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Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: ‘Chandni Bars’ Of Mumbai
The dance bars were a peculiarly Mumbai institution, a vital part of its culture and underbelly before they were hamhandedly shut down a decade ago
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: How Hindi Cinema Changed
The Hindi film industry has taken almost unimaginable steps forward since 2000
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: What Were They Wearing
Bitten by the nostalgia bug, we go back to a time when dressing up like your favourite celebrity and wearing fishnet tees and bandanas was all okay
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: How To Look Serious
Excerpted from MW June 2000, Sagarika Ghose writes about how women can look “serious”
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: The Sexes
Writer Jerry Pinto, who shaped a lively section in the magazine in his many years as Executive Editor, looks back in nostalgia
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: If You’re Gay You Might As Well Be Dead
Ashley Tellis shares his story on what it was like being gay in India
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: Amitabh Bachchan’s Last Bad Month
The country’s most famous actor was going through the worst phase of his career. But just within three weeks of the magazine release, Kaun Banega Crorepati aired and propelled his career back into an orbit where he still shines spectacularly bright
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: SRK As The Lucky Mascot
It took a whole lot of time, perseverance and luck to pull off the cover shoot of Shah Rukh Khan, for MWs first ever issue
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: Peter Mukerjea’s Halycon Days
The gargantuan success of Kaun Banega Crorepati and Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi alongside the rising clout of Star News had made Peter Mukerjea the biggest name in Indian television when we featured him on the cover in August 2000
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: When Dil Chahta Hai Made Hindi Films ‘Cool’
Back then, Farhan Akhtar was a burst of freshness in the industry, trying to step out of his father’s legendary shadow
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: The Unmaking Of Mohammed Azharuddin
How did the career of one of our greatest cricketers end in the tragic manner it did?
Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: The Man Who Saw The Future
One of the few Indian companies that survived the dotcom dustup was Rediff.com, founded by advertising magnate Ajit Balakrishnan in 1996. He was the subject of a long feature in MW’s first issue as an Indian Internet pioneer