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/* Mobile reading and accessibility refinements */
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.story-section{background:linear-gradient(145deg,#21151d,#1a1118);border:1px solid #ffffff12;border-radius:18px;padding:clamp(22px,4vw,42px);margin-bottom:18px;scroll-margin-top:90px}
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.story-section p{font:17px/1.95 'Playfair Display',serif;color:#f5e6ec;margin:0 0 19px}
.story-section p:last-child{margin-bottom:0}
.story-reading{max-width:790px;margin-inline:auto}
.story-inline-image{margin:28px 0 34px}
.story-inline-image img{width:100%;max-height:560px;object-fit:cover;object-position:center 35%;border-radius:15px;display:block;aspect-ratio:16/10}
.story-inline-image figcaption{color:var(--muted);font-size:12px;margin-top:9px}
.story-end{margin-bottom:30px}
@media(max-width:600px){
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.nav{gap:10px}.nav-cta{white-space:nowrap}
.hero{padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:22px}.hero h1{font-size:clamp(37px,10vw,46px)}
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.story-body{padding:12px}.story h3{font-size:18px}.story p{font-size:12px;line-height:1.55}
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.story-section{padding:22px 17px;border-radius:15px}.story-section p{font:16px/1.85 'DM Sans',sans-serif}.story-section h2{font-size:24px}
.story-inline-image img{aspect-ratio:4/3}.story-nav a,.primary,.nav-cta{min-height:44px}
}
@media(max-width:360px){.grid{grid-template-columns:1fr}.cover{aspect-ratio:16/10}}

/* Reference-inspired Kahani Ghar homepage: editorial split layout */
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.home-redesign .topbar{background:#10090bf5;border-bottom-color:#572433}
.home-redesign .nav{height:62px;max-width:none;padding-inline:22px;gap:18px}
.home-redesign .brand{font-size:25px;line-height:1;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;position:relative;padding-bottom:10px}
.home-redesign .brand small{position:absolute;left:0;bottom:-2px;font:10px/1.2 'DM Sans',sans-serif;letter-spacing:.2px;color:#d9c5cb}
.home-redesign .navlinks{gap:20px;white-space:nowrap;color:#fff0f4}
.home-redesign .navlinks a{font-size:12px}
.home-redesign .navlinks .current{color:#ff79a5;position:relative}
.home-redesign .navlinks .current:after{content:'';position:absolute;bottom:-17px;left:0;right:0;height:2px;background:#f13778}
.nav-search{display:flex;align-items:center;max-width:280px;min-width:120px;flex:1;border:1px solid #52313b;background:#24171b;border-radius:99px;overflow:hidden}
.nav-search input{width:100%;min-width:0;border:0;background:transparent;color:#fff7f0;padding:9px 13px;font-size:11px;outline:none}
.nav-search button{background:transparent;color:#fff;padding:5px 12px;border:0;font-size:23px;cursor:pointer}
.home-redesign .nav-cta{font-size:11px;padding:9px 15px;white-space:nowrap}
.home-split{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,58%) minmax(340px,42%);align-items:start;max-width:1600px;margin:0 auto;border-bottom:1px solid #3e2028}
.home-left{min-width:0;padding:0 20px 25px;border-right:1px solid #70273c}
.home-hero{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(160px,.8fr);align-items:stretch;min-height:300px;margin:0 -20px;border-bottom:1px solid #512331;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 25% 35%,#392019 0,transparent 55%),#10090b}
.home-hero-copy{padding:48px 12px 30px 6vw;align-self:center;position:relative;z-index:1}
.home-hero-copy .eyebrow{letter-spacing:1.5px}
.home-hero-copy h1{font:700 clamp(34px,3.4vw,56px)/.99 'Playfair Display',serif;margin:14px 0 15px;letter-spacing:-.8px}
