/* ==========================================================================
   BhaktiMeShakti — v2
   Reading-first, with a visual identity.

   Organising idea: the temple arch — the ogee silhouette of a shikhara
   doorway. It masks hero and card images, marks section headings, and forms
   the brand mark. One motif used structurally, not decoration applied on top.

   Still: no framework, no jQuery, no webfont FOUT, no layout shift.
   ========================================================================== */

:root {
  --paper:      #fbf9f5;
  --paper-2:    #f4f0e8;
  --ink:        #17161d;
  --ink-soft:   #46434f;
  --muted:      #6f6b78;
  --rule:       #e2ddd2;

  /* Brand vermillion, sampled from the logo (#f83030 family).
     Three tones because one is not accessible everywhere:
       --brand      graphics + large display   (3.75:1 on paper — large only)
       --brand-ink  links + small text         (5.48:1 on paper — AA)
       --brand-lit  anything on a dark ground  (footer)                   */
  --brand:      #f0392e;
  --brand-ink:  #c22a20;
  --brand-lit:  #ff8074;
  --deep:       #2b1512;

  --step--2: clamp(0.76rem, 0.74rem + 0.10vw, 0.82rem);
  --step--1: clamp(0.88rem, 0.85rem + 0.15vw, 0.96rem);
  --step-0:  clamp(1.06rem, 1.01rem + 0.26vw, 1.22rem);
  --step-1:  clamp(1.33rem, 1.23rem + 0.47vw, 1.65rem);
  /* Scaled down from the original ladder — the top end in particular was
     producing an H1 near 4rem and a hero headline near 5.5rem, both too
     large on a wide screen. Values below trimmed roughly 25-35% off the
     high end while keeping the low end (mobile) close to unchanged. */
  --step-2:  clamp(1.5rem, 1.38rem + 0.6vw, 1.85rem);
  --step-3:  clamp(1.75rem, 1.56rem + 0.95vw, 2.35rem);
  --step-4:  clamp(2.05rem, 1.78rem + 1.35vw, 2.75rem);
  --step-5:  clamp(2.4rem, 1.98rem + 2.1vw, 3.4rem);

  --measure: 88ch; /* widened again: 74ch still left noticeable empty space
                      beside the article column on wide screens. */
  --gutter: clamp(1.15rem, 4vw, 2.5rem);
  --flow: 1.4em;

  --font-read: "Tiro Devanagari Hindi", "Iowan Old Style", Georgia, serif;
  --font-ui: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;

  --arch: 46% 46% 3px 3px / 34% 34% 3px 3px;
  --arch-deep: 50% 50% 4px 4px / 46% 46% 4px 4px;

  --shadow-1: 0 1px 2px rgb(23 22 29 / .04), 0 4px 14px rgb(23 22 29 / .06);
  --shadow-2: 0 2px 6px rgb(23 22 29 / .07), 0 14px 40px rgb(23 22 29 / .10);
  --ease: cubic-bezier(.22, .61, .36, 1);
}

html[lang^="mr"] { --font-read: "Tiro Devanagari Marathi", Georgia, serif; }
html[lang^="gu"] { --font-read: "Tiro Gujarati", Georgia, serif; }
html[lang^="hi"] { --font-read: "Tiro Devanagari Hindi", Georgia, serif; }

html[lang^="hi"], html[lang^="mr"], html[lang^="gu"] {
  --flow: 1.55em;
  /* Indic scripts were held at a narrower measure than Latin on the theory
     that taller glyphs need shorter lines. In practice, with the sidebar
     taking its own column, that left a large empty gutter on Hindi and
     Marathi posts. Brought close to the Latin measure. */
  --measure: 84ch;
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --paper: #14131a; --paper-2: #1c1a24; --ink: #ece9e3; --ink-soft: #b8b3c0;
    --muted: #8b8695; --rule: #2e2b38;
    --brand: #ff6a5c; --brand-ink: #ff8074; --brand-lit: #ff9c92; --deep: #1a0d0b;
    --shadow-1: 0 1px 2px rgb(0 0 0 / .4), 0 4px 14px rgb(0 0 0 / .3);
    --shadow-2: 0 2px 6px rgb(0 0 0 / .5), 0 14px 40px rgb(0 0 0 / .4);
  }
}

*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; scroll-behavior: smooth; }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  *, *::before, *::after { animation-duration: .01ms !important; transition-duration: .01ms !important; }
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--font-read);
  font-size: var(--step-0);
  line-height: 1.72;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
  background-color: var(--paper);
  background-image:
    radial-gradient(60rem 40rem at 80% -10%, rgb(154 107 18 / .055), transparent 60%),
    radial-gradient(50rem 36rem at -10% 8%, rgb(36 28 51 / .045), transparent 60%);
  background-attachment: fixed;
}

img, svg, video { max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; }
/* NOTE: do not reintroduce `img[width][height] { height:auto }` here.
   Its specificity (0,2,1) beats every `.container img` rule (0,1,1), which
   silently breaks object-fit sizing and leaves empty space under images. */

/* Any image that fills a ratio-locked frame. Declared once, used everywhere. */
.hero__media img,
.card__media img,
.tile__media img,
.entry-media img {
  inline-size: 100%;
  block-size: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center;
}

a { color: var(--brand-ink); text-underline-offset: .2em; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; }
a:hover { color: var(--brand); }
:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid var(--brand); outline-offset: 3px; border-radius: 2px; }

.wrap { width: min(100% - (var(--gutter) * 2), 84rem); margin-inline: auto; }
.reading { width: min(100% - (var(--gutter) * 2), var(--measure)); margin-inline: auto; }
.flow > * + * { margin-block-start: var(--flow); }

.skip {
  position: absolute; left: -9999px; top: 0; background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--paper); padding: .8rem 1.2rem; z-index: 100;
}
.skip:focus { left: 0; }

.site-head {
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--rule);
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--paper) 86%, transparent);
  backdrop-filter: saturate(140%) blur(10px);
  position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 40;
}
.site-head__inner {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 1.2rem;
  min-height: 4.4rem; padding-block: .7rem;
}
.brand {
  font-size: var(--step-1); font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -.018em;
  text-decoration: none; color: var(--ink); margin-inline-end: auto;
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .55rem;
}
.brand span { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.brand::before {
  content: ""; inline-size: .82em; block-size: 1.05em; flex: none;
  background: linear-gradient(160deg, var(--brand), var(--brand-ink));
  border-radius: var(--arch-deep);
  opacity: .9;
}

.nav-toggle {
  display: none; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1);
  background: none; border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 999px;
  padding: .5rem .95rem; color: var(--ink); cursor: pointer;
}
.nav-toggle:hover { border-color: var(--brand-ink); color: var(--brand-ink); }

.nav { font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); }
.nav ul { display: flex; gap: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.nav a {
  color: var(--ink-soft); text-decoration: none; padding-block: .3rem; position: relative;
}
.nav a::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline: 0; bottom: -.15rem; block-size: 1.5px;
  background: var(--brand); transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: left;
  transition: transform .28s var(--ease);
}
.nav a:hover, .nav .current-menu-item > a { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.nav a:hover::after, .nav .current-menu-item > a::after { transform: scaleX(1); }

