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Wish Fulfillment Mira Nair threw her heart and soul — and her sari, she jokes — into A Suitable Boy, the beloved (but massive) Indian novel she’d always dreamed of directing. Margy Rochlin War and Peace, Bleak House) to adapt A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth's novel about post-independence India, as a limited series, she immediately knew who would be perfect to direct it. She would. "I thought to myself, 'I just want to throw my sari into the ring,'" jokes the India-born, New York–based Nair. "'This will not be made without me.'" Not content to rest on her Oscar nomination for

Lift weights like Chanu: It’s good for you Melvin Durai Mirabai Chanu is being celebrated all over India and deservedly so. She didn’t just lift 202kg at the Tokyo Olympics, she also lifted everyone’s spirits. I was excited about Chanu’s silver medal for two reasons. First, by winning a medal on the first day of the competition, she allowed us to breathe a collective sigh of relief. She allowed us to change the dominant question in our heads from “When will we win our first medal?” to “How many medals will we win?” Second, by winning a medal in weightlifting, she will hopefull...

5 Power Dressing Looks For Tough Nut Womenpreneurs by Kalwyna Rathod | June 28, 2021, 18:46 IST Feel at your powerful best in high heels or a double-breasted blazer? Well, that’s power dressing for you! A fashion style that originated in the late ’70s and developed in the ’80s, power dressing was all about enabling women to establish their authority in environments traditionally dominated by men. While that remains the motto today too, the bold style allows women to express their confidence, strength, and position through their fashion choices. Ahmedabad-based event curator and fas...

An excerpt from ‘A Map of Longings’, by Manan Kapoor.

Nooyi's memoir 'My Life in Full' is scheduled to come out on Sept 28.