UPFRONT
CHINA: THE WORLD’S
NEW BANKER PG 3
INDEX: HOW INDIAN
HOUSEHOLDS SPEND
PG 8
INSIDE
STATES
UP: ALL ROADS
LEAD TO RAM PG 14
MAHARASHTRA:
DEATH BY PESTICIDE
PG 16
38
C OV E R S T O RY
BROWN GIRLS
IN THE RING
Indian models
are scorching
international runways
and making it
to international
magazine covers
A A RU S H I - H E M R A J M U R D E R
22
A CASE OF
INJUSTICE
The Talwars return to freedom—and an
uncertain afterlife. Meanwhile, HC indicts
agencies, lower courts for shoddy probe
L U X U RY S P E C I A L
52
STYLE AND
SUBSTANCE
The very nature
of luxury has
changed as
the consumer
becomes more
demanding
Cover photograph by BANDEEP SINGH
Model: RASIKA NAVARE
Represented by Anima Creative Management Pvt Ltd
Outfit: Rishta by ARJUN SALUJA
Makeup and Hair by ERIC VOSBURG
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