.home-hero-copy h1 em{font-style:normal;color:#ff6e9f}
.home-hero-copy p{font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:#f0dfe4;max-width:440px;margin:0 0 18px}
.home-hero-copy .primary{font-size:12px;padding:11px 18px}
.home-hero-photo{min-height:300px;position:relative;overflow:hidden;background:linear-gradient(90deg,#10090b 0%,#10090b30 35%,#10090b00 100%),url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1516589178581-6cd7833ae3b2?auto=format&fit=crop&w=900&q=85') center 35%/cover no-repeat}
.home-hero-photo:after{content:'';position:absolute;inset:0;background:linear-gradient(0deg,#10090be8 0%,transparent 65%)}
.home-hero-photo>div{position:absolute;bottom:15px;left:15px;right:15px;z-index:1}
.home-hero-photo small{color:#ff9cba;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1px;font-size:9px}
.home-hero-photo p{font:600 18px/1.2 'Playfair Display',serif;margin:6px 0 0}
.category-strip{display:flex;gap:7px;overflow-x:auto;padding:13px 0 16px;scrollbar-width:thin;border-bottom:1px solid #29171d}
.category-strip a{flex:0 0 auto;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;border:1px solid #482b35;background:#1e1418;border-radius:8px;padding:8px 10px;font-size:10px;line-height:1.2;color:#f8e6eb}
.category-strip a:hover{border-color:#f13778;background:#39202a}
.home-section{padding:16px 0 10px;scroll-margin-top:80px}
.home-section-head{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:12px;margin-bottom:12px}
.home-section-head h2{font:600 21px 'Playfair Display',serif;margin:0}
.home-section-head h2 span{font-family:'DM Sans',sans-serif}
.home-section-head>a{font-size:11px;color:#ff76a1;white-space:nowrap}
.home-redesign .grid{grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));gap:10px}
.home-redesign .story{border-radius:8px;border-color:#4c2a34;background:#1a1013}
.home-redesign .story:hover{transform:translateY(-2px);border-color:#b84a72}
.home-redesign .cover{height:auto;aspect-ratio:1.2/1}
.home-redesign .cover img{object-position:center 28%}
.home-redesign .tag{font-size:9px;padding:4px 7px;left:7px;top:7px}
.home-redesign .story-body{padding:9px}
.home-redesign .story h3{font:600 15px/1.18 'Playfair Display',serif;margin:0 0 6px}
.home-redesign .story p{font-size:10px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 8px}
.home-redesign .meta{font-size:9px;gap:5px;padding-top:7px}
.home-note{color:#cbb5bd;font-size:12px;margin:0 0 12px}
.home-about{margin-top:15px;padding:22px;background:linear-gradient(135deg,#2c1720,#171013);border-color:#542c3a}
.home-about h2{font:600 27px 'Playfair Display',serif}
.home-about p{font-size:12px;line-height:1.65}
.featured-reader{position:sticky;top:62px;max-height:calc(100vh - 62px);overflow-y:auto;padding:20px 22px 24px;background:linear-gradient(180deg,#150d10,#10090b);scrollbar-width:thin;scrollbar-color:#633044 #160d10}
.reader-breadcrumb{font-size:10px;color:#bfaab2;margin-bottom:16px}
.reader-breadcrumb strong{color:#fcebf0}
.reader-heading h2{font:600 clamp(23px,2.1vw,31px)/1.2 'Playfair Display',serif;margin:0 0 8px;color:#f6c0cd}
.age-pill{display:inline-flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;background:#f13758;color:white;font:700 11px 'DM Sans',sans-serif;border-radius:5px;padding:4px 7px;margin-left:5px}
.reader-byline{font-size:10px;color:#d8c6cc;margin:0 0 13px}
.reader-tags{display:flex;gap:6px;flex-wrap:wrap;padding-bottom:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #38212a}
.reader-tags span{font-size:10px;padding:5px 8px;border-radius:4px;background:#39202a;color:#f9dce5}
.reader-cta{font-size:12px;padding:10px 18px;border-radius:8px;margin:13px 0 8px}
