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How Sabyasachi has presented India at Met Gala over the years. Alia Bhatt to SRK

At a platform that thrives on ever-changing global trends, Sabyasachi Mukherjee doesn’t bend. He elevates.

Mughal gold to Mexican shawls—the journey of Bengal’s forgotten fabrics is now being revived

Portuguese colchas, enslaved artisans in Mexico, and Aurangzeb’s ‘invisible’ muslins reveal a global saga. This Kolkata exhibition is ‘a bridge between a coffee-table book and a lost history'.

Sabyasachi is telling us: If I can do this as a poor Bengali boy, imagine what India can do

From the way the clothes gazed at the global market, the collection communicated that Sabyasachi is looking at the “next 25 years”.

Met Gala is the new aspirational red carpet for Indian celebrities. Move over, Cannes

This year, at the Met, Isha Ambani wore one of Rahul Mishra’s creations, which is a sari in name only. It marked his label’s debut at what is fashion’s biggest stage.

Pakistani brides falling for Indian designers and ‘Sharia-compliant’ Sabyasachi lehengas

Tarun Tahiliani, Anamika Khanna, Abhinav Mishra, and Gaurav Gupta are selling big in Pakistan via Dubai. But with couture that shows less skin before the qazi.

You’d think Sabyasachi’s mangalsutra ad would be a hit with Hindu culture guardians. Nope

After Dabur’s Karva Chauth ad, self-appointed guardians of Hindu culture want Sabyasachi’s mangalsutra campaign to be taken down.

Sabyasachi x H&M shows everyone has a hot take, even at cost of pulling down Indian talent

For all the fussing, the social media trolling has only worked as free marketing for Sabyasachi’s H&M collection, which reportedly sold out within minutes this week.

Why is Sabyasachi shaming women who can’t drape sarees but not men who can’t tie dhotis?

Castigating Indian women is convenient, lazy and unpleasantly paternalistic.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.