October 2019

GQ India

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Aqualung
For our tenth anniversary last October, we produced a Green issue, drawing attention to climate change – the most important story of our times. This year, we challenged ourselves to create an Aqua-themed magazine, dedicated to Water, the essence of l
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Contributors
WHO: Mumbai-based photographer and father of two cats, who’s learning 3D animation online as a hobby. Instagram @ errikosandreouphoto WHAT: Ayushmann Khurrana (page 240) for our GQ Men of the Year portfolio #MYSTYLE: “Ankle-length trousers for formal
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Reel People, Real Places
It wasn’t until the age of 32 that Scott Schuman picked up a camera. Even then, says the founder of The Sartorialist, he never thought of himself as a photographer in the traditional sense of the word. “To me, the job was always about walking the str
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I Like Me Better When I’m With You
Love at first sight, hell yeah. The cliché couldn’t be better suited for anything more than OnePlus’ cool new rollout, this time not a smartphone, but the smartest new TV on the block. Everything is better with this mega gadget in your life. Your bin
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The Young ’uns Free Flow
The weirdest thing Liza Koshy remembers seeing on the internet was the cinnamon challenge: a viral food trend that took over 2013, and involved stuffing your mouth with cinnamon powder on camera. Things have certainly gotten more bizarre since. Peopl
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The Ecopolitan Chronicles
Today, it’s all about having a conscience, setting new benchmarks in sustainability and innovation and being aware of the world you’re living in. It is about taking the appropriate steps to build a more responsible future. So, who better than the #Le
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Crafted For Comfort
Your wardrobe is equipped with the finest shirts and the latest fashions. When you step out, you do so in style. You manage to make a style statement without ever trying too hard. But what if those new shoes you purchased on a whim were cramping your
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The Mic Drop
There’s nothing quite as creepy and dangerous as the evil clown. Except, maybe, a failed stand-up comedian. What could be more damaging than having to get up on a stage, convinced about your talent for cracking jokes, and not having a single laugh co
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Men, Gillette Has Got You A Razor That Loves Your Skin
Men, when it comes to grooming, we know you’ve got your eyes set on a perfectly-styled look. Adopting different beard styles like French beard, goatee, moustache and Van Dyke, have the ability to transform your look. Whether you prefer to keep a mous
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Weaving A Sustainable Lifestyle
We live in an eco-conscious world today. A world that sees its people becoming far more conscious of what they consume and invest in. Not only are these individuals highly aware of and interested in organic products, but they also want to do what the
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Swords Out
In February this year, Alex Crossan aka Mura Masa was called up to the stage at the Staples Center in LA and handed his first-ever Grammy: The Best Remixed Recording award for his work on HAIM’s “Walking Away”. “I was surprised that they take away th
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The Power Of Seven
They gave you the iconic OnePlus 6T. They gave you the power to ‘do more’ with the OnePlus 7. They re-defined what it means to ‘never settle’, by constantly pushing the boundaries of design and innovation to churn out the most advanced, premium smart
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A River Runs Through It
The river ran through our family lore from before I was born. When my parents got married, my father, an engineer, was building a bridge over the Ken river in the jungles of Madhya Pradesh. My mother, a young woman, steeped in dance and music in cosm
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Under Cover
Every monsoon, India’s coastal belts (besides a few beachy gems untapped by human life) vomit out all kinds of disgusting waste. Bloni’s Akshat Bansal saw this as his primary subject for an econyl (regenerated marine plastic waste) bomber that’s vers
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Much Ado About Men’s Skincare
“Skincare products are for women.” “Women’s skin needs a lot more care and attention than men’s skin does.” Myth or fact? Most definitely, a myth! It’s no great secret that skincare as a concept has always been associated with women. But not anymore.
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How-to Rise And Shine
When you go for the most underrated of menswear staples – aka a trench coat that’s made out of Indian handloom textiles and looks like it could be in the window of a Parisian boutique – you’ve got to do it full justice. In comes a dazzling kurta shir
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Here Comes The Groom(ing)
Festive season is in full swing, which means that decisions about gifting need to be made. If you ask us, the men in your life deserve some pampering. Give clothes and shoes a pass and consider a classy grooming kit from The Man Company (TMC) instead
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New World Order
Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. Process that for a minute, a headline worthy of The Onion and fodder for millions of memes: The President of the United States of America and the world’s biggest climate change detractor wants the untainted, fjord
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Catch Of The Day
To walk into the 19th-century Portuguese-style villa that houses S.E.A. is to travel to an older, easier time: helped by a touch of on-purpose kitsch in the hanging seashell lanterns and light yellow floors. The long tables that hold a spread of seaf
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A Walk On The Wild Side
It was all about heeding the call of the wild as world-renowned white spirit brand, The Botanist, hosted an exhilarating experience, titled The Botanist Wild 22, in South Goa. Hosted by brand ambassador of The Botanist, Caitlin Hill, who partnered wi
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Taste
If gazing at mammoth glaciers as you dine on a Michelin-star meal is your kind of New Year’s Eve, look into Q Experiences’ cruise to the white continent. You’ll set foot on Antarctica on the first day of 2020, and kick off an 11-day adventure that in
