Harper's Bazaar India

1. Sonam K Ahuja is a National Award-winning actor. She’s also one of the most stylish celebrities in India. In this issue, she interviews our cover star Sharon Stone for the first time in ‘Leading Light’. “It was incredibly inspiring to speak to Sha

Hanut Singh tells the stories behind his designs without a single word. They’re clear the moment I step into his home—his sanctuary—on a winter afternoon. In a sunbathed conservatory, we sit by a wall with hand-painted botanical motifs inspired by an

I’VE BEEN working in fashion for more than 15 years, and along the way I’ve collected my shiny prizes. But having lots of pretty things has never helped me get dressed. At one point I had close to 250 dresses in my closet, layered three to a hanger a

It’s a cool Bombay morning. The house is bustling with the sort of energy that houses with toddlers bustle with at the start of the day. I’m three years old and engaged in my usual morning shenanigans. Picking things up. Putting them down in inconven

SOFT, BROWN, WRINKLE UPON WRINKLE. Two stacked gold rings on the long fingers that massaged coconut oil into my hair, peeled ripe oranges under the afternoon sun, chopped up pistachio garnish for the saffron yellow phirni; knitted; sewed; crocheted;

Bazaar speaks to Celia Gratiot, a Parisian skin expert from Biologique Recherche, about flawless beauty at every age. What’s your secret to maintaining flawless skin without makeup? I believe in slow beauty. You have to take care of yourself on a dai

AMNESTY’S EPIGRAPH BORROWS FROM AN INSCRIPTION ON AN ARCH IN CHINATOWN, SYDNEY. IT READS: “Within the four seas all men are brothers”. Irony eclipses idealism—in today’s world, this is a widely incongruous thought. The year 2020 began with Brexit fin

NALINI IS A FAMILY PORTRAIT. A new series of photographs by artist Arpita Shah, it looks to capture the memories of her maternal ancestors. “I have focused predominantly on my mother and grandmother, and want to explore the intimacy, distance, and lo

They are a careful amalgamation of thought, strategy, and planning. And sometimes, they are not. Every March, we write a mission statement for the year. The milestone of our anniversary offers a chance to reflect and review. In a perfect world, there

The hotel designer Bill Bensleys latest project features 16 tents—each kitted out with carved teak furniture, antique curios, and colourful textiles—set in a 400-acre reserve in Southern Cambodia that, thanks to his efforts, has been saved from poach

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DEPUTY EDITOR ESHA MAHAJAN FASHION FEATURES EDITOR BUTOOL JAMAL ACCESSORIES EDITOR SITARA MULCHANDANI BEAUTY EDITOR KELSEY KISSANE ASSISTANT EDITOR RADHIKA BHALLA ASSISTANT BEAUTY EDITOR PRABLEEN GUJRAL FEATURES WRITER SWAREENA GURUNG FASHION EDITOR

I was seven when I first encountered the word ‘beauty’. I was in the playground and my mother was talking to a friend. I couldn’t quite hear exactly what they were saying, and neither was I trying to, but a phrase carried by the wind caught my ear. “

(@handdryers) “I felt like choosing a subject that is at once instantly recognisable and forgettable. Something everyone knows, but no one remembers. I’m always being told that people are now looking for them; they send them to me, which I love becau

MY SISTER AND I BOTH CARRY AROUND the same photograph of our parents. Hers is in colour; mine is black and white. My father and mother are sitting on a bench with the Taj Mahal behind them. It is the early 1970s. My mother is in a sari and my father