.langs { display: flex; gap: .3rem; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); }
.langs a {
  text-decoration: none; color: var(--muted); padding: .5rem .75rem;
  min-block-size: 2.4rem; display: inline-flex; align-items: center;
  border-radius: 999px; border: 1px solid transparent; transition: all .2s var(--ease);
}
.langs a:hover { color: var(--ink); background: var(--paper-2); }
.langs a[aria-current="true"] {
  color: var(--ink); border-color: var(--rule); background: var(--paper-2); font-weight: 600;
}

@media (max-width: 56rem) {
  .site-head { position: static; }
  .nav-toggle { display: block; order: 3; }
  .nav { display: none; width: 100%; order: 4; padding-block-end: .8rem; }
  .nav[data-open="true"] { display: block; }
  .nav ul { flex-direction: column; gap: 0; }
  .nav a { display: block; padding: .7rem 0; border-block-end: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .nav a::after { display: none; }
  .site-head__inner { flex-wrap: wrap; }
}

.arch { border-radius: var(--arch); overflow: hidden; }

.hero {
  display: grid; gap: clamp(1.6rem, 4vw, 3.5rem);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr; align-items: center;
  padding-block: clamp(2.5rem, 7vw, 5rem) clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.5rem);
}
@media (min-width: 58rem) {
  .hero { grid-template-columns: 1.05fr .95fr; }
}
.hero__eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--brand-ink); font-weight: 600;
  margin-block-end: .9rem;
}
.hero__title {
  font-size: var(--step-5); line-height: .98; letter-spacing: -.035em;
  margin: 0 0 1rem; font-weight: 600; text-wrap: balance;
}
.hero__lede {
  font-size: var(--step-1); line-height: 1.5; color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0 0 1.8rem; max-width: 34ch;
}
.hero__media {
  position: relative; aspect-ratio: 4 / 5; background: var(--paper-2);
  border-radius: var(--arch-deep); overflow: hidden; box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
}
.hero__media::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: .6rem; border: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / .38);
  border-radius: var(--arch-deep); pointer-events: none;
}

.btn {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .55rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); font-weight: 600;
  background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); text-decoration: none;
  padding: .85rem 1.5rem; border-radius: 999px; border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  transition: transform .2s var(--ease), background .2s var(--ease);
}
.btn:hover { background: var(--deep); color: var(--paper); transform: translateY(-2px); }
.btn--ghost { background: transparent; color: var(--ink); border-color: var(--rule); }
.btn--ghost:hover { background: var(--paper-2); color: var(--ink); border-color: var(--brand-ink); }

.section { margin-block-end: clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 4.5rem); }
.section__head {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: baseline; gap: .5rem 1.2rem;
  margin-block-end: 1.5rem; padding-block-end: .9rem;
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.section__title {
  font-size: var(--step-2); line-height: 1.15; margin: 0; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.02em; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .6rem;
}
.section__title::before {
  content: ""; inline-size: .42em; block-size: .58em; flex: none;
  background: var(--brand); border-radius: 50%; opacity: .9;
}
.section__more {
  margin-inline-start: auto; font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: var(--step--1); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;
}
.section__more::after { content: " \2192"; }

.grid { display: grid; gap: clamp(1.3rem, 2.6vw, 2.1rem); grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(16.5rem, 1fr)); }

.card { background: transparent; border: 0; }
.card__media {
  display: block; aspect-ratio: 4 / 3.4; background: var(--paper-2);
  border-radius: var(--arch); overflow: hidden; margin-block-end: .95rem;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-1); position: relative;
}
.card__media img {
  transition: transform .6s var(--ease);
}
.card:hover .card__media img { transform: scale(1.045); }
.card__media::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; border-radius: var(--arch);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgb(23 22 29 / .07); pointer-events: none;
}
.card__title {
  font-size: var(--step-0); font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 .4rem; line-height: 1.32;
  letter-spacing: -.008em;
}
.card__title a { color: var(--ink); text-decoration: none; }
.card:hover .card__title a { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.card__meta {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); color: var(--muted);
  letter-spacing: .01em; margin: 0;
}

.entry-head { padding-block: clamp(2.2rem, 6vw, 4rem) 1.6rem; }
.entry-title {
  font-size: var(--step-4); line-height: 1.08; margin: 0 0 .8rem;
  font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -.03em; text-wrap: balance;
}
.entry-meta {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); color: var(--muted);
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .5rem 1.1rem; align-items: center;
}
.entry-meta img { border-radius: 50%; }

/* Pull-quote treatment for the standfirst — a tinted panel with large
   decorative quote marks, matching the reference: italic centred summary
   sitting just under the hero image before the body copy begins. */
.standfirst {
  font-size: var(--step-1); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6;
  color: var(--ink-soft); text-align: center; text-wrap: balance;
  margin: 0 auto 2.2rem; max-inline-size: 46rem;
  padding: 1.7rem 2.2rem; position: relative;
  background: var(--paper-2); border-radius: 10px;
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.standfirst::before {
  content: "\201C"; position: absolute; top: -.3rem; left: 1rem;
  font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 3.2rem;
  color: var(--brand); opacity: .35; line-height: 1;
}

.entry-media {
  margin: 0 0 2.5rem; border-radius: var(--arch); overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
}

.entry-content h2 {
  font-size: var(--step-2); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 600;
  margin-block: 2.4em .55em; letter-spacing: -.02em; text-wrap: balance;
}
.entry-content h3 {
  font-size: var(--step-1); font-weight: 600; margin-block: 1.9em .4em;
  letter-spacing: -.012em;
}
.entry-content > * + * { margin-block-start: var(--flow); }
.entry-content ul, .entry-content ol { padding-inline-start: 1.25em; }
.entry-content li + li { margin-block-start: .55em; }
.entry-content li::marker { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.entry-content figure { margin-inline: 0; }
.entry-content figure img {
  border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease);
}
.entry-content figcaption {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1);
  color: var(--muted); margin-block-start: .6rem; line-height: 1.5;
}

.verse, .wp-block-group.verse {
  font-size: var(--step-1);
  line-height: 2.1;
  text-align: center;
  margin-block: 2.6rem;
  padding: clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 2.8rem) clamp(1.2rem, 4vw, 2.5rem);
  background: var(--paper-2);
  border-radius: var(--arch);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  position: relative;
}
.verse::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline-start: 50%; inset-block-start: -1px;
  inline-size: 4.5rem; block-size: 3px; translate: -50% 0;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, var(--brand), transparent);
}
.verse p { margin: 0; }
.verse p + p { margin-block-start: 1.15em; }
.verse--numbered { counter-reset: verse; text-align: start; }
.verse--numbered p { counter-increment: verse; position: relative; padding-inline-start: 2.8rem; }
.verse--numbered p::before {
  content: counter(verse); position: absolute; inset-inline-start: 0;
  color: var(--brand-ink); font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1);
  line-height: inherit; opacity: .8;
}
.verse__meaning {
  font-size: var(--step-0); line-height: 1.7; color: var(--ink-soft);
  text-align: start; max-width: 58ch; margin: 1.6rem auto 0;
  padding-block-start: 1.3rem; border-block-start: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

