​Considering cutting your curly hair short? Now is the perfect time. If you’re hesitating over the prospect of saying goodbye to hard-earned length, know that cutting your hair can actually draw out your curl pattern, restoring elasticity and movement that may well have been lost after months (or years) of styling.. Browse eight of the coolest short curly haircuts to bookmark ahead of your next salon appointment:. The blunt curly bob. Launchmetrics.com/spotlight. The clean cut on curly hair is a style choice that can result in very interesting looks. It is not the easiest to manage, as it requires frequent touch-ups and careful daily styling, but it gives the hair a precise and well-thought-out look. And undoubtedly a lot of personality and bold confidence always.. The curly tomboy crop. Launchmetrics.com/spotlight  

​Even the invitation cards reflected that careful attention and involvement by the family. More than a thousand were sent out, each personalised with titles. Ashraf typed many of the names herself. “If it was a married couple, the invite said Janab so and so, and Begum so and so. If it was a single woman, for example, we wrote Bibi so and so,” says Ashraf.. The ceremonies began with the Mayo where guests arrived dressed in shades of bougainvillaea that filled the space, while Ashraf wore yellow. Later that evening a smaller qawwali gathering followed, attended by close friends and family with classical musicians who had travelled from Rampur to perform. The next day began with Afroze’s manjha ceremony, where married women from the family placed mehendi on a betel leaf resting in the groom’s palm to ward off nazar and give their blessings. Ashraf’s mehendi followed that evening; traditional mirasi singers from Lucknow performed wedding songs, along with a Sufi performance by Zila Khan and an after-party with a DJ.. Rather than relying on a single caterer, the families brought in khansamas from Rampur, Lucknow and Hyderabad to make their regional specialities. “We wanted people to remember the food,” says Ashraf. Guests moved between dishes, from Hyderabadi mutton soup and Rampuri taar korma to kebabs, nihari and more.. Guests also left the celebrations with small keepsakes assembled by the family. Handmade potlis filled with coriander mukhwas, pocket squares, bangles and laungeen necklaces.. The bride’s ensembles had been designed almost entirely by her mother through her label Sihali Jageer, drawing on heirloom jewellery, archival silhouettes and textiles revived through working with artisans in Lucknow and Varanasi. The wardrobe had been developed over months in conversation with stylist Devanshi Tuli, who had known the family for years through her work with Sihali Jageer.. “Styling a bride always begins with understanding who she is,” Tuli says. “You have to think about how she walks, how she sits, how she dances through the day.” For Ashraf’s wedding, the process meant working with beautiful heirloom jewellery, archival garments preserved by her mother and references drawn from vintage portraits. Tuli says, “Our aim was to honour that heritage while making the garments practical enough for her to celebrate freely.”. For Ayesha Ashraf, creating the garments meant revisiting traditions she had grown up with and translating them into pieces her daughter could inhabit comfortably. “These are silhouettes our Pathan brides used to wear,” she says. “I wanted them to feel alive again.” For the Mayo ceremony, Ashraf wore a peshwas constructed from cotton jaali and layered with mukaish, where flattened silver wire is hand-worked into tiny dots across the fabric. The garment required more than twenty metres of fabric, creating a sweeping ghera that moved easily as the bride walked through the ceremony. “All the jeweller  

​Between the grains of timber, rebellion speaks in the language of love. Before the eye, beneath the gouge, Arpan Sadhukhan returns to the physical labour of carving and printing at Srishti Art Gallery, in an age where political imagery is endlessly circulated, aestheticised and even algorithmically generated. Resistance is material, marks are deliberate and surfaces bear pressure. death is nothing but love, borrowed from Nabarun Bhattacharya’s poem This Death Valley Is Not My Land, declares not grief but defiance. Raised in a grocer’s household in Barrackpore, Sadhukhan learned to watch closely, to notice the rhythms of daily trade, the push and pull of buying and selling, the small economies of care and survival. That intimacy follows him into his art, where consumer culture is both subject and mirror, approached with a gaze that blends critique and empathy. For this show, the woodcut leaves its regular plane and rises into sculptural space, inviting viewers to step inside the ethical and emotional currents of dissent.. On view at Srishti Art Gallery, 267, Road No. 15, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad from 21st February to 30th March 2026.. The Baroda March, curated by Rukshaan Krishna at Rukshaan Art, Mumbai. ‘Untitled’ (2025) by Gulab Kapadiya. Image courtesy: Rukshaan Art.. Within the constellation of the 19th edition of The Baroda March, shaped by the pedagogy of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, small business holders are seen as the protagonists in Gulab Kapadiya’s paintings. In a corner of the city where the sun pours like molten amber and morning stirs in the poetry of hands at work, a man bends and folds stubborn bamboo into baskets that will carry the weight of the day; a barber’s blade cuts through hair and air; a vegetable seller arranges his greens with care, laying out the sustenance that nourishes the neighbourhood. These gestures are intimate chronicles of daily life and survival, transformed through layered watercolour on rice paper, further extended onto canvas. The Baroda March offers a platform to nearly fifty artists each year, reminding us that sometimes it is the artwork itself, sometimes the artist’s journey, and sometimes the gathering that frames them.. On view at Rukshaan Art, 1st floor, Laxmi Building, Ballard Estate, Mumbai from 21st March to 17th May 2026.. When a City is Felt by Arushee Suri at Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art, Mumbai. ‘When a City is Felt’ (2025) by Arushee Suri. Image courtesy: Arushee Suri.  

