Welcome to the issue

London-based fashion designer SALONI LODHA started her own label in 2008. She writes on the ‘Balancing Act’ (pg 100) she pulled off when she worked through her recent pregnancy. CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI is an Indian-American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program—she writes about her epic inspiration in ‘Hit and Myth’ (pg 140), while NONITA KALRA, a veteran journalist and former editor of Elle, asks ‘How Much Is Too Much?’ (pg 145) when it comes to beauty. Former managing editor at Elle and People magazines, SHRADHA SUKUMARAN has interviewed Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Katrina Kaif, and Kareena Kapoor over the years—she adds our cover star Chitrangda Singh (pg 164) to her list. Fashion and celebrity stylist NITASHA GAURAV has, in other lifetimes, been an editor, writer, and critic. She picks up the pen for this edition of Bazaar Man and decodes Ranveer Singh (pg 8). Renowned fashion photographer PASCAL CHEVALLIER, whose images have graced countless magazines, gets candid with our cover girl Chitrangda Singh (pg 164). Self-taught photographer SURESH NATARAJAN lenses actor Ranveer Singh for the cover and inside feature of Bazaar Man (pg 8). Photographer ANAND GOGOI brings the ‘Perfect Pair’ (pg 76) of pastel shades and denims together in our fashion spread. NITIN PATEL captures Bollywood actress Nimrat Kaur and fashion designer Drashta Sarvaiya in the photo feature ‘Personal Style’ (pg 56), and British designer Gareth Pugh in ‘The Dark Prince’ (pg 52). With a Master’s degree in fashion photography from the London College of Fashion, Polish lenswoman OLA GROCHOWSKA sheds light on fashion’s edgy new mood in ‘Punk’d’ (pg 174).