.steps { counter-reset: step; list-style: none; padding: 0; margin-block: 2.2rem; }
.steps > li {
  counter-increment: step; position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: 3.6rem; padding-block: 1.2rem;
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.steps > li:last-child { border-block-end: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.steps > li::before {
  content: counter(step); position: absolute; inset-inline-start: 0; top: 1.15rem;
  inline-size: 2.3rem; block-size: 2.6rem; display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: var(--paper-2); border: 1px solid var(--brand-ink);
  border-radius: var(--arch-deep); color: var(--brand-ink);
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); line-height: 1;
}
.steps h3 { margin: 0 0 .35rem; font-size: var(--step-0); font-weight: 600; }
.steps p { margin: 0; color: var(--ink-soft); }

.entry-content table, .timings {
  width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: var(--step-0);
  margin-block: 2rem; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}
.entry-content th, .timings th {
  text-align: start; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1);
  font-weight: 600; color: var(--muted); letter-spacing: .04em;
  text-transform: uppercase; padding: .75rem .9rem;
  border-block-end: 2px solid var(--rule);
}
.entry-content td, .timings td { padding: .8rem .9rem; border-block-end: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.entry-content tbody tr:hover, .timings tbody tr:hover { background: var(--paper-2); }

.faq, .wp-block-group.faq {
  margin-block: 2.8rem; padding: 1.6rem 1.6rem .4rem;
  background: var(--paper-2); border-radius: 12px; border: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.faq::before {
  content: "FAQ"; display: block; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2);
  font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .14em; color: var(--brand-ink); margin-block-end: 1rem;
}
.faq details, .faq .wp-block-details {
  border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 8px;
  margin-block-end: .9rem; background: var(--paper);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-1);
  transition: border-color .2s var(--ease), box-shadow .2s var(--ease);
}
.faq details[open] {
  border-color: var(--brand-ink); box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
}
.faq summary {
  cursor: pointer; padding: 1.15rem 3.2rem 1.15rem 1.4rem; font-weight: 600;
  list-style: none; position: relative; line-height: 1.45;
  transition: color .2s var(--ease);
}
.faq summary:hover { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.faq summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.faq summary::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline-end: 1.3rem; top: 1.6rem;
  inline-size: .6rem; block-size: .6rem; border-inline-end: 2px solid var(--brand-ink);
  border-block-end: 2px solid var(--brand-ink); rotate: 45deg;
  transition: rotate .25s var(--ease);
}
.faq details[open] summary::after { rotate: -135deg; top: 1.8rem; }
.faq details > *:not(summary) { padding: 0 1.4rem 1.25rem; color: var(--ink-soft); margin: 0; line-height: 1.6; }

.author-box {
  display: flex; gap: 1.3rem; align-items: flex-start;
  padding: 1.8rem; margin-block-start: 3.5rem;
  background: var(--paper-2); border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.author-box img { border-radius: 50%; flex: none; box-shadow: var(--shadow-1); }
.author-box h2 { font-size: var(--step-0); margin: 0 0 .35rem; }
.author-box h2 a { color: var(--ink); text-decoration: none; }
.author-box h2 a:hover { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.author-box p { margin: 0; font-size: var(--step--1); color: var(--ink-soft); line-height: 1.65; }

.crumbs { font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); color: var(--muted); padding-block-start: 1.4rem; }
.crumbs ol { list-style: none; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .45rem; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.crumbs li + li::before { content: "\203A"; margin-inline-end: .45rem; color: var(--rule); }
.crumbs a { color: var(--muted); text-decoration: none; }
.crumbs a:hover { color: var(--brand-ink); }

/* WordPress wraps the actual links in a .nav-links div — the flex context
   has to live there, not on the outer <nav>. Missing this is what produced
   the vertical stack of circles: .nav-links was the lone flex item, and
   each display:grid link inside it became its own block box.            */
.navigation.pagination {
  margin-block: 3rem; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1);
}
.navigation.pagination .nav-links {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: .5rem;
}
.navigation.pagination .page-numbers {
  display: inline-grid; place-items: center; min-inline-size: 2.6rem; block-size: 2.6rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 999px; text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.navigation.pagination .page-numbers:hover { border-color: var(--brand-ink); color: var(--brand-ink); }
.navigation.pagination .page-numbers.current { background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); border-color: var(--ink); }

.recite-btn {
  position: sticky; bottom: 1.3rem; margin-inline-start: auto; display: block;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); font-weight: 600;
  background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); border: none;
  border-radius: 999px; padding: .8rem 1.4rem; cursor: pointer;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
}
body[data-recite="on"] {
  --paper: #0e0d13; --paper-2: #0e0d13; --ink: #efe9dd; --ink-soft: #cbc4b6;
  --rule: #2b2833; --brand-ink: #ff8074; --brand: #ff6a5c;
  background-image: none;
}
body[data-recite="on"] .site-head,
body[data-recite="on"] .site-foot,
body[data-recite="on"] .entry-meta,
body[data-recite="on"] .entry-media,
body[data-recite="on"] .author-box,
body[data-recite="on"] .related { display: none; }
body[data-recite="on"] .entry-content { font-size: calc(var(--step-1) * 1.12); line-height: 2.1; }
body[data-recite="on"] .reading { width: min(100% - 2rem, 42rem); }

.site-foot {
  margin-block-start: 5rem; background: var(--deep); color: #cfc9d8;
  padding-block: clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 4rem);
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1);
}
.site-foot a { color: #e6e1ee; text-decoration: none; }
.site-foot a:hover { color: var(--brand-lit); }
.foot-cols { display: grid; gap: 2.2rem; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(13rem, 1fr)); }
.foot-cols h2 {
  font-size: var(--step--2); font-weight: 600; color: #fff; margin: 0 0 .9rem;
  letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase;
}
.foot-cols ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.foot-cols li + li { margin-block-start: .5rem; }
.site-foot .langs a { color: #cfc9d8; }
.site-foot .langs a[aria-current="true"] { background: rgb(255 255 255 / .1); border-color: transparent; color: #fff; }

.visually-hidden {
  position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0 0 0 0); clip-path: inset(50%); white-space: nowrap;
}

/* --- Custom logo ----------------------------------------------------------
   When a logo is set in Customizer it replaces the text wordmark and the
   CSS arch mark. Height is capped so a large upload cannot inflate the
   header, and the aspect ratio is preserved to avoid layout shift.        */
.brand--image { margin-inline-end: auto; display: flex; align-items: center; }
.brand--image::before { content: none; }
.brand--image .custom-logo-link { display: block; line-height: 0; }
.brand--image .custom-logo {
  block-size: auto; inline-size: auto;
  max-block-size: clamp(2.4rem, 6vw, 3.1rem);
  max-inline-size: 15rem;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  /* The logo is vermillion on transparent, which reads fine on the dark
     ground, so no inversion — only a slight lift so it does not glare. */
  :root:not([data-theme="light"]) .brand--image .custom-logo { opacity: .95; }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   v3 — furniture the site actually needs
   ========================================================================== */

/* --- Cards: 16:9, matching the banner artwork the site is authored in ----
   The arch is reserved for portrait imagery. Cropping a 768x432 banner into
   a portrait arch cut the composition in half.                            */
.card__media {
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
  border-radius: 8px;
  margin-block-end: .9rem;
}
.card__media::after { border-radius: 8px; }