​If your Instagram algorithm has picked up even the slightest interest in fashion, chances are embroidered jewellery has appeared somewhere in your feed. In a world where accessorising advice usually circles back to gold hoops or a good belt, these pieces offer something different. Beads, sequins and thread build pieces that add colour and texture to even the simplest uniform of a white shirt and blue jeans.. Gold, silver and diamonds will always have their place in your closet, but embroidered jewellery experiments with materials that add more personality to the mix. You get layers of beads and sequins coming together to form beautiful necklaces; unusual shapes, intricate patterns and bold colour combinations. They’re basically mini works of art that you get to carry with you.. Below, 14 pieces of embroidered jewellery that deserve a spot next to your diamonds.. Shop Ziddi – Chaand Kanthi, ₹8,500. Shop Ziddi – Jamuni Dil Pins, ₹900. Jodi – Kolam Earrings, ₹ 5,490. Olivia Dar – Heart eye talisman necklace, ₹6,500  

​For the romantics who fall fast and get attached too quickly, the early stages of dating are rarely casual—and can feel as if they’re designed to hurt. It’s instinctive to give your all after a few promising weeks of courtship—to fantasise about what this could be—only to run up against the sobering reality that the other person may still be weighing their options, keeping things casual or simply unsure, perpetuating a cycle of disappointment and heartbreak for lover girls. To break this pattern, some singles—as well as experts—are heeding the call of a buzzy new strategy: detachment dating.. Despite its name, detachment dating is not about caring less or acting disinterested. “Detachment sounds a little too aloof, but what it actually means is very healthy,” says Blaine Anderson, a seasoned matchmaker, dating coach and CEO of Dating By Blaine, who’s amassed more than 600,000 followers on Instagram for her “no-BS” advice. After working with thousands of clients, Anderson says she’s noticed a familiar pattern: People get emotionally invested (then burned) long before there’s anything concrete to invest in. This isn’t a personal failing, as Anderson is quick to point out: It’s a byproduct of our modern dating landscape.. “Dating apps and social media make it really, really easy to overinvest too soon,” she says. A quick scroll through someone’s LinkedIn and Facebook can trick you into believing you know their ambition, their lifestyle, even your hypothetical compatibility—all before having a meaningful conversation. “You create this concept of who they are, but none of this is rooted in reality,” she points out, which attaches you to who they could be (and not who they are). That’s how so many people end up settling for crumbs, accepting empty promises and one-sidedly committing to someone who isn’t worth it.. By nature, detachment dating flips the script: “Detach” yourself from early hope and potential, at least until you’ve seen real consistency and compatibility. Instead, match your energy to what’s being offered right now. “It’s this idea of, Okay, I don’t actually know this person. Let’s see how things go and not accelerate,” Anderson says—a mindset that becomes much easier to embody when you follow a few grounding rules.. How to practice detachment in relationships for those who get attached too quickly:. Don’t rearrange your life. A person you’ve met twice shouldn’t be the reason you’re cancelling your Pilates class or girls’ dinner. Suggest times that actually work for you, and if they’re interested, they should adjust. It’s not your job to bend over backwards for someone who hasn’t earned that kind of priority.. Don’t stress the outcome. Of course, you want it to work out—but accept that it doesn’t have to. Letting go of the expectation that every date has to lead somewhere reduces pressure and lets you enjoy the night for what it is: good conversatio