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Your home is a sanctuary. Treat it as one. Build it into one. Even if you aren’t a committed decor enthusiast (yet), one can be sure that the occasional ads and glossy magazines with immaculately designed interior settings have surely made you dream of residing in a space straight out of a movie. And if getting started on your decor journey seems a tad bit daunting, put your worries aside as we list our top picks of Indian brands carving a niche in the furnishing space. Nicobar   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Nicobar (@nicojournal) With core values like mindfulness and conscious utility, contemporary brand Nicobar’s home repertoire is no less than their sartorial offerings. Timeless and poetic, each piece weaves in a tale through compelling storytelling and manages to entice even the most discerning of the lot. Ritu Kumar Home   View this post on Instagram   A post shar...

Remember the chokehold Hailey Bieber’s glazed donut nails had on all of us last year? Created by celebrity nail artist, Zola Ganzorigt, these nails were all about elegance with the right hint of glam. For this who don’t know, Hailey’s nails featured a subtle chrome finish on a soft-pink manicure. Another nail trend that was all over our feeds, Aura nails are designed to mimic the colour of your aura (energy). These nails involve blending two colours with a halo-like effect to bring out a gradient look. Now, imagine mixing two of these trends to achieve Glazed Aura Nails. Fix an appointment with your nail tech because we’re giving you the perfect mood board to ace the glazed aura nail trend! The Classic One A design you can never go wrong with, baby pink nails with a dash of white. Versatile enough to suit every outfit you wear, this design uses white chrome dust to create an elegant effect. Barbiecore All The Way   View this post on Instagram ...

Milan, London, Paris you name it – streets were crammed and show venues packed, in the last 2 weeks courtesy the spring summer 2024 edition of the men’s fashion week. Biggies like Prada, Dior and Louis Vuitton made their mark known through their meticulously designed collections whereas the star studded front rows were particularly talked about, because let’s face it, celeb power has always crunched in the numbers with placid ease. Be it Homme Plissé by Issey Miyake’s live dressing on the runway or Pharrell’s debut bout for LV, here’s a look at what went down at the recently concluded men’s fashion week. Pharrell’s Debut For LV   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Louis Vuitton (@louisvuitton) Pharrell’s much-anticipated debut for Louis Vuitton at the men’s fashion week was an amalgamation of music, fashion and art culminated into a standalone event watched across the world. With a live choir and rapper Jay Z performing po...

When I was asked to pen this piece for sapphic women, I realised that women, in general, have been underrepresented in most regions for generations. Women have been perceived only as a means to fulfil the needs of the family and to give birth to children, never given a chance to achieve their full potential. And without any doubt, men have always had the privilege to express themselves, be it personally as the head of the house or professionally. Even in our queer community, men hold this unacclaimed hierarchy because media representation or queer awareness is always around the gays. About Androgyny Sapphic women, on the other hand, are considered to be outrageous, bold, and fictional. And if they are independent, they are seen as a threat to their cultural upbringing and society. Even today, after the decriminalisation of Sec. 377 , people are aware of the gay community but hardly know about the struggles of lesbian women. Usually, a sapphic woman whose gender expression is masculi...

Even if you feel like you don’t need it, you need lube in your life. I made the mistake of foregoing its use when I initially began engaging in sexual activities, and boy, do I regret it now! Let’s be real, how many times have we been in an unexpected sexual situation where saliva hasn’t been enough to smoothen things over? One too many. Most of us tend to rely on saliva as lube, and it’s high time we stop doing that. Not only does saliva make you prone to sexually transmitted diseases and vaginal infections, but it also isn’t the best option for a lube since it tends to dry up quicker compared to usual lubes. Including lube in your sex life can result in a much better experience in the sense that it guarantees you no friction at all—whether you’re engaging in oral sex, penetrative sex or even anal sex. For instance, one can experience vaginal dryness owing to several reasons, lube comes in handy then. When it comes to anal activities, lube is your messiah since the anus doesn’t self...

Although India is the birthplace of the Kama Sutra, conversations on sex still happen behind closed doors. Albeit there is little progress, we still have a long way to go. Thanks to OTT platforms , there are certain series and films that tackle these taboos in a humorous yet impactful manner to get the message across to a large audience. From the viewpoint of the Indian woman, ranging from strained marriages to compatibility hiccups, Lust Stories (2018) was one such anthology that explored love, sex and relationships in modern India through four short films. Kiara Advani and Neha Dhupia’s masturbation scene in the short film produced by Karan Johar became the highlight back then as it opened the conversation on the importance of female pleasure and the existing pleasure gap–a topic that needed that amplification.   And now, 2023 blesses us with Lust Stories 2 with another set of 4 short films–by filmmakers R Balki, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sujoy Ghosh, and Amit Sharma–and we’re looking...