.reader-excerpt{border-top:1px solid #2e1b21;padding-top:14px}
.reader-excerpt h3{font:600 20px 'Playfair Display',serif;margin:0 0 10px}
.reader-excerpt p{font:13px/1.75 'DM Sans',sans-serif;color:#e4d3d9;margin:0 0 10px}
.reader-images{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:9px;margin:14px 0}
.reader-images img{width:100%;aspect-ratio:3/4;object-fit:cover;object-position:center 25%;border-radius:7px;border:1px solid #4a2b35}
.reader-bottom-link{display:block;color:#ff81a9;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;margin:12px 0 18px}
.reader-related{border-top:1px solid #38212a;padding-top:12px;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px}
.reader-related strong{width:100%;font:600 18px 'Playfair Display',serif}
.reader-related a{font-size:11px;color:#dfc6cf;border:1px solid #39232c;border-radius:5px;padding:7px}
.home-redesign .footer{padding-inline:20px}
@media(min-width:1500px){.home-split{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,58%) minmax(420px,42%)}.home-left{padding-inline:24px}.home-hero{margin-inline:-24px}.home-hero-copy{padding-left:5vw}.home-redesign .grid{grid-template-columns:repeat(4,minmax(0,1fr))}}
@media(max-width:1050px){.home-redesign .nav{gap:12px}.home-redesign .navlinks{gap:12px}.home-redesign .navlinks a{font-size:11px}.nav-search{max-width:200px}.home-split{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,56%) minmax(310px,44%)}.home-redesign .grid{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr))}.home-hero{grid-template-columns:1fr}.home-hero-copy{padding:34px 22px 20px}.home-hero-photo{min-height:190px;background-position:center 28%}}
@media(max-width:720px){
.home-redesign .nav{height:auto;min-height:60px;flex-wrap:wrap;padding:10px 14px;gap:9px}
.home-redesign .brand{font-size:22px;margin-right:auto}
.home-redesign .brand small{font-size:9px}
.home-redesign .navlinks{order:3;display:flex;width:100%;overflow-x:auto;gap:20px;padding:4px 0 7px}
.home-redesign .navlinks .current:after{bottom:-7px}
.nav-search{order:2;flex:0 1 42%;max-width:none}
.home-redesign .nav-cta{display:none}
.home-split{display:flex;flex-direction:column}
.home-left{width:100%;padding:0 13px 20px;border-right:0}
.home-hero{margin-inline:-13px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(125px,.72fr);min-height:255px}
.home-hero-copy{padding:25px 8px 22px 16px}
.home-hero-copy h1{font-size:clamp(27px,7.6vw,39px)}
.home-hero-copy p{font-size:11px;line-height:1.55}
.home-hero-copy .primary{font-size:10px;padding:9px 12px}
.home-hero-photo{min-height:255px;background-position:54% center}
.home-hero-photo>div{left:8px;right:8px;bottom:9px}
.home-hero-photo small{font-size:7px;letter-spacing:.4px}
.home-hero-photo p{font-size:14px}
.category-strip{margin-inline:-13px;padding:11px 13px 13px}
.home-section{padding-top:15px}
.home-section-head h2{font-size:19px}
.home-redesign .grid{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:9px}
.home-redesign .cover{aspect-ratio:1/1.08}
.home-redesign .story h3{font-size:14px}
.home-redesign .story p{font-size:10px}
.featured-reader{position:static;max-height:none;overflow:visible;padding:20px 16px 26px;border-top:2px solid #6a2a40}
.reader-heading h2{font-size:26px}
.reader-excerpt p{font-size:14px;line-height:1.8}
.reader-images img{aspect-ratio:4/5}
.home-about{padding:20px}
.home-redesign .footer{padding-inline:14px}
}
@media(max-width:380px){
.home-hero{grid-template-columns:1fr;min-height:0}
.home-hero-copy{padding:24px 18px 16px}
.home-hero-photo{min-height:190px}
.nav-search{flex-basis:100%;order:4}
.home-redesign .navlinks{order:3}
.home-redesign .grid{gap:7px}
.home-redesign .story-body{padding:8px}
.home-redesign .story h3{font-size:13px}
}