Madiha Saher
Writer and editor covering fashion, culture and gender. Founder of REGARD, an independent fashion editorial on gender and fashion as political language.
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Reporting & writing
Why Bangalore is on AI’s frontline
“AI layoffs? They’re here.” A cover story on how AI is reshaping jobs in India’s tech capital, from layoffs at the biggest IT employers to the skills gap and the state’s push to retrain its workforce.
Marked Present! Freedom Park fills with students
On the ground as Delhi’s protest wave over the NEET paper leak reached Bangalore, told through students, an artist and a former sportsperson.
The Last Analogue House
Inside a Domlur home holding 47,000 records and a 105-year-old gramophone, and the collector who refuses to let analogue music fade.
Inside a Living Time Capsule
A look inside the Mythic Society Library, home to more than 46,000 books and journals, and the century-old institution that protects them.
Coco magazine and the luxury takeover of fashion media
An essay on how a luxury house’s own magazine signals the displacement of independent fashion journalism.
Published pages
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Why Bangalore is on AI’s frontline: “AI layoffs? They’re here”
Our Bangalore · Downtown Digest · Jul 25–31, 2026
Marked Present! Freedom Park fills with students
Our Bangalore · Downtown Digest · Jul 25–31, 2026
The Last Analogue House
Our Bangalore · Downtown Digest · Jul 11–17, 2026
Inside a Living Time Capsule
Our Bangalore · Downtown Digest · Jun 27–Jul 3, 2026
REGARD
An independent fashion editorial exploring gender and fashion as political language. Dress is never neutral: it sits between the private body and public rules, and REGARD reads clothing as a way of speaking.
Issue 01 (March 2026), “Together, Unlabelled,” explores gender-neutral fashion and body positivity through editorials, a moodboard, a seasonal trend forecast and style guides. It also includes interviews, and my own essay, “In My Regard: Fashion as a Language.”
Mind, narrative, material culture
I’m a final-year student in Bangalore, majoring in Psychology, Journalism and Literature. Journalism gives me the discipline of reporting and verification, literature gives me the close reading, and psychology helps me ask why people dress, buy and perform identity the way they do.
Presented a paper at a National Seminar co-organised by Presidency College Bengaluru and IIPA. Planned and directed “Beneath the Mask,” a mental health awareness stage performance for a 360-degree audience.
@themads.society
Fashion analyst and cultural storyteller. Decoding what we wear, from the kanchuka to the stiletto. I read clothes like evidence.
Commissions & collaborations
Open to features, cultural essays, editorial collaborations and internships.
Instagram: @themads.society
Email: sahermadiha6@gmail.com
Phone: +91 77602 47362
LinkedIn: Madiha Saher
Medium: @sahermadiha6