69 Questions with the Stars: Subculture

Up close and personal with Randhir - the man behind India’s first major fetish fashion brand.

Born into a disciplined Indian Army family, Randhir’s childhood was anything but ordinary. Given by his biological parents to his uncle and aunt for a better life, he grew up with a quiet determination and a constant awareness that softness wouldn’t come easily. “I was shy, very sincere, and almost painfully hopeful,” he shares. “I had a smile on my face, but a lot of my childhood was really about learning how to survive.”

He carried that survivor spirit with him — later getting a tattoo in Urdu that reads *Lawahiqeen* (Survivor). From a young age, he wanted to make his parents proud and give them the comfort they sacrificed for. Raised in a conservative, religious, and highly disciplined environment, he was curious about life, beauty, sexuality, and the world — but he knew that to truly become himself, he would eventually have to leave. READ MORE....