ocean, and technically it’s not even a sea—it’s a lake.) On its shores, visitors
cake themselves in mud with antibacterial properties. This has made the Dead Sea a
place of pilgrimage for those with skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema and acne.
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 beitou
The “hot tears of the earth” are in Taiwan—a poetic description
of the island’s landscape, which is peppered with 130 hot springs.
There’s a rich culture of soaking in these springs and bathhous-
es—a tradition imported from Japan, which ruled Taiwan in the

TAIWAN
early 1900s (more on Japan’s reverence for bathing coming up).
Locals and tourists seek the sulphuric waters that are said to be
so good for skin that they can heal acne and psoriasis. The Bei-
tou region, just north of the capital city, Taipei, is home to some
of the most jaw-dropping hot springs. Their rich teal waters
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pools. The nearby Hot Spring Museum, dedicated to the Tai-
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vichy
Digestive problems. Liver ailments. Skin
conditions. Migraines. Rheumatism.
There are almost as many uses for and
mythologies surrounding Vichy’s bubbling
spring water as there are actual springs in
the area. And there are many mineral
springs in the area—approximately 200.
You can pick your ideal setting, from spas
www.t.me/njm_magz to forests, to drink and swim in the alka-
line, naturally sparkling water—which is
like dipping your body into a vat of Perri-
er. It’s a pastime that’s steeped in history:
Around 50 BC, the Romans dunked them-
selves in Vichy’s springs; even Julius Cae-
sar made the trip (and he had to go by
horse). Aristocrats from across Europe fol-
lowed in his footsteps for centuries. The
pilgrimage to Vichy is still alive and well,
but those seeking a remedy for serious
medical conditions are operating largely
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baden-baden
“After 10 minutes, you forget time,” wrote Mark Twain of swimming in Baden-Baden,
a historic village in Germany nestled between the Black Forest and the Rhine Valley.
Baden-Baden is famous for being a spa town; that is to say, it was built around thermal
pools (“baden” means to bathe in German), with beer gardens and one very famous
opera house added later. The town’s 12 hot springs produce silica- and sodium-rich
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water that’s been piped into bathhouses since AD 211; there are still ruins of those
ancient Roman baths on display. Today, the oldest and most palatial bathhouse is the
Friedrichsbad, where you can swim like royalty—Queen Victoria came for its opulent
pools, which are surrounded by truly massive marble columns and frescoed walls. The
waters were said to cure heart disease and respiratory problems and to have protected
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ICELAND

blue lagoon
If you were an Icelandic Viking around AD 90, with
weary muscles and no Wi-Fi access, you would never
have heard of the Blue Lagoon, the man-made pool
constructed almost 2,000 years later. (You would have
treated your battle wounds in one of many smaller geo-
thermal pools across Iceland.) But if you’re a millen-
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quoise waters are 100°Fahrenheit and perpetually
steaming. The effect is so dramatic, it looks like it’s
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the Blue Lagoon a massive business. It’s got swim-up
bars, its own spa with in-water massages on the menu,
and complimentary face-mask stations where you can
scoop a handful of silica-rich mud. Silica, also in the
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There’s no real substitute for the rush of

skinny-dipping in a hot spring, or the

JAPAN
blissed-out zen of slipping into an onsen
along a babbling brook. But you can
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some of the world’s greatest waters at
home. All you need is a tub and a
handful of the right bath salts.

GET INSPIRED BY ONSEN:
Sulphur bath salts are antimicrobial and
anti-inflammatory, so they can calm acne and
rosacea, says Joshua Zeichner, a dermatologist
in New York City. You may want to dunk your
head in, too—sulphur is also good for dandruff,
he says.
COPY THE DEAD SEA:
Magnesium chloride salt mimics the skin-
soothing mineral content of the world’s most
famous saline lake, making it useful in treating
psoriasis, says Zeichner.
CREATE A (MINI) BLUE LAGOON:
Silica bath salts can help clear up acne. “Be
cautious if you have sensitive skin, though,
because silica can dry out your skin,” says
Zeichner. Apply a light moisturiser as soon as
you step out of the water.
Japan is the birthplace of one of the world’s oldest and most med-
itative bathing rituals: the tradition of soaking in onsen. The
word is Japanese for hot springs, but “onsen” can also mean man-
made bathhouses and open-air tubs. There are thousands of on-
sen in some of the most idyllic parts of Japan because taking in
nature is often part of the ritual. Onsen are situated along rivers
and oceans and nestled on mountaintops with sweeping vistas.
Generations have bathed in their mineral-rich, sulphuric waters
until they’ve reached the state of yudedako, or boiled octopus.
Because of Japan’s tectonic-plate placement and volcanic activity,
most onsen are hotter than the average Jacuzzi—they typically
hover around a toasty 108°Fahrenheit. Ritual dictates that you
soap up before you enter and—this part is nonnegotiable—strip
down. There are onsen in Tokyo (some of the most contemporary
baths double as art installations) and in the countryside. In the
town of Kinosaki, you can spend a day walking from onsen to
onsen—like barhopping but far more enlightening. A visit to an
onsen is said to treat acne and asthma, ease tight muscles and
soothe irritated skin. But more than that, submerging yourself in
an onsen is a way to commune with the past as you ground your-
self in the present. Q

