Tabla de contenidos para November 2016 en Maxim India

GLENN O’BRIEN A legendary editor and journalist, Glenn is currently Editor-at-Large at Maxim’s US edition. He is an icon in the publishing world and renowned for his columns BEAT for Interview, The Style Guy for GQ and Like Art for Artfourm. He is also the author of the bestseller How to Be a Man. He’s the host of the talk show, Tea at the Beatrice with Glenn O’Brien, and one of the most trustworthy advisers a man can hope for. ASHOKE NAG With a journalistic career spanning more than 21 years, Ashoke has worked with many newspapers and magazines. He writes primarily about movies, Indian art and culture, and consults in the arena of modern Indian art. He lives in Kolkata with his family. NIC & BEX GAUNT The award-winning…

CHATTING UP AT THE BAR: So you’ve got to the bar and there’s an open spot next to a girl. Kaching! Go stand next to her and order a drink for yourself. Instead of beginning a conversation at first go, play it cool. Look around. Move your head to the music. Watch the room and then notice her. Look into her eyes and smile. Raise your glass and say cheers. Have an opening line. Speak to at least three women that night. Make a random conversation with the girl like this is the first time you’ve come out in months so you’re getting used to the music. Laugh at her jokes. Crack a silly joke about yourself. Move your ear closer to her face to hear her. Then slide your…

How do you want to go? Skydiving. Do you have any deathbed confessions? I think I have a few decades left to actually create a few dramatic confessions. Ask me again in 50 years. Where would you prefer to be, Heaven or Hell? Why? If Heaven is the way they show it in This Is The End, then definitely Heaven. What’s the first thing you would like to do in the afterlife? First, haunt a few people just for kicks and then check out different planets or see where the universe ends. Which movies are playing on repeat in your version of Heaven? Richard Linklater movies. Name one thing you’re glad you’ll never have to do again on Earth. Pray/remember God. Since you’ll be chilling with God himself. What would…

NOW HERE IS THE RUB. THE NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE has been knock, knock, knockin’ on Dylan’s door to try and get him to accept an award that one half of the world views as a spectacularly standout moment in popular music. The other half which, incidentally, also includes Leonard Cohen, feels the Nobel is just about as relevant as pinning a “medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.” Regardless of which side of the argument you nod sagely to, or even if you happen to be sitting on the fence, the one thing that is completely clear is that winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, an absolute first, by the way, has not been reason enough to coax Bob Dylan out of his famed reticence. The singer-songwriter played…

BADGES? WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING badges! Yeah, we follow the rules, but we make the rules up as we go along. We rule the rules. A lot of guys think there is a sort of Ten Commandments of how to dress and behave. And there was, sort of, until somebody smashed them to bits like Moses did with the tablets of the law. Maybe the Men Commandments were smashed by Elvis. Others might say Oscar Wilde, Frank Sinatra, James Dean, Mick Jagger. But the point is that the laws of dress and behaviour are evolutionary. We have to adapt or reinvent them now and then according to prevailing conditions. It used to be said that gentlemen did not wear white until after Easter and then not after Labor Day.…

FOSSIL Q HYBRID Want the long battery life of an analog watch but don’t want to give up on the features of a smartwatch? Enter the Fossil Q Hybrid—an analog-looking watch that tracks your activity, adjusts time according to your location, and beeps to indicate notifications by connecting to your Android or iOS device. Plus, it comes in many straps and colour combinations to give you that stylish edge. 20,000 SONY MDR100 The Sony MDR100 cans are God-sent for those who like a bit more of bass and want the comfort of wearing headphones for longer durations. Available in a variety of colours, looks is one department MDR100 covers very well. These Sony headphones are good enough for most genres like pop, electronic, and Bollywood tracks and even for podcast…

Prypiat, Ukraine Nothing says ‘holiday’ quite like donning a radiation suit and signing a lengthy waiver releasing the tour company of any liability should you contract cancer as a result of your visit. Then again, Prypiataffectionately known as ‘The Dead Zone’—is hardly your average holiday town. Established in the early 1970s, primarily to service the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Prypiat’s 49,360 residents were hastily evacuated one day after the 1986 nuclear disaster and it has remained abandoned—and highly radioactive—ever since. Yes, the rules of visiting are long (no touching of vegetation, no placing bags on ground, etc…), but not only will you get to see the land slowly reclaim the town’s amusement park, pool and schools, you’ll also be treated to both lunch (made from ‘clean food from…