.card__cat {
  display: inline-block; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2);
  font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--brand-ink); text-decoration: none; margin-block-end: .45rem;
}
.card__cat:hover { color: var(--brand); }
.card__excerpt {
  font-size: var(--step--1); color: var(--ink-soft); line-height: 1.6;
  margin: .5rem 0 .6rem;
}
.card__meta { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .4rem; align-items: baseline; }

/* Lead card: first item in a section, given more weight. */
@media (min-width: 46rem) {
  .section--split .grid { grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 1fr; align-items: start; }
  .card--lead .card__title { font-size: var(--step-2); line-height: 1.18; letter-spacing: -.02em; }
  .card--lead .card__media { aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; }
  .section--split .card-stack { display: grid; gap: 1.2rem; }
  .section--split .card-stack .card { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 7.5rem 1fr; gap: .9rem; align-items: start; }
  .section--split .card-stack .card__media { margin: 0; aspect-ratio: 4 / 3; border-radius: 6px; }
  .section--split .card-stack .card__title { font-size: var(--step--1); line-height: 1.4; }
  .section--split .card-stack .card__cat, .section--split .card-stack .card__meta { display: none; }
}

/* --- Category tiles ------------------------------------------------------- */
.tiles {
  display: grid; gap: clamp(1rem, 2.5vw, 1.8rem);
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(8.5rem, 1fr));
}
.tile { text-align: center; text-decoration: none; display: block; }
.tile__media {
  aspect-ratio: 1; border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; background: var(--paper-2);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-1); margin-block-end: .7rem;
  border: 2px solid transparent; transition: border-color .25s var(--ease), transform .35s var(--ease);
}
.tile:hover .tile__media { border-color: var(--brand); transform: translateY(-3px); }
.tile__name {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--ink); line-height: 1.3; display: block;
}
.tile:hover .tile__name { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.tile__count { font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); color: var(--muted); }

/* --- Social icons ---------------------------------------------------------- */
.social { display: flex; gap: .35rem; align-items: center; }
.social a {
  display: grid; place-items: center; inline-size: 2.2rem; block-size: 2.2rem;
  border-radius: 50%; color: var(--ink-soft); text-decoration: none;
  transition: background .2s var(--ease), color .2s var(--ease);
}
.social a:hover { background: var(--brand); color: #fff; }
.site-foot .social a { color: #cfc9d8; }
.site-foot .social a:hover { background: var(--brand); color: #fff; }

/* --- Footer ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
.foot-cols { grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(14rem, 1fr)); }
@media (min-width: 60rem) {
  .foot-cols { grid-template-columns: 1.6fr 1fr 1fr 1fr; }
}
.foot-about p { line-height: 1.7; margin: 0 0 1.1rem; max-width: 42ch; }
.foot-logo { margin-block-end: 1rem; }
.foot-logo img { max-block-size: 3.2rem; inline-size: auto; }
.site-foot li a { display: inline-block; padding-block: .15rem; }
.foot-bar {
  margin-block-start: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3rem); padding-block-start: 1.4rem;
  border-block-start: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / .12);
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .8rem 1.6rem; align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
}
.foot-bar p { margin: 0; }
.foot-bar strong { color: #fff; }
.foot-legal { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 1.2rem; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }

.to-top {
  position: fixed; inset-block-end: 1.2rem; inset-inline-end: 1.2rem;
  inline-size: 2.6rem; block-size: 2.6rem; display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); border-radius: 50%;
  text-decoration: none; box-shadow: var(--shadow-2); z-index: 30;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
}
.to-top:hover { background: var(--brand); color: #fff; }
@media (max-width: 46rem) { .to-top { display: none; } }

/* --- Chips: taxonomy cross-links on archives ------------------------------
   These are the internal links that tie the category tree together. They
   matter for crawl depth as much as for navigation.                       */
.chips { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .5rem; margin-block: 0 2.2rem; }
.chip {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .4rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1);
  padding: .45rem .9rem; border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 999px;
  text-decoration: none; color: var(--ink-soft); background: var(--paper);
  transition: border-color .2s var(--ease), color .2s var(--ease);
}
.chip span { color: var(--muted); font-size: var(--step--2); }
.chip:hover { border-color: var(--brand); color: var(--brand-ink); }

/* Archive lead card spans the full row on wide screens. */
@media (min-width: 46rem) {
  /* This is the rule that caused the reported blank-space bug: image height
     forced the row height while the text column (title + meta only) sat
     centered with empty space above and below. Fixed two ways: align to the
     top instead of centering, and the card now always carries an excerpt
     plus sibling links so the column has real content to fill the row. */
  .grid > .card--lead { grid-column: 1 / -1; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.15fr 1fr; gap: 2.2rem; align-items: start; }
  .grid > .card--lead .card__media { margin: 0; max-block-size: 26rem; }
}

/* --- Slider ---------------------------------------------------------------
   CSS scroll-snap, not a JS carousel. Native scroll, keyboard accessible via
   the focusable track, and nothing moves after paint — so it contributes
   zero CLS. Autoplay is deliberately omitted: it hurts accessibility and is
   the usual reason carousels tank Core Web Vitals.                        */
.slider { position: relative; margin-block: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2.5rem) clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.5rem); }
.slider__track {
  display: grid; grid-auto-flow: column; grid-auto-columns: 100%;
  gap: clamp(1rem, 3vw, 2rem);
  overflow-x: auto; overscroll-behavior-inline: contain;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory; scrollbar-width: none;
  border-radius: 14px;
}
.slider__track::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
.slider__track:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid var(--brand); outline-offset: 4px; }

.slide {
  scroll-snap-align: center;
  display: grid; gap: 0;
  border-radius: 14px; overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--paper-2); box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
  position: relative; min-block-size: 0;
}
.slide__media { aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; background: var(--paper-2); }
/* Reserve the row height up front: slides 2-5 load lazily, and without this
   the track can resize as they arrive, which shows up as CLS. */
.slider__track { min-block-size: 0; }
.slide { content-visibility: auto; contain-intrinsic-size: auto 320px; }
.slide__media img { inline-size: 100%; block-size: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
.slide__body { padding: clamp(1.2rem, 3vw, 2rem); }
.slide__title {
  font-size: var(--step-2); line-height: 1.15; margin: 0 0 .6rem;
  letter-spacing: -.025em; font-weight: 600; text-wrap: balance;
}
.slide__title a { color: var(--ink); text-decoration: none; }
.slide__title a:hover { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.slide__lede { color: var(--ink-soft); margin: 0 0 1.2rem; font-size: var(--step--1); line-height: 1.6; }

@media (min-width: 54rem) {
  /* Text over image on wide screens, with a scrim for contrast. */
  .slide { grid-template-columns: 1fr; aspect-ratio: 21 / 9; }
  .slide__media { position: absolute; inset: 0; aspect-ratio: auto; }
  .slide__body {
    position: relative; align-self: end; max-inline-size: 42rem;
    padding: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.5rem);
    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgb(20 12 10 / .88) 12%, rgb(20 12 10 / .55) 55%, transparent);
    inline-size: 100%;
  }
  .slide__title a, .slide__lede { color: #fff; }
  .slide__title a:hover { color: var(--brand-lit); }
  .slide__body .hero__eyebrow { color: var(--brand-lit); }
  .slide__body .btn { background: #fff; color: var(--ink); border-color: #fff; }
  .slide__body .btn:hover { background: var(--brand); color: #fff; border-color: var(--brand); }
}