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Tasteful Treasures
The man of today. He’s a luxury-seeker. His home is kitted with the finest offerings. He will settle for nothing less than the best. And he’s constantly looking to incorporate Indian luxury pieces into both his wardrobe and his home. Better still, he
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Can You Hear Me?
The story of Greta Thunberg, now 16, has been much told, but rarely well. She is the Swedish schoolgirl who, in August last year, decided to school strike for climate and sparked a global movement – about 1.6 million people in 133 countries. The one
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How To Be Kinder To The Planet
The stats are terrifying: The ocean will have more plastic than fish in it by 2050; this past July was the hottest month ever recorded in the world; water scarcity is no longer a problem of the future. Pop stars and actors are doing their bit. Britis
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Get Fresh
Supermarkets offer bulk offers and “Happy Hours” (with discount pricing) on meat that’s about to expire, in an effort to reduce food waste. This gives diners a chance to consume rather than waste food. Also visit @themadfeed on Instagram for tips fro
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Santan Dave Is Exploding Right Now
The youngest musicians often have the most compelling things to say. This is the kind of fact that tends to surprise every generation, right from when four lads from Liverpool managed to tap into the zeitgeist, and changed pop music forever. David Or
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His Purple Majesty
Three years after Prince Rogers Nelson passed into the great beyond, his unfinished memoir, The Beautiful Ones, is set to hit bookshops the world over. This wouldn’t have been a big deal in the case of most deceased musicians. Not because their stori
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Aqua Tribe
Playing it safe is for amateurs. We say, go all out and set the tone for your pad with this room – after all, you only get one chance to make a statement “The living room should be warmly lit, with ample, comfortable seating and table space – especi
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The Shift
One of my biggest heroes, Muhammad Ali, once said: “A man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” We must strive to improve, to grow, to evolve. As I turn 36 this month, it seems like a good time to take s
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Grand Designs
Tell us about a work of architecture you recently saw that blew you away. Sameep Padora: Louis Kahn’s Library in Exeter, Massachusetts. It’s a tiny building in a prep school in the middle of nowhere – about an hour-and-a-half from Boston by train.
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Liquid Diet
Few modern chronos possess the ornate, old-world aesthetic that Breguet manages to nail with its Marine collection. A 48-hour power reserve, silicon bits that make it impervious to magnetic resistance and a self-winding movement give this particular
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Power Play
If the latest Union Budget has made anything clear, the electric mobility revolution we could see on the fast-approaching horizon has arrived, and is sweeping the globe – including India. From everyday sedans to stratospherically powered, impossible-
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New Apps From The Developers Of “Find My Friends”
Interactive play is all the rage! That’s why this augmented reality game takes a picture of the inside of your fridge, then allows you to tap on items to guess which one is making your studio apartment smell horrific. It’s not what you think! As virt
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Where Serenity Awaits
The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai has always enthralled the world by taking the best traditions of hospitality and combining them with contemporary amenities. And the newly renovated Jiva Spa, which was inaugurated last year at the city’s much-loved herit
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Go For Gold
You deserve the best. A life of all things extraordinary. The finest experiences. The most seamless services. And the smartest people by your side. And that’s why Citi brings you Citigold – an exclusive wealth management proposition which comes with
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State Of Man 2019
* The GQ India-YouGov State of Man Survey was administered in August 2019. It asked a series of questions to 1,500 anonymous Indian men between the ages of 18-65, from a wide spectrum of geographies and careers and within the top 15 per cent of the p
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Anchor Man
Patrick Pruniaux, CEO of Ulysse Nardin, packs a heavy portfolio. His return to the upper chambers of Swiss watchmaking comes after a brief tenure at Apple – whose strides in the wearable tech department have lent him greater perspective. Now, he’s re
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Still life
Farmer. Physicist. Tennis player. Percussionist. Socialist. Good son. Troublesome son. Entrepreneur. Environmentalist. Father. Veer Singh has been all of these, but it’s the last role that’s keeping him occupied these days. Shakyasimha, which is anot
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Ultimate Faux Wheel Drive
It seems a strange question to ask about something which has been widely photographed and intensely Instagrammed over the past many months. And yet all anyone wants to know about the new Rolls-Royce Cullinan is, “What the actual fuck does it look lik
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Walking The Path Of The Buddha In A Neglected Corner Of India
Buddhism was born under a giant fig tree, which, today, grows at the centre of the remote and unbeautiful town of Bodh Gaya, in India’s eastern state of Bihar. The tree is about three crooked blocks from the Be Happy Café and a few minutes’ walk from
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Top GQ Shelf
If you expect quality accommodation when travelling, then the Suite Experiences at Oberoi Hotels & Resorts are for you. Tastefully appointed suites with spectacular views, round-the-clock personalised butler services, airport transfers in luxury seda
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Clean Cut
No one quite knows how hybrids came to be the unsung heroes of today’s automotive age. An avalanche of additional taxes and people’s preference for the diesels in India have put hybrids squarely between a rock and a hard place, while regulatory bodie

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