THE LEG STRETCH STAND WITH YOUR legs apart, arms spread and shoulders relaxed. Bend your right knee. It should be aligned with your heel, and keep your back leg straight. Look in front and ensure your pelvis doesn’t turn sideways. BEND YOUR RIGHT arm and place the elbow on your knee. Extend the left arm straight, forming a straight line from fingertips to the foot. BRING YOUR RIGHT arm down so that your palm touches the floor in front of the foot. Look towards the ceiling and hold for a few seconds before returning. Look upwards through the move. HOW IT WORKS: The leg stretch starts with the Warrior 2 asana. It is very useful for the core as it engages the muscles almost immediately. It also adds strength to…

ONCE UPON A TIME LIVED A MILITARY man, Georges Hèbert, who started teaching the art of primitive ‘Parkour,’ as a form of military education and training. “Être fort pour être utile” or ‘Be strong to be useful’ was Hèbert’s personal motto when he enforced the study of athletic skill and courage in the French military. His teachings of the ‘Mèthode Naturelle’ or ‘Natural Method’ of walking, running, jumping, quadrupedal movement, climbing, balancing, throwing, lifting, defending, through the two world wars set the base for Parkour. It was around this time that, in a parallel universe, men were practising a different kind of warfare: Chemical warfare. On February 13, 1945, close to the end of WWII, the city of Dresden, like many other cities of the world, was left in ashes.…

This June, Macallan released one of the oldest bottles of single-malt whisky ever to leave its distillery, a crowning achievement 65 years in the making. At $35,000, it will also cost you a nice chunk of your retirement fund, assuming you can even get your hands on one. The Macallan 65 Year Old was released in just 450 numbered decanters, handcrafted by Lalique, the final instalment in a six-part series of special bottlings that have demonstrated the legendary distillery’s unparalleled achievements in spirit making. It’s among the most mature sherry cask aged single malts ever sold, and the taste of a precious few drops delivers deep, rich character and unforgettably intense flavours. You’ve likely never tasted anything this old, and you’re not alone. There’s a reason you don’t see a…

ANTOINE FUQUA ISN’T AFRAID OF A LITTLE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED CLOSE combat. Between Training Day, the now classic L.A. crime drama that earned Denzel Washington an Academy Award, and last year’s boxing thriller Southpaw with Jake Gyllenhaal, the veteran director has seen more blood, sweat, tears, gunshots and pyrotechnics than most paramedics. After getting his start directing music videos for Coolio, Stevie Wonder and Prince in the 1990s, Fuqua has since worked with everyone from Chow Yun-Fat (The Replacement Killers) and Bruce Willis (Tears of the Sun) to Danny Glover (Shooter) and Morgan Freeman (Olympus Has Fallen). The filmmaker joined forces with Washington again for 2014’s underrated revenge fantasy The Equalizer. They teamed up once more in Fuqua’s most high-wattage project yet, The Magnificent Seven, a 21st-century western with gold-rush pathos.…

SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 EDGE The S7 Edge is one of the best-looking smartphones Samsung has ever released. This powerful handset boasts of a 5.3-in quad HD Super AMOLED screen. Its unique dual screen edges add functionality as well as make the phone look different from a bunch of slabs out there. Selfie-buffs (and otherwise) will love its 16 MP rear camera that is capable of taking sharp shots. 51,000 GOOGLE PIXEL Google’s first self-branded smartphone brings some new things to the table. The user gets unlimited photo and video storage at full resolution, the first Daydream-ready smartphone, and Google Assistant built in. This 5-in full HD AMOLED display device comes with a 12.3 MP rear camera and in colours that are sure to make you stand out. 57,000 COOLPAD 2.5D…

“WHEN YOU FIND THE RIGHT PERSON, HE OR SHE CAN BECOME YOUR WINGS, NOT YOUR BALL AND CHAIN!” Your first shoot for Maxim ! Excited? Yes! I was slightly hesitant about shooting for Maxim, to be honest, as I thought—who wants to see an almost 45-year-old cancer survivor on the cover? And then I realised that’s exactly why I’m excited to do the cover. There’s a freedom from self-criticism at this age and it is, in fact, very empowering to shoot for Maxim as the woman I am today. That was our exact thought, too. We want to break the norm when it comes to the way beauty and sexiness are perceived. And, you’re amazing. What’s keeping you busy these days? Where do I start? In terms…

HEADING OUT IN 15 AND DON’T have a clue about what to wear? Relax, you’re a woman already. So you’ll probably pick well. But if it’s grooming you’re worried about, we have good news. It’s possible to go from vagabond to suave in no time, provided you shower at least once a day and brush your teeth. Here are some easy fixes for urgent departures. Mask The B.O. For a start, a deodorant will minimise stink, but not sweat. Choose a product labelled as an anti-perspirant. Or use a deodorising talcum powder. And dry off thoroughly before applying anything to your pits to let it penetrate the hair and reach the skin. Fix Your Facial Hair Shave after a shower to avoid any pain, as the combo of gel, soap,…