Vasudha Rai is a bestselling author, columnist, podcaster and an award-winning journalist who has written on beauty and wellness for more than two decades. Her first book Glow: Indian Foods, Recipes & Rituals for Beauty, Inside & Out, has revived the usage of traditional ingredients in everyday living. Her second book, Ritual: Daily Practices for Wellness, Beauty & Bliss, modernizes traditional practices, so they’re relevant for contemporary lifestyles. A yoga teacher with a 300-hr certification, Vasudha has taught yoga at The Yoga Studio in Delhi.
Her beauty column appears in HT Mint Lounge and two seasons of her podcast ‘Holistic Healing with Vasudha Rai’—in association with RedFM, India’s leading radio channel—are streaming across all major platforms including Spotify, Jio Saavn, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts. Her work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Conde Nast Traveller and The Hindu Weekend. She’s also been the beauty director for Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health, India.
In 2019 Vasudha was awarded the Beauty & Wellness Voice of The Year at the Cosmopolitan Blogger Awards. In 2022, she was awarded the Voice of Reason in beauty writing as part of the Vogue Beauty Festival, and the Future Forward Influencer in the Wellness category by Peaklife Magazine.
Vasudha has released her third book in Jan 2024, an Audible Original titled The Book of Holistic Beauty – streaming on Audible now.