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BREASTS The chance to reclaim perkier

boobs—especially when they’re
lost due to gravity, breastfeeding
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Breast augmentations remain the
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the body to reformulate more collagen.
This results in the breasts looking
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duce, but for a person who is healthy otherwise, it promises
to reduce 25 per cent of fat in a treatment time of 25 min-
utes per session. It does feel extremely warm on the skin, so
it’s not ideal if you’re squeamish.

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Our recommendations for the best
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The Ageless Clinic

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Skinfiniti Aesthetic and Laser Clinic
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Skin Alive Clinic (Skinalive.in)
ISYA Aesthetics (Isyaderm.com)
Aayna Clinic (Aaynaclinic.com)
Kosmoderma Skin and Hair Clinic
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Asmita Marwa at the Etihad Airways display Sushant Akkineni Kshitij Saxena & Sunil Pai
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WHERE: Park Hyatt, Vijay Marur
Hyderabad
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of Nizams gathered for
GQ Gentlemen’s Club, in
association with Chivas,
Audi, Etihad Airways
Thomas Abraham
and Canali. The event
took place at Rika, the
Park Hyatt’s celebrated
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GQ's Akshay Chowdhary

& Prasad Vanga

Lakshmi Manchu

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the cleanest air and fall in love with huskies as
you revel in the happiest country in the world.
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earthly utopia, finds SHAHNAZ SIGANPORIA
It’s minus 29 degrees and the ski lift north of the Arctic Circle, on top of a
stops at the top of a peak. The biting ski-peak in Levi, Finland’s largest ski
cold hits your face as a powerful gust of resort, nestled within Lapland.
wind almost knocks your feet off the
ground. But the body is an amazing CHASING THE DRAGON
thing when faced with the slightest of An old bard once described the north-
extremities; unknown instincts kick in, ern lights as “night’s swift dragons” in
even as your boots dig into snow, a play about mischievous fairies and
balancing your form into a half-lean so unrelenting lovers. The aurora borea-
\RXUH\HVFDQWDNHLQWKHPDJQLÀFHQFH lis is simple science, and yet the streaks
that lies ahead. Undulating slopes are of green and pink and purple and gold
speckled with skiers zipping alongside have made it to every travel nut’s
conifer-lined inclines, and slowly the bucket list, cluttering Instagram feeds
white vastness that lies beyond the all around and becoming the stuff
higher hills and expansive ridges comes of myth and legend. And yet, this over-
Ruisleipä (Finnish into your line of sight, only broken by exposed phenomenon, unlike most
rye bread) and the purest of blue skies with a moon- over-hyped travel experiences (here’s
lingonberry are like sun dancing above the glittering looking at you, Stonehenge), is totally
breakfast staples
snow. I’m standing a little over 170km worth the chase. >

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 Besides skiing, take your
pick from winter sports like
snowmobiling and snowshoeing

Levi is one
of the largest
ski resorts in
the Finnish
Lapland

Carry a handful of
lichens to enjoy the
ultimate reindeer sa
fari

The chase is part of the experience—
a ‘will we, won’t we’ always hangs in
the air. And the anticipation keeps
building—as you pile into the van and
drive out to a desolate highway, wait-
ing by the side of a cold road. And just
when you think all hope is gone, tiny
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over an hour or more build into a gauzy
veil to showcase one of the most spec-
tacular sights I’ve ever seen. Our little
convoy of travel writers were lucky—
most people take multiple trips before
they catch the lights. But the big draw
of visiting Levi during the aurora
borealis season (September-March) is
that chances are you will see the
lights—Lapland is said to experience
an average of 200 nights of lights.
BEYOND THE LIGHTS
But Levi is more than the northern
lights; it’s also the city with the cleanest
air in the inhabited world. Travelling
from Delhi (one of the most polluted cit-
ies in the world), I can vouch that
there’s no greater luxury than spending
a week breathing real, unadulterated
air. But besides breathing in this gor-
geous winter wonderland, there’s also
skiing, snowboarding snowmobiling,
snowshoeing and any other activity pre-
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ance-challenged on the slopes (an hour
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STAY: Levin Iglut-Golden Crown offers
the room with the perfect view—their glass
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curled up in bed. Leviniglut.net
PACK: Fleece and thermals will be your
new black. Snow boots are essential, as are
sunglasses. Don’t forget your bikini for the
sauna—a rite of passage in Finland.
EAT: Salmon soup and reindeer
stew are local delicacies.
frozen lakes with the added bonus of
getting slobbered all over and howled
at if you stop with the petting. On a
reindeer safari, you’ll realise that if
you want to get on this curious crea-
ture’s good side all you need is a hand-
ful of lichens—it’s their opium. For the
Peter Pan in you, visit Elves Hideaway
Village, where you can hike through a
magical forest, bake cookies in a Gin-
Husky-
sledding is
a popular
sport in Levi
pish food made with locally sourced
ingredients—this wood-lined cabin
even features a sculpted ice chapel.
Little gems of experiences speckle
this ski town. On a trek in this postcard-
perfect town, you may stumble upon
the dreamily perched Café Panorama
Laavu, where travellers and locals hud-
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roasted marshmallows and sausages. If
hygge had you adopting a Scandinavian
lifestyle, you may want to look up ‘sisu’,
one of those has-to-be-lived-to-under-
stand culturally-VSHFLÀF)LQQLVKZRUGV
that roughly translates to an almost in-
stinctual tenacious power to keep at it.
And in this vast, almost barren
yet beautiful snowscape lies a little
window into sharing the Finnish je ne
sais quoi—a celebration of conscious-
ness, of self and surrounding. It is, af-

