403 Forbidden has opened in Bengaluru as a new hospitality concept positioned as India’s first “Theatre of Presence” — a space that places attention, focus, and sensory engagement at the centre of the bar experience. Inspired by the digital error code “403 Access Denied”, the name functions as a conceptual statement rather than a restriction. In a cultural moment defined by constant documentation and digital noise, the space proposes a different rhythm for nightlife, where pr

Gurgaon doesn’t lack Japanese restaurants. In fact, it embraced the cuisine long before it became shorthand for urban cool, and Golf Course Road now reads almost like a curated map of Far Eastern influences. Which is precisely why Oju, filmmaker Karan Johar’s latest restaurant, arrives without needing to announce itself loudly. It doesn’t rely on novelty, celebrity pull, or culinary theatrics to make its point. Instead, it slows things down. Co-owned by Johar and Truepalate H