Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

Mumbai

Artist. Writer. Designer.

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Articles

Waiting On Home: A Grandson’s Tribute To Kolkata, Memory, And Loss

2 weeks ago | travelandleisureasia.com | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

A slow hum builds in the highways and bylanes of Ballygunge to shake off the blanket of blur that envelopes the skyline. It’s 6:30 am in Kolkata—a weekday in November, sometime in 2013. A splinter of sunlight that tricks with hopes of warmth beams through the jasmine plants in our verandah. My grandfather’s thick, black hair glimmers to break the illuminated column of dust—specs of nothing land on him like aliens that have established contact with a suitable new planet.
Die 18 spektakulärsten heißen Quellen der Welt

1 month ago | cntraveller.de | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay |Sofia Rosato

Die ungewöhnlichsten heißen Quellen auf der ganzen Welt: Erholung für Körper und Seele. Ein Bad in einem der über zehntausenden Quellen unserer Welt ist mehr als eine wundersame Regeneration für Körper und Seele. Schon seit Jahrhunderten werden die natürlichen Heilkräfte des warmen Wassers geschätzt: so kann ein natürlicher Whirlpool bei Atemwegserkrankungen helfen und gleichzeitig verschiedenste Beschwerden, wie Rheuma oder Bluthochdruck, lindern.
Why the ownership vs. access economy debate is not a simple one

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

On an otherwise unremarkable Friday in July 2009, amazon.com executed a digital disappearing act, silently removing two books from every Kindle e-reader across the United States. The rationale offered — improper addition by a publisher — did little to quell the irony that these very texts, Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell, which explored themes of censorship and control, had themselves vanished into a digital “memory hole”.
My algorithm knows me better than my therapist

1 month ago | thenodmag.com | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

Three days into my breakup, I notice that my For You page has metamorphosed. Gushy reels about couples slow dancing to Florence + The Machine’s ‘Never Let Me Go’ (which I would immediately share with the former love of my life) have been swiftly replaced by handwritten quote cards that say things like “You’re too full of life to be half loved by someone”. Damn right, I think to myself.
Are you ready for the return of maximalism?

Mar 4, 2025 | vogue.in | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

Years ago, while on an exchange programme, I found myself at Studio 13, a Midwestern drag bar in Iowa City. I was still dressing myself in formulaic solid-coloured Oxford shirts, paired with a range of boring cargos. Drenched in disco lights, one of the queens at the club walked up while voguing to a Diana Ross number and crowned me with a tiara bejewelled with a legion of chartreuse gems. I’d like to believe that moment—and that tiara—changed my life and how I approached fashion.
In rural India, kaleidoscopic saris protect precious crops

Feb 2, 2025 | vogue.in | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

In Ramgad, within the Sindhudurg district located off the Konkan coast, photographer Indrajit Khambe was taken by the vibrant saris that line the farms sometime around last January.
At Sabyasachi’s 25th Anniversary Show, All Roads Led Back Home

Jan 27, 2025 | voguearabia.com | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

The soirée quiets down as a bellowing voice announces that the show is about to begin. Like a hive that has been smoked, 600 guests drop their glasses and plates of cold cuts and cake around the unending grazing table. Across faux taxidermied tigers and cheetahs, over layered vintage carpets, the crowd squeezes itself into a mini Calcutta. The entrance is recognisable, at least to me. Two dilapidated mossy houses with characteristic North Kolkata features are connected by clotheslines.
Exclusive: Supermodel Christy Turlington on coming back to India, working with Kirat Young and closing for Sabyasachi

Jan 27, 2025 | vogue.in | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

The energy at Sabyasachi’s 25th-anniversary show is mystical. The star-studded guest list is yet to fill the halls outside, and the piercing gaze of the 50-year-old designer haunts the cosmic set that sits empty at the moment. Backstage, models r around in embellished trenches and fur-lined skirts. Most are comically half-dressed, running around for final touches. Supermodel Christy Turlington, who is to conclude this elephantine affair, is ready. As I meet her, a grin spreads across her face.
At Sabyasachi’s 25th anniversary show, all roads led back home

Jan 26, 2025 | vogue.in | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

The soirée quiets down as a bellowing voice announces that the show is about to begin. Like a hive that has been smoked, 600 guests drop their glasses of champagne, and plates of cold cuts and cake around the unending grazing table. Across faux taxidermied tigers and cheetahs, over layered vintage carpets, the crowd squeezes itself into a mini Calcutta. The entrance is recognisable, at least to me. Two dilapidated mossy houses with characteristic North Kolkata features are connected by clotheslines.
Exclusive: House of Masaba debuts their fine jewellery collection with Amrapali Jewels

Jan 20, 2025 | vogue.in | Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

“I have wanted to create fine jewellery for more than a decade now,” Masaba Gupta tells me. Not new to the world of jewels, she has previously offered non-precious ornaments with Amrapali. But Gupta believes, just like her brand, her consumers have also come of age, and now desire something more permanent. “Like many in India, I've done the rounds of buying things that I would wear on my wedding day—the investment pieces.