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How Curry Barker’s Obsession finds its real victim in the girl trapped inside a lonely boy’s wish

How Curry Barker’s Obsession finds its real victim in the girl trapped inside a lonely boy’s wish

Curry Barker’s Obsession is not frightening merely because of its supernatural curse, but because it turns a lonely boy’s wish to be loved into a horror story about consent, control and the woman left to suffer for his desire

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Sony WH-1000XM6 review: The headphones for people who sometimes need the world on mute

Sony WH-1000XM6 review: The headphones for people who sometimes need the world on mute

Sony’s latest flagship noise-cancelling headphones are expensive, but they give you the power to make daily chaos optional

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The Ocean In My Heart: Selected Poems by Rashmi Raghunath

The Ocean In My Heart: Selected Poems by Rashmi Raghunath

These poems trace a journey from the terror of mortality to the difficult, dazzling work of becoming alive again. They move through the fragile body, the shock of surgery, rebellion against old certainties, the seduction of freedom, the hunger for beauty, the ache of desire, and the slow confrontation with death and meaning.

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How Batt Koch, the indie film on plight of Pandits, is an antidote to The Kashmir Files

How Batt Koch, the indie film on plight of Pandits, is an antidote to The Kashmir Files

Ankit Wali and Siddarth Koul’s Kashmiri-language debut feature looks at exile through memory, humour, grief and one old man’s aching wish to see Kashmir once again

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Chef Davinder Kumar on bringing a taste of Portugal’s Baixo Alentejo to the Indian table

Chef Davinder Kumar on bringing a taste of Portugal’s Baixo Alentejo to the Indian table

Chef Davinder Kumar’s tasting series introduces Portugal’s Coração Do Vale extra virgin olive oil to India through a refined menu of crostini, olive focaccia, charred sweet potato chaat, pan-seared sole, biryani and desserts,

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Zynaty Living’s first flagship experience centre brings bespoke interiors, craftsmanship and luxury under one roof

Zynaty Living’s first flagship experience centre brings bespoke interiors, craftsmanship and luxury under one roof

Founder Divya Singh on how Zynaty Living’s Chattarpur flagship experiential centre brings bespoke interiors, elegant kitchens, wardrobes, carpets, art and décor together in a warm, beautifully designed space made for contemporary Indian homes

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Why House of Quadri wants diamonds out of lockers and into everyday life

Why House of Quadri wants diamonds out of lockers and into everyday life

House of Quadri founder Vaibhav Karnavat on building an ethical luxury brand, changing how India wears diamonds, and why jewellery should be lived-in rather than saved for occasions

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How walls, ceilings, and floors transform under thoughtful illumination

How walls, ceilings, and floors transform under thoughtful illumination

Light does not simply reveal a space, it composes it. When used thoughtfully, illumination becomes the quiet architect that shapes how we experience walls, ceilings, and floors

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Priyanka Sharma, founder-director of V6 Clinics, on the new grammar of skin health

Priyanka Sharma, founder-director of V6 Clinics, on the new grammar of skin health

As aesthetic medicine moves from quick fixes to cellular longevity, Dr. Priyanka Sharma’s science-led, patient-first philosophy is quietly redefining dermatology, where technology supports, not alters, and beauty emerges as a byproduct of balance

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Friend: A short stoy by Ismat Chughtai, translated by C. Christine Fair

Friend: A short stoy by Ismat Chughtai, translated by C. Christine Fair

Ismat Chughtai’s short story traces how a husband’s emotional absence slowly transfers the substance of marriage — care, responsibility, intimacy — to his childhood friend, until the “outsider” becomes the true axis of the household. When society finally names this bond as scandal, the shock lies in the unsettling truth that function, not legality, defines who truly belongs.

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Inside South Delhi’s new experiential showhouse where 40 Indian décor brands are presented as a lived-in home

Inside South Delhi’s new experiential showhouse where 40 Indian décor brands are presented as a lived-in home

Inside South Delhi’s new experiential showhouse where 40 Indian décor brands are presented as a lived-in home

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Astoria Living: Curating a calmer, more refined way of living with aesthetic furniture

Astoria Living: Curating a calmer, more refined way of living with aesthetic furniture

Thoughtfully curated furniture and lifestyle pieces that turn everyday living into a refined, enduring aesthetic

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