.slider__dots { display: flex; gap: .5rem; justify-content: center; margin-block-start: 1rem; }
.slider__dots a {
  inline-size: .55rem; block-size: .55rem; border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--rule); display: block; position: relative;
  transition: background .2s var(--ease), transform .2s var(--ease);
}
/* The dot is 9px for visual restraint, but the tappable area must be at
   least 24px (WCAG 2.2 target-size). Expand the hit box, not the dot. */
.slider__dots a::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: -8px; border-radius: 50%;
}
.slider__dots { gap: .75rem; padding-block: .5rem; }
.slider__dots a:hover { background: var(--brand); transform: scale(1.3); }

/* --- Share ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
.share {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .5rem; align-items: center;
  margin-block-start: 2rem; padding-block-start: 1.5rem;
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.share__label {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted);
  margin-inline-end: .4rem;
}
.share__link {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); text-decoration: none;
  padding: .4rem .85rem; border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 999px;
  color: var(--ink-soft); transition: all .2s var(--ease);
}
.share__link:hover { background: var(--brand); border-color: var(--brand); color: #fff; }

/* --- Prev / next ----------------------------------------------------------- */
.post-nav {
  display: grid; gap: 1rem; margin-block-start: 3rem;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}
@media (min-width: 40rem) { .post-nav { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } }
.post-nav__link {
  display: block; padding: 1.1rem 1.3rem; border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-radius: 8px; text-decoration: none; background: var(--paper);
  transition: border-color .2s var(--ease);
}
.post-nav__link:hover { border-color: var(--brand); }
.post-nav__link span {
  display: block; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2);
  letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted);
  margin-block-end: .3rem;
}
.post-nav__link strong { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.35; display: block; }
.post-nav__link--next { text-align: end; }

/* ==========================================================================
   v4 — sidebar, split layout, table of contents
   ========================================================================== */

/* --- Split layout: main content + sidebar ---------------------------------
   Single column until there is room for a sidebar without squeezing the
   reading column below a comfortable measure.                             */
.layout--split { display: grid; gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.5rem); align-items: start; }
/* Lowered from 64rem: that threshold meant the sidebar stacked underneath
   the article on anything narrower than ~1024px, including many laptop
   windows — which reads as "the side elements moved to the bottom". At
   52rem there is still ample room for a readable main column beside an
   18rem sidebar. */
@media (min-width: 52rem) {
  .layout--split { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 18rem; }
}
@media (min-width: 72rem) {
  .layout--split { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 20rem; }
}
.layout--article .layout__main { min-inline-size: 0; }
.layout--article .reading { width: 100%; max-inline-size: var(--measure); }
.layout__aside {
  display: grid; gap: 1.6rem; align-content: start;
  position: sticky; top: calc(4.4rem + 1.5rem);
}
@media (max-width: 52rem) {
  .layout__aside { position: static; }
}

/* --- Widgets ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
.widget {
  background: var(--paper); border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 10px;
  padding: 1.3rem 1.4rem;
}
.widget h2 {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0 0 1rem;
}
.widget ul, .widget ol { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.widget li + li { margin-block-start: .85rem; padding-block-start: .85rem; border-block-start: 1px solid var(--rule); }

.widget--search form { display: flex; gap: .5rem; }
.widget--search input[type="search"] {
  flex: 1; min-inline-size: 0; font: inherit; font-size: var(--step--1);
  padding: .6rem .8rem; border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 6px;
  background: var(--paper-2); color: var(--ink);
}
.widget--search button {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); font-weight: 600;
  padding: .6rem 1rem; border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); cursor: pointer;
}

.widget--toc ol { counter-reset: toc; }
.widget--toc li { counter-increment: toc; padding-block-start: .6rem; margin-block-start: .6rem; }
.widget--toc li:first-child { padding-block-start: 0; margin-block-start: 0; }
.widget--toc a {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); line-height: 1.4;
  color: var(--ink-soft); text-decoration: none; display: flex; gap: .5rem;
}
.widget--toc a::before { content: counter(toc) "."; color: var(--brand-ink); flex: none; }
.widget--toc a:hover { color: var(--brand-ink); }

.widget--recent a { display: flex; gap: .8rem; text-decoration: none; align-items: flex-start; }
.widget__thumb {
  inline-size: 3.6rem; block-size: 3.6rem; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;
  flex: none; background: var(--paper-2);
}
.widget__thumb img { inline-size: 100%; block-size: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
.widget--recent strong {
  display: block; font-size: var(--step--1); line-height: 1.35; color: var(--ink);
  font-weight: 600; margin-block-end: .25rem;
}
.widget--recent a:hover strong { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.widget--recent time { font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); color: var(--muted); }

.widget--cats a {
  display: flex; justify-content: space-between; text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: var(--step--1);
}
.widget--cats a:hover { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.widget--cats span { color: var(--muted); font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); }

.widget .social { justify-content: center; }

/* ==========================================================================
   v5 — lead-card content, dated meta, full-width hero, auto-interlinking
   ========================================================================== */

.card--lead .card__body { padding-block-start: .3rem; }
.card__excerpt { font-size: var(--step-0); line-height: 1.6; color: var(--ink-soft); margin: .6rem 0 1.1rem; }

.card__siblings {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .5rem; align-items: center;
  margin-block-end: 1.3rem; padding: .9rem 1rem; background: var(--paper-2);
  border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.card__siblings-label {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted);
  inline-size: 100%; margin-block-end: .2rem;
}
.card__siblings a {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--brand-ink); padding: .3rem .7rem; background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 999px;
}
.card__siblings a:hover { border-color: var(--brand); background: var(--paper-2); }

.card__cta { margin-block-end: 1.2rem; }

/* Auto-inserted interlinking anchors read as ordinary body links — no
   special styling, so they never look like an ad or a plugin injection. */

/* --- Full-width hero on single posts --------------------------------------
   Title and hero image intentionally sit OUTSIDE .layout--split so they use
   the full page width; only the body text column is constrained for
   readability once the sidebar appears below.                             */
.entry-head-full { padding-block: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 3.5rem) 0; }
/* Removed the 42ch cap — was wrapping the title narrowly even though the
   page itself is now full width. text-wrap:balance (set on .entry-title
   already) keeps multi-line titles looking even without an artificial cap. */
.entry-media--full {
  /* Bottom margin matters: the hero sits in .entry-head-full (full width,
     outside the sidebar grid) and .layout--split begins immediately after.
     With no bottom margin the sidebar's first widget butted straight up
     against the image edge — the overlap seen in testing. */
  margin: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2.5rem) 0 clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 2.8rem);
  border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-2); aspect-ratio: 21 / 9;
}
.entry-media--full img { inline-size: 100%; block-size: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
@media (max-width: 46rem) {
  .entry-media--full { aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; }
}

/* --- Author box: qualification line + social ------------------------------- */
.author-box__label {
  display: block; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2);
  font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted); margin-block-end: .2rem;
}
.author-box__qual {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--brand-ink); margin: 0 0 .6rem !important;
}
.author-box .social { justify-content: flex-start; margin-block-start: .9rem; }
.author-box .social a {
  inline-size: 2rem; block-size: 2rem; background: var(--paper-2);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