of skiing had me more on my back than
my feet!), pick one of the 27 ski lifts
around and head to the top of the hill—
the view alone is worth the visit.
There are also husky rides across
gerbread house and feast on an Elvish
spread (Lappish potatoes, creamed
morels and blueberry pies). For a more
grown-up experience, head to Jängällä
restaurant, which offers modern Lap-
ter all, the land of the northern lights,
the midnight sun and the polar night.
Natural phenomena is the way of life
here, be it in winter or summer. Q
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08527520990, Bengaluru 080-41490469 (www.adidas.co.in) Ajio:
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Promenade, Delhi 011-32087088, Bengaluru 080-67266334) Alexander
McQueen: Le Mill, Mumbai 022-22041925, Kitsch, Mumbai 022-
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(www.zoya.in)
BEAUTY
Algenist: (www.algenist.com) Bath & Body Works: Palladium, Mumbai
022-40045180 Benefit: Sephora, Palladium, Mumbai 022-40045180,
Sephora, Select Citywalk, Delhi 011-41349797, Sephora, Bengaluru
080-22682299 Christian Louboutin: (www.christianlouboutin.com)
Christophe Robin: (www.christophe-robin.com) Clarins:
Shoppers Stop, Mumbai, 022-30724098, Delhi 011-32648469,
Bengaluru 080-43401300 Dior: Palladium, Mumbai
9654033869, Shoppers Stop, Mumbai 022-42492100, Delhi
011-46098300, Bengaluru 080-43401300 Dr Dennis Gross:
(www.drdennisgross.com) Dyson: (www.dyson.in) Elizabeth
Arden: Shoppers Stop, Mumbai 022-42492100, Delhi
011-40870400, Bengaluru 080-43401300 Ellement Co:
(www.ellementco.com) Eminence: (eminenceorganics.
com) Foreo: Sephora, Palladium, Mumbai 022-
40045180, Sephora, Select Citywalk, Delhi
011-41349797 Glamglow: Sephora, Palladium,
Mumbai 022-40045180, Select Citywalk, Delhi
011-41349797 Guerlain: Shoppers Stop, Mumbai
022-42492100, Delhi 011-40870400 Innisfree:
Phoenix Market City, Mumbai 022-61801446,
Delhi 011-24621024 Kiehl’s: Palladium, Mumbai
022-66712837, Ambience, Delhi 011-40870067
L’Oréal Paris: Shoppers Stop, Mumbai 022-40746000,
Lifestyle, Delhi 011-46098300, Bengaluru 080-41796565
L’Occitane: Phoenix Market City, Mumbai 022-61801212,
Select Citywalk, Delhi 011-41096368, Shoppers Stop,
Bengaluru 080-40485500 Moroccanoil: (www.nykaa.com)
Neutrogena: (www.nykaa.com) Nykaa: (www.nykaa.com)
Olaplex: (www.nykaa.com) OPI: (www.nykaa.com) Oribe:
(www.oribe.com) Ouai: Sephora, Palladium, Mumbai 022-
40045180, Sephora, Select Citywalk, Delhi 011-41349797,
Sephora, Bengaluru 080-22682299 Phyto: (www.phyto.com)
Yves Saint Laurent: Lifestyle, Mumbai 022-56669200, Shoppers Stop,
Delhi 011-26258866, Bengaluru 0805661200 ZIIP: (www.ziipbeauty.com)
Zoya: (www.zoya.com)
LIVING
Aadvik Foods: (www.aadvikfoods.com) Altreforme: (www.altreforme.
com) Gunjan Gupta: (www.gunjangupta.in) Jack Daniel’s: (www.
jackdanielsbbqsauces.com) San-J: (www.san-j.com) S’well: (www.
swellbottle.com) Thomas Goode & Co: (www.thomasgoode.com) Urban
Platter: (www.urbanplatter.in) Weber Grills: (www.weber.com) Q
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