HT Brunch Cover Story

How’s this for a superhero origin story? Back in the 1990s, HD Deve Gowda, India’s Prime Minister at the time, let it be known that ragi mudde - ragi balls dunked sambar - was his favourite dish. Restaurants across the country added the…

Wait, wait, wait. How many Saba Azads are there, anyway? There’s the poised, assured actor who played Parvana Irani, aka Pipsy, the lawyer and Homi J Bhabha’s love interest in last year’s SonyLiv webseries Rocket Boys. Then, there’s the…

Fresh off the HT Brunch cover shoot, 29-year-old Loitongbam Ashalata Devi is in high spirits. “It was so very good,” she repeats thrice, effusively. “It was my first experience and I really liked it.” Ashalata is instantly easy to talk to…

For actor Aditya Roy Kapur, 37, the phrase ‘new year new me’, falls short. Because it may be the new year, but the things he has planned have been in the works since he was a child. His maternal grandparents, Sam and Ruby Aaron, were the…

Raja Kumari’s first big performance in India was at the annual NH7 Weekender, back in December 2016. The next year, she was a headlining act. Five years and a pandemic later, she’s established herself as a celebrated Indian rapper, shifted…

About a month ago, at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards held in Germany, singer-songwriter Armaan Malik won the ‘Best India Act’ for his 2022 English single, You. As he rubbed shoulders with the who’s who of the international music…

When you bring together six chefs who have carved their own niches in the industry with their unique focus, skill sets and personalities, either carry a sandwich with you, or prepare to find yourself gnawing on your phone, because…

Karman Kaur Thandi is just like any other 24-year-old. Some days she enjoys dressing up, putting on make-up and going out, some days she prefers to stay home and watch rom-coms. The only difference? She also puts in full days, starting at…

The smile is the same, as is the stark intensity in the eyes. But Babil Khan, 24, seems adamant to leave every comparison you draw to his father, Irrfan Khan, unfulfilled.For starters, he’s far more likely to flash an impetuous smile than…

When 25-year-old Ajay Bijli’s father passed away, he left behind a solid legacy in the form of a well-established transport company and strong family values to last a lifetime. At 55-years-old, Ajay has successfully built his own brand …