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    Dry Brushing: The Trending Grooming Routine   BY PRAMITA BOSE Dry brushing is a grooming culture that has a historical legacy. The hygienic routine helps purge the skin of dry, dead cells from its topmost layer by sweeping the body squeaky clean with a tolerably soft bristle brush. Support for Bodily Functions Some advocate abdominal dry brushing to arouse the nerves linked to digestion, thus spurring gut motility. While dry brushing can’t be a permanent solution to eliminate cellulite (fat deposition in thighs, stomach and hips making the skin look lumpy and dimpled), it can smoothen the skin for the moment by redistributing body fluids and bettering blood circulation to lend a firmer, toned exterior. Incidentally, dry brushing helps stimulate the nervous system and lend the skin with that lustrous radiance. “It stimulates the skin’s nerve endings, providing a rejuvenating sensation akin to gentle massages. The increased blood flow to the skin nourishes cel...

Popular content creator and fashion icon ROHIT BOSE who earned the sobriquet of the ‘Modern Dhoti Man’ for redefining the Indian male drape in myriad styles talks to PRAMITA BOSE about desi head wraps and men’s headwears suitable for this winter.   Rohit Bose Tying a safa, pheta or a pagdi with solid-coloured and printed fabrics or donning white Gandhi topi s has been a pivotal part of Indian headgear fashion for many ages now. Even women drape and knot bandhni head covers or tangle a bandana headdress to elevate their new-age fashion sense. What’s your take on desi headdresses? W ith the advent of colonial culture and influences of westernisation, modern Indian urban males seem to preserve traditional attire and headgears solely for customary rituals and social or religious ceremonies. As the pan global fashion trends took precedence in everyday life, ethnic head covers like safa s, pagdi s and topi s started getting noticed only in close-knit family functions. Before ...