Utkarsh Mani Tripathi

2 months ago | vogue.in | Utkarsh Mani Tripathi

If life is a feast, I want nine helpings of it. At a food festival in Delhi this weekend (February 22-23), a group of nine of India’s best chefs paired with nine artists practising different disciplines takes my desire to heart. Strawberry aachar, broccoli biscuits, a helping of tree tomatoes, apple and kosynyot chutney, plum kasundi, miso kulfi, ocean fish mousse—they’re putting everything on the table, including dishes and designs they’ll probably never attempt again.

Jan 7, 2025 | vogue.in | Utkarsh Mani Tripathi

If you’ve not picked up a book in a while and are unsure where to start, perhaps our list of book recommendations based on your zodiac sign will give you the boost you need to return to your reading list. Whether you’re a Fire sign who likes fast-paced reads or a Water sign with a penchant for slow burns that hit you right in the feels, this list right here is a great starting point.

Dec 2, 2024 | vogue.in | Utkarsh Mani Tripathi

It is 2013. Every Hindi music channel hums with seduction as Deepika Padukone fondles some incense, and smoke and lust wash over her. It’s 2008. Every channel thrums as Ranbir Kapoor in a see-through towel romances a Mona Lisa woven into a clear curtain. 2002. A rapturous crowd ooohs and aahs as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan address the birds and the bees in a Bengali Garden of Eden. There is a refined gaze at work.

Nov 29, 2024 | vogue.in | Utkarsh Mani Tripathi

Nestled in the lush and imposing grandeur of Defence Colony, entering Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke’s recently opened outpost in Delhi—its second after Mumbai—feels like finding calm in the eye of the storm. Walking among its sedate white interiors, I watch a man in ultramarine overalls coating a wall a powdery white. I stand near Aji V.N.’s paintings and studies in red chalk. An all-consuming red seascape leaks out of its frame.

Nov 28, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Utkarsh Mani Tripathi

Daisy Rockwell’s translation is its own magisterial account, steering clear of the twee approaches to Hindi translation that have come to jive in much contemporary work Utkarsh Mani Tripathi Published 29.11.24, 07:13 AM OUR CITY THAT YEAR By Geetanjali Shree (Translated by Daisy Rockwell) Hamish Hamilton, Rs 699 Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell come together to reintroduce a classic whose moment of reckoning has been a quarter of a century in the making. Hannah Arendt noted that Adolf...