Debonair Magazine India 13 -

In a shock exclusive, we drive the last internal combustion engine to ever leave the Manesar plant. It isn't a Ferrari, but it’s the most important car India will never forget. We get misty-eyed about the death of the manual transmission. Spoiler: It’s more fun than an EV.

For the last six months, every fashion brief screamed “quiet luxury.” But in Mumbai and Delhi, the man with real power is getting loud again. Issue 13 tracks the return of the Peacock Aesthetic —not the garish logos of 2015, but a studied chaos: silk kimonos over faded denim, oxidized silver from Jaipur, and the resurgence of the pocket square as a conversation starter. We argue that silence is golden, but a little noise is unforgettable. Debonair Magazine India 13

Forget the over-filtered villas of Ibiza. Debonair’s man on the ground slips past the gilded gates of the Usha Kiran Palace to find The Durbar Room —a clandestine bar hidden behind a bookshelf that serves a 1934 whiskey sour. We detail the three-day bender that redefines royal: tenting with leopards by day, jazz saxophones by midnight. In a shock exclusive, we drive the last