Gayatri Rangachari Shah

Gayatri Rangachari Shah is a Mumbai-based journalist and author who writes regularly for The Hindu. Her writing spans broad cultural trends, focusing on the luxury sector, with a special focus on art, design, fashion and the people who shape these industries. She is co-author of the book Changemakers (Penguin Random House). She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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India Art Fair 2026 | Design collectibles are at an inflection point in India

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Amin Jaffer with four of India’s five artists — Alwar Balasubramaniam, Asim Waqif, Skarma Sonam Tashi and Ranjani Shettar

‘I don’t think creative vision is defined by geographic boundaries’: Amin Jaffer, curator of the India Pavilion

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(L-R) The Jali Bar, Pinakin Patel, and his Alibaug home

How Pinakin Patel crafted a design legacy

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Kiran Nadar, Nikhil Chopra and Pavitra Rajaram.

Who dominated India’s art and design ecosystem in 2025?

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Inside the new Galeries Lafayette

Galeries Lafayette’s 90,000 sq. ft. India debut in Kala Ghoda, Mumbai

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Many buyers who once limited their purchases to when they travelled abroad are no longer waiting to do so, instead preferring to shop in India

India’s luxury boom: via retail playgrounds and WhatsApp chats

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House of Curiosity

Nilaya Anthology, India’s newly opened luxury design mecca

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Julie Bornstein on stage during VOICES

Daydream AI | The chatGPT of shopping

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Artist and curator Bose Krishnamachari and other guests tour More Than Meets the Eye exhibition at Maraya

Saudi Arabia and a cultural renaissance

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A recent proliferation of Ayurveda brands suggests a growing popularity for traditional Indian beauty

Luxury Ayurveda | Is this the year of A-beauty?

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‘Indian design is having a contemporary renaissance’: David Alhadeff

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Media maven Indrani Mukerjea, arrested in connection with her daughter Sheena Bora’s murder, is brought to court in Mumbai, 2018.

‘True crime allows you to pretend you are an investigative journalist’ | Interview with the makers of Netflix’s ‘The Indrani Mukerjea Story’

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Imran Amed and Leena Nair at BoF Voices

Leena Nair: focused on bringing Chanel into the 21st century

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Deepika Padukone with Ranveer Singh, and Alia Bhatt

Why quiet luxury in India is not quiet

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