/* --- Dedicated author page --------------------------------------------------- */
.author-page__head {
  display: flex; gap: 1.8rem; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap;
  padding-block: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.5rem); border-block-end: 1px solid var(--rule);
  margin-block-end: 2.5rem;
}
.author-page__head img { border-radius: 50%; box-shadow: var(--shadow-2); }
.author-page__avatar { flex: none; }
/* The name/qualification/social block: an explicit basis + min-width:0 so it
   sits beside the photo in the available space rather than being pushed to
   wrap onto its own row underneath. Without min-width:0 a flex item defaults
   to refusing to shrink below its content's natural width, which — with a
   qualification line this long — was wide enough to force a wrap even where
   there was technically room. */
.author-page__head > div:not(.author-page__avatar) { flex: 1 1 16rem; min-width: 0; }
.author-page__qual { overflow-wrap: break-word; }
.author-page__name { font-size: var(--step-3); margin: 0 0 .3rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -.02em; }
.author-page__qual {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step-0); font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--brand-ink); margin: 0 0 .8rem;
}
.author-page .entry-content h2 { font-size: var(--step-1); }
.expertise-list {
  list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 1.5rem 0; display: grid; gap: .6rem;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(15rem, 1fr));
}
.expertise-list li {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); padding: .7rem 1rem;
  background: var(--paper-2); border-radius: 6px; border-inline-start: 3px solid var(--brand);
}

/* --- Author page: post grid + pagination -----------------------------------
   paginate_links(type:'list') produces a DIFFERENT DOM shape from
   the_posts_pagination() — <ul class="page-numbers"><li><a>...</a></li></ul>
   rather than a nav/.nav-links wrapper. Styled separately and scoped to
   .author-posts so it can't collide with the archive pagination fix above.
   display:contents on the <li> removes its own box so the flex context set
   on the <ul> applies directly to the <a>/<span> circles — the exact class
   of bug fixed earlier, avoided here by checking the real markup first.   */
.author-posts { margin-block-start: clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 4rem); }
.author-posts ul.page-numbers {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: .5rem;
  list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 2rem 0 0;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1);
}
.author-posts ul.page-numbers li { display: contents; }
.author-posts ul.page-numbers .page-numbers {
  display: inline-grid; place-items: center; min-inline-size: 2.6rem; block-size: 2.6rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 999px; text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--ink-soft); padding-inline: .4rem;
}
.author-posts ul.page-numbers .page-numbers:hover { border-color: var(--brand-ink); color: var(--brand-ink); }
.author-posts ul.page-numbers .current { background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); border-color: var(--ink); }
.author-posts ul.page-numbers .dots { border-color: transparent; }

/* --- Top byline: qualification directly under the name --------------------- */
.entry-meta { align-items: flex-start; }
.entry-meta__author { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: .15rem; }
.entry-meta__byline a { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; }
.entry-meta__byline a:hover { color: var(--brand-ink); }
.entry-meta__qual {
  font-size: var(--step--2); color: var(--brand-ink); font-weight: 500;
}
.entry-meta__stats {
  margin-inline-start: auto; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: .5rem;
  color: var(--muted); white-space: nowrap;
}
@media (max-width: 30rem) {
  .entry-meta__stats { margin-inline-start: 0; flex-basis: 100%; }
}

/* --- Author page: LHS sidebar + main bio content --------------------------- */
.author-page__layout {
  display: grid; gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3rem); align-items: start;
}
/* Matches the 52rem breakpoint used by .layout--split so both layouts go
   two-column at the same width, rather than the author page staying stacked
   on screens where article pages have already split. */
@media (min-width: 52rem) {
  /* main content left, sidebar panel right — reversed from the first pass
     per feedback; also widened slightly since the page now has real room
     to work with via page-author.php's full .wrap instead of .reading. */
  .author-page__layout { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 20rem; }
}
/* Full width: this page overrides .wrap's normal 84rem cap entirely,
   rather than just widening it, per repeated feedback that it needed to
   use the full screen. */
.author-page-wrap {
  width: min(100% - (var(--gutter) * 2), 100rem);
  margin-inline: auto;
  padding-block: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2.5rem) clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 4rem);
}
.author-page__side {
  display: grid; gap: 1.6rem; align-content: start;
  /* position: sticky removed — it was escaping the grid's bounds and
     floating over the article grid section below as the page scrolled,
     producing the overlap in the screenshot. A bio-page sidebar doesn't
     need to be pinned badly enough to justify that risk; it now just
     scrolls normally with the rest of the page. */
}

/* --- Expertise widget: static list, not links — styled distinctly so it
   doesn't read as clickable navigation like the widgets around it. */
.widget--expertise ul { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .5rem; }
.widget--expertise li {
  border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0 !important; flex: none;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2);
  padding: .4rem .7rem; background: var(--paper-2); border-radius: 999px;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}

/* --- Posted / Updated date labels ------------------------------------------ */
.meta-date { white-space: nowrap; }
.meta-date__label {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-weight: 600; color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.meta-date--updated { margin-inline-start: .9rem; }
@media (max-width: 34rem) {
  .meta-date--updated { margin-inline-start: 0; }
  .entry-meta__stats { flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .3rem .9rem; }
}

/* --- Rank Math FAQ block ---------------------------------------------------
   54 of 57 posts use Rank Math's FAQ block rather than the themed <details>
   markup, so this is the FAQ styling that actually applies across the site.

   Styled as a card list, NOT converted to an accordion: Rank Math outputs
   plain divs with every answer visible, and it attaches FAQPage schema to
   this exact markup. Rewriting it into <details> across 54 posts would risk
   the structured data for a purely cosmetic gain, so this is CSS only —
   zero markup changes, schema untouched.                                  */
.wp-block-rank-math-faq-block {
  margin-block: 2.8rem;
  padding: 1.6rem 1.6rem .6rem;
  background: var(--paper-2);
  border-radius: 12px;
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.wp-block-rank-math-faq-block::before {
  content: "FAQ";
  display: block; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2);
  font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .14em; color: var(--brand-ink);
  margin-block-end: 1.1rem;
}
.rank-math-faq-item {
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-radius: 8px;
  padding: 1.2rem 1.4rem;
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-1);
  transition: border-color .2s var(--ease), box-shadow .2s var(--ease);
}
.rank-math-faq-item:hover { border-color: var(--brand-ink); box-shadow: var(--shadow-2); }

/* The question is an <h3>; reset the theme's large heading sizing and the
   big top margin it would otherwise inherit inside .entry-content. */
.entry-content .rank-math-question,
.rank-math-question {
  font-size: var(--step-0) !important;
  line-height: 1.4;
  margin: 0 0 .6rem !important;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--ink);
  position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: 1.9rem;
}
.rank-math-question strong { font-weight: 600; }
/* Q marker, echoing the brand accent used elsewhere. */
.rank-math-question::before {
  content: "Q";
  position: absolute; inset-inline-start: 0; top: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--brand-ink);
  inline-size: 1.35rem; block-size: 1.35rem;
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: var(--paper-2); border-radius: 50%;
}
.rank-math-answer {
  color: var(--ink-soft); line-height: 1.7;
  padding-inline-start: 1.9rem;
}
.rank-math-answer p:first-child { margin-block-start: 0; }
.rank-math-answer p:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }

