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Anti-ageing is the new medicine

Sunalini Mathew Many years ago, a friend stood on a machine in a hospital and came off it so deliriously happy we had to ignore her for the rest of the day. She said

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What the doctor ordered

Lavanya Narayanan ENT surgeon and stand-up comedian Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi enters novel territory with his upcoming show, Starting Troubles

Woman applying powdered makeup to her face with a brush

Find your foundation

Shrutilaya Ramanathan Five holy grail products that work for different skin types, tones and budgets

“Value and affordability are intrinsic to my foray into the beauty business. Women who cannot afford my clothes can still buy something from my stable,” says Sabyasachi Mukherjee, on his L’Oreal collaboration

Lipstick with my Sabya

T Krithika Reddy From palette to packaging, Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s debut make-up collaboration with L’Oreal is all about the classics

A non-athlete tries her hand at a 10K marathon

Pankaja Srinivasan What happens when a non-athlete takes courage in her hands and runs a 10K with it

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Fitness

The air we breathe How to exercise outdoors, when the smog’s a killer

Sunalini Mathew We’re in the zone yet again: As Delhi’s air pollution levels hover between ‘unhealthy’ and ‘very unhealthy’, a group of physicians at the Heart Care Foundation of India have asked for the cancellation of the city’s always awaited Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, to be held on October 21. “Not running is not the solution,” says Dr Sangeeta Saikia, co-founder of Delhi Runners Group (DRG) that mobilises everyone from beginners to the seasoned sportsperson, to get moving in a country that sorely needs

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Food

From the by-lanes of Kolkata

Joanna Lobo A Durga Puja menu offers iconic eats from India’s favourite food destination

Banana flour acts as a prebiotic and has high starch and fibre levels

Food

The values of green ‘nendram podi’

Shanthini Rajkumar Green nendram podi has been under our noses all this while, but it took the gluten-free movement to get us to notice its value

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Launched during the London Design Festival late last month, Tiipoi’s Siment collection captures examples from India's brutalist architectural history. It comprises three small plant pots shaped like the country's water towers, and two vases that echo the forms of its metro flyovers. The design studio — which is based in London and Bengaluru — captured the designs in a photographic study in preparation for the collection. From ₹6,600 to ₹7,500, on tiipoi.com.

Celebrating Brutalist architecture

“Go dapper, and a little eccentric, to make an impact,” says Osman Abdul Razak, of bespoke men’s store OAR. Tweeds and velvets may not work on our roads, but colour certainly will. Think purple or teal (channel actor Ranveer Singh!), or crisp Ralph Lauren Madras check shirts with suspenders.

Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride: Calling all dapper riders

Jacket: This cropped jacket, embroidered with cranes and bamboos, can be teamed with western or Indian outfits

Ashdeen Lilaowala’s gara favourites

Auroville and its sustainable wood crafts industry

Fashion

Making oriental global: A model wearing an outfit of the designer

Find your foundation

Shrutilaya Ramanathan

Five holy grail products that work for different skin types, tones and budgets

Lipstick with my Sabya

T Krithika Reddy

From palette to packaging, Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s debut make-up collaboration with L’Oreal is all about the classics

Atsushi Nakashima is driven by instinct

Madhur Tankha

As Japanese designer Atsushi Nakashima makes his debut at the ongoing India Fashion Week, he tells us how he blends Japanese craft with European sensibilities

Fashion