Exaggerated sleeves, bold colours and individualistic styles -- Avantika Bhuyan tells you what will be in vogue in 2017.
'No country has moved from bigotry to equality fast, and India, with its leisurely, elephant-like pace for the most non-controversial of things, will only take longer.'
Gold prices sky rocketed to set a new high of Rs 7635 per 10 gram on the bullion market on Friday on brisk buying by retail customers and stockists influenced by higher international trends.
There is good news and even better news for gold consumers - prices of the precious metal have fallen to a nine-month low of Rs 8,725 per ten grams right ahead of the marriage season and are set to dip further in the coming weeks.
'Violence against women is rising. We'll have more unnatural practices, such as brothers sharing a wife. There will be abductions and rapes, even of minors,' says Dr B S Dahiya, a government official battling illegal sex determination tests.
'Life has been my greatest teacher.'
Surpassing earlier records, pure gold (99.9) purity strode to historic-highs of Rs 6,140 per ten grams at the bullion market on Saturday.
This wedding season, give a twist to your traditional attire.
Shares of jewellery makers on Monday fell sharply by up to 20 per cent following dip in global prices of gold.
In Mumbai, gold traded higher at Rs 30,330 per 10 grams and silver traded lower at Rs 44,400 per kg.
'There is always so much to learn from Aamir sir.'
Every day a Party unfolds on social media where armchair activists, politically charged influencers, trend pundits, gyaan givers and troll armies change the world in their heads but remain clueless about the nation's grassroots reality, feels Sukanya Verma.
Traders said appreciating rupee against the American currency made imports of dollar denominated precious metal cheaper, which mainly kept pressure on bullion prices.
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Traders said reduced offtake by retailers and jewellery fabricators at existing higher levels mainly kept pressure on the prices of both the precious metals.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'You will still want to take all the necessary precautions, which is the right thing to do.'
'Shahid told me that he's getting married before he told the media. I'm very happy for him,' Kareena Kapoor tells us.
'Find a great date, or great dates for the rest of your lives, or maybe a great friendship.'
Sukanya Verma lets her imagination run wild!
After demonetisation, demand jumped as many people with unaccounted money bought the yellow metal.
'On presents, deciding what will pass muster, considering the closeness of the people concerned and the state of the wallet, is one headache,' says Subir Roy.
'The sari is a symbol of Indianism.' 'Once I was wearing a sari and walking in the middle of a market in Amsterdam and there was a musician playing a instrument.' 'When he saw me, he started playing an Indian song.' 'A sari has such strong cultural narrative.'
This was her second term as chief minister and, in keeping with the tradition of voters choosing the Congress and the BJP alternately, the ruling party looks set to lose power.
Meet Mona Patel, one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of the Year.
The survey also revealed that 17 per cent Indian women are not satisfied with their job security, lower than their male colleagues.
Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal once again found himself at the butt of jokes after he invited questions on Twitter which attracted a barrage of tweets with people asking bizarre questions, poking fun at him.
Is it a myth that delivering a baby in your late 30s can be a tedious task?
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To make a date fun and novel, ideally you must choose a partner from another generation, says Solene Paillet.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the trend's most memorable incarnations in recent times.
While Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was aiming to earn a gold for her country in the Rio Olympics, back home thousands of kilometres away many were, shockingly, fighting to stake claim over her.
Caste-based violence is on the rise in Tamil Nadu, but the state government stays in denial, says R Ramasubramanian
At face value of Rs 2,893 and interest payout of 2.5 per cent, sovereign gold bonds offer best route to invest in yellow metal, says Tinesh Bhasin
'... and they don't even make a big deal about it.' 'Whether it is the conditions they live in or the duties they do or the facilities they have or don't have.'
Kanika Datta calls out our parenting stereotypes and how both men and women play into them.
'Even when he moves beyond his traditional repertoire, he sticks to a template that does not take him too far from the viewer's gentler emotions,' notes Vikram Johri.
'I do feel I have all the qualities of a film star but then why didn't I make it that big? I blame it on my destiny. I was not there at the right place at the right time.' Karishma Tanna opens up about her regrets.
It's not that rapes are happening only in Uttar Pradesh. On Tuesday alone, four rape cases were reported across Rajasthan. The rape victims in the desert state include two minor girls, an elderly woman, a child and a transgender.
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