/* --- Lead paragraph -------------------------------------------------------
   With the duplicated standfirst removed from above the hero, the post's own
   opening paragraph becomes the summary. Styled up so it reads as a lead-in
   rather than plain body copy — this is the "beautified summary" treatment,
   applied to content that already exists on all 57 posts rather than to an
   element that only 3 of them had.                                        */
.entry-content > p:first-of-type {
  font-size: var(--step-1);
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--ink);
  padding: 1.5rem 1.8rem;
  background: var(--paper-2);
  border-radius: 10px;
  border-inline-start: 3px solid var(--brand);
  margin-block-end: 2rem;
}
/* Italic quote blocks that some posts open with already carry their own
   styling — don't double up the panel treatment on those. */
.entry-content > p:first-of-type em:only-child { font-style: italic; }

/* --- FAQ accordion behaviour -----------------------------------------------
   Collapsing only applies to .is-accordion, which JS adds. Without JS every
   answer stays visible, so the content (and its schema) is never hidden
   from a crawler or a user with scripting off.                            */
.rank-math-question__toggle {
  all: unset;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: block;
  inline-size: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding-inline-end: 2rem;
  position: relative;
  font: inherit;
  color: inherit;
}
.rank-math-question__toggle:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--brand); outline-offset: 4px; border-radius: 3px;
}
.is-accordion .rank-math-question { margin-block-end: 0 !important; }
.is-accordion .rank-math-question__toggle::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline-end: .2rem; top: .35em;
  inline-size: .55rem; block-size: .55rem;
  border-inline-end: 2px solid var(--brand-ink);
  border-block-end: 2px solid var(--brand-ink);
  rotate: 45deg; transition: rotate .25s var(--ease);
}
.is-accordion.is-open .rank-math-question__toggle::after { rotate: -135deg; }

/* Collapsed by default once enhanced; grid-template-rows animates cleanly
   from 0 to auto without needing a fixed max-height guess. */
.is-accordion .rank-math-answer {
  display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr;
  transition: grid-template-rows .28s var(--ease), padding-block-start .28s var(--ease);
  padding-block-start: 0;
}
.is-accordion .rank-math-answer > * { overflow: hidden; }
.is-accordion.is-open .rank-math-answer {
  grid-template-rows: 1fr; padding-block-start: .8rem;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .is-accordion .rank-math-answer { transition: none; }
}

/* --- Lists: bullets and numbering across all post content ------------------
   Applies to every post automatically rather than needing per-post markup. */
.entry-content ul:not(.expertise-list):not(.wp-block-gallery) {
  list-style: none; padding-inline-start: 0;
}
.entry-content ul:not(.expertise-list):not(.wp-block-gallery) > li {
  position: relative; padding-inline-start: 1.75rem; margin-block-end: .7rem;
}
.entry-content ul:not(.expertise-list):not(.wp-block-gallery) > li::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline-start: .25rem; top: .62em;
  inline-size: .45rem; block-size: .45rem; border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--brand); flex: none;
}
/* Nested lists get a lighter, hollow marker so hierarchy reads clearly. */
.entry-content ul ul > li::before {
  background: transparent; border: 1.5px solid var(--brand-ink); opacity: .7;
}

.entry-content ol { counter-reset: bms-ol; list-style: none; padding-inline-start: 0; }
.entry-content ol > li {
  counter-increment: bms-ol; position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: 2.4rem; margin-block-end: .8rem;
}
.entry-content ol > li::before {
  content: counter(bms-ol); position: absolute; inset-inline-start: 0; top: .05em;
  inline-size: 1.65rem; block-size: 1.65rem; display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: var(--paper-2); border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-radius: 50%;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--brand-ink); line-height: 1;
}
.entry-content li > strong:first-child { color: var(--ink); }

/* --- FAQ when the Rank Math FAQ Block module is OFF -------------------------
   With the module disabled WordPress has no render callback for
   wp:rank-math/faq-block, so it emits only the inner elements:

     <h3 class="rank-math-question">Q</h3>
     <div class="rank-math-answer">A</div>

   No .rank-math-faq-item wrapper exists to turn into a card. So instead of
   depending on a wrapper that is not there, each Q/A pair is styled as a
   card by giving the QUESTION the card's top half and the ANSWER its bottom
   half, joined seamlessly. Visually identical to a real card, built from the
   two elements that actually render.

   If the module is later enabled, the wrapper-based rules further up take
   over and these are superseded.                                          */

.entry-content .rank-math-question {
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-block-end: 0;
  border-start-start-radius: 10px;
  border-start-end-radius: 10px;
  padding: 1.15rem 1.4rem .9rem 3.2rem !important;
  margin: 1rem 0 0 !important;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-1);
  position: relative;
}
.entry-content .rank-math-question::before {
  inset-inline-start: 1.25rem;
  top: 1.15rem;
}
.entry-content .rank-math-answer {
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-block-start: 0;
  border-end-start-radius: 10px;
  border-end-end-radius: 10px;
  padding: 0 1.4rem 1.25rem 3.2rem;
  margin: 0 0 .2rem;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  line-height: 1.7;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-1);
}
.entry-content .rank-math-answer p { margin: 0; }
.entry-content .rank-math-answer p + p { margin-block-start: .7rem; }

/* "A" counterpart to the Q badge, so the pairing reads clearly. */
.entry-content .rank-math-answer::before {
  content: "A";
  position: absolute; inset-inline-start: 1.25rem;
  margin-block-start: .1rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--1); font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--muted);
  inline-size: 1.35rem; block-size: 1.35rem;
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: var(--paper-2); border-radius: 50%;
}
.entry-content .rank-math-answer { position: relative; }

/* --- Archive description ---------------------------------------------------
   Archives reuse .standfirst, but a category blurb is supporting text rather
   than an article's lead sentence — it does not need the full pull-quote
   scale. Smaller, left-aligned, lighter panel.                            */
.archive .standfirst,
body.category .standfirst,
body.tag .standfirst {
  font-size: var(--step-0);
  font-style: normal;
  text-align: start;
  line-height: 1.65;
  padding: 1.2rem 1.5rem;
  /* Full width: the 62ch cap left a large empty gutter on the right of
     category pages. Archives have no sidebar, so the description can use
     the whole column. */
  max-inline-size: none;
  margin-inline: 0;
}
.archive .standfirst::before,
body.category .standfirst::before,
body.tag .standfirst::before { content: none; }

/* --- Table of contents: highlight the section currently in view ------------
   :target covers click-through from the TOC; .is-current is applied by JS
   as the reader scrolls, so the TOC reflects position without interaction. */
.widget--toc a.is-current,
.widget--toc a:hover {
  color: var(--brand-ink); font-weight: 600;
}
.widget--toc a.is-current::before { color: var(--brand); }
.entry-content h2:target {
  scroll-margin-top: 6rem;
}
.entry-content h2 {
  scroll-margin-top: 6rem;
}

/* --- Accordion collapse for the FLAT markup --------------------------------
   The earlier accordion rules assume a .rank-math-faq-item wrapper. With the
   module off there is none, so the answer is collapsed directly via the
   .is-accordion-answer class the script adds to it.

   Collapsed state also drops the card's bottom border/radius from the
   question so a closed item reads as a single complete pill rather than a
   card sliced in half.                                                    */
.entry-content .rank-math-answer.is-accordion-answer {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-rows: 0fr;
  padding-block: 0;
  border-block-end-width: 1px;
  transition: grid-template-rows .28s var(--ease), padding-block-end .28s var(--ease);
}
.entry-content .rank-math-answer.is-accordion-answer > * { overflow: hidden; }
.entry-content .rank-math-answer.is-accordion-answer.is-open {
  grid-template-rows: 1fr;
  padding-block-end: 1.25rem;
}
/* The "A" badge should only appear once the answer is actually open. */
.entry-content .rank-math-answer.is-accordion-answer::before { opacity: 0; transition: opacity .2s var(--ease); }
.entry-content .rank-math-answer.is-accordion-answer.is-open::before { opacity: 1; }

/* Chevron on the question when it is itself the accordion unit. */
.entry-content .rank-math-question.is-accordion .rank-math-question__toggle::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline-end: .2rem; top: .35em;
  inline-size: .55rem; block-size: .55rem;
  border-inline-end: 2px solid var(--brand-ink);
  border-block-end: 2px solid var(--brand-ink);
  rotate: 45deg; transition: rotate .25s var(--ease);
}
.entry-content .rank-math-question.is-accordion.is-open .rank-math-question__toggle::after {
  rotate: -135deg;
}
.entry-content .rank-math-question.is-accordion { cursor: pointer; }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .entry-content .rank-math-answer.is-accordion-answer { transition: none; }
}

/* --- FAQ: numbered Q badges + section background ---------------------------
   Rank Math's own stylesheet numbers each question in a separate bubble
   sitting outside the card. Combining that number INTO the Q badge reads
   better and removes the stray column of circles down the left.

   The number comes from a CSS counter on .entry-content so it survives
   regardless of Rank Math's own numbering, and is scoped to questions only
   so it cannot interfere with the ordered-list counter used elsewhere.  */
.entry-content { counter-reset: bms-faq; }

.entry-content .rank-math-question {
  counter-increment: bms-faq;
}
.entry-content .rank-math-question::before {
  content: "Q" counter(bms-faq);
  inline-size: auto;
  min-inline-size: 1.9rem;
  block-size: 1.5rem;
  padding-inline: .35rem;
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-size: var(--step--2);
  letter-spacing: .01em;
  background: var(--brand);
  color: #fff;
}
.entry-content .rank-math-question {
  padding-inline-start: 3.6rem !important;
}
.entry-content .rank-math-answer {
  padding-inline-start: 3.6rem;
}
.entry-content .rank-math-answer::before {
  inline-size: 1.9rem; block-size: 1.5rem; border-radius: 999px;
  font-size: var(--step--2);
  background: var(--rule); color: var(--ink-soft);
}

/* Hide Rank Math's own external number bubble — ours is inside the badge. */
.rank-math-faq-item > .rank-math-question::marker,
.wp-block-rank-math-faq-block > ol,
.rank-math-faq-item::before {
  content: none !important;
  display: none !important;
  list-style: none !important;
}

/* Tinted panel behind the whole FAQ section so it reads as a distinct block
   rather than loose cards floating on the page background. */
.entry-content .rank-math-question.is-accordion:first-of-type {
  margin-block-start: 0 !important;
}
.wp-block-rank-math-faq-block,
.entry-content > .rank-math-question:first-of-type {
  position: relative;
}
/* Wrapping panel: drawn behind the FAQ run using a pseudo-element on the
   block wrapper when present, else a soft background on the cards. */
.entry-content .rank-math-question,
.entry-content .rank-math-answer {
  background: var(--paper);
}
.entry-content .rank-math-question.is-accordion:hover {
  border-color: var(--brand-ink);
}


/* --- FAQ: the real container is <ol class="rank-math-list"> ----------------
   Rank Math renders the FAQ as an ordered list, generated at render time
   (the classes are not in the stored post content). That <ol> is the correct
   element to carry the section background — an injected wrapper div landed
   inside the first <li> and produced invalid HTML.

   The "1. 2. 3." markers are the <ol>'s own list numbering. Suppressed here
   because the number now lives inside the Q badge instead.               */
ol.rank-math-list {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 2.5rem 0;
  padding: 1.6rem 1.5rem 1.7rem;
  background: var(--paper-2);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-radius: 14px;
  counter-reset: bms-faq;
}
ol.rank-math-list::before {
  content: "FAQ";
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--step--2); font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .14em; color: var(--brand-ink);
  margin-block-end: 1.1rem;
}
/* Remove the theme's generic <ol> counter badge — FAQ items are numbered
   via the Q badge, not the left-hand circle used for content lists. */
ol.rank-math-list > li {
  counter-increment: none;
  padding-inline-start: 0;
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
  list-style: none;
}
ol.rank-math-list > li::before,
ol.rank-math-list > li::marker {
  content: none !important;
  display: none !important;
}
ol.rank-math-list > li:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }

/* Question numbering counts within the list. */
ol.rank-math-list .rank-math-question { counter-increment: bms-faq; }

/* --- Sacred verse panels (Gutenberg colour-preset groups) -------------------
   37 posts across the three sites wrap shloka/stotra text in a group block
   using WordPress's "luminous-vivid-orange" preset — a harsh default that
   clashes with the brand palette and renders long Devanagari passages as a
   solid slab of saturated orange.

   Restyled here rather than by editing content: these blocks contain sacred
   verse, and CSS carries zero risk of altering a single character of it.
   Overriding the preset variable keeps the change contained to these blocks. */
.entry-content .has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color {
  background: linear-gradient(160deg, #7d2d10, #5d1f0b) !important;
  border-radius: 14px;
  padding: clamp(1.6rem, 4vw, 2.6rem) clamp(1.3rem, 4vw, 2.4rem) !important;
  margin-block: 2.5rem;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
  border: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / .12);
  position: relative;
}
/* Thin gold rule at the top edge, echoing the verse treatment used
   elsewhere in the theme. */
.entry-content .has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline-start: 50%; inset-block-start: -1px;
  inline-size: 5rem; block-size: 3px; translate: -50% 0;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #e0b063, transparent);
  border-radius: 2px;
}
/* Verse text: generous leading, since this is read aloud rather than skimmed. */
.entry-content .has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color p {
  line-height: 2.05;
  color: #fdf6ec !important;
  text-align: center;
}
.entry-content .has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color h2,
.entry-content .has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color h3 {
  color: #f5d9a8 !important;
  text-align: center;
  margin-block: 0 1.2rem !important;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}
.entry-content .has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color h2 strong,
.entry-content .has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color h3 strong {
  font-weight: 600;
}
.entry-content .has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color a {
  color: #f0c987 !important;
}

/* --- Numbered benefit sections ---------------------------------------------
   Many posts use "1. Heading" style H3s followed by a paragraph. Give them
   a little more separation so the sections do not run together as one wall
   of text (visible in the Marathi Durga Saptashati post).                 */
.entry-content h3 + p { margin-block-start: .5em; }
.entry-content p + h3 { margin-block-start: 2.2em; }