.top-strip {
    background-color: #111827;           /* ya koi dark shade */
    color: #f9fafb;
    font-size: 0.66rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
}

.top-strip i {
    font-size: 0.7rem;
}

.top-strip-left span {
    opacity: 0.9;
}

.top-strip-right span {
    text-decoration: none;        /* underline hatao */
    color: inherit;
    font-weight: 400;
}

.top-strip-right:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.9;                 /* halka hover effect */
}

/* Mobile: stack vertically center aligned */
@media (max-width: 576px) {
    .top-strip .container {
        /* flex-direction: column; */
        gap: 3px;
        /* text-align: center; */
    }
}


.header_elevated {
    /* box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); */
    box-shadow:0 2px 8px rgb(51 51 51 / 54%);
    background-color: var(--bg-white); 
    position:sticky;
    top:0px;
    z-index: 1040;
}
.header_title_content {
    line-height: 1.2;
}

/* English title */
.header_title_1 {
    font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 650; /* more bold */
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    /* color: #024ffd; */
    color: var(--brand-color);
    text-shadow: 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
    /* auto scale: min, preferred (vw), max */
    font-size: clamp(14px, 1.6vw, 16px);
}

/* Hindi title */
.header_title_2 {
    margin-top: 4px;
    font-family: 'Baloo 2', cursive;
    font-weight: 600;
    /* color: #d7263d; */
    color: var(--brand-color2);
    font-size: clamp(12px, 1.4vw, 14px);
}

/* ========== BRANDING SECTION ========== */
.flex-logo {
    flex: 0 0 15%;
    max-width: 15%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

.flex-logo img {
    max-height: 60px;
    width: auto;
}

.flex-title {
    flex: 0 0 70%;
    max-width: 70%;
}

/* ========== NAVIGATION WRAPPER ========== */
.nav-wrapper {
    height: 2.15rem;
    overflow: hidden; /* KEY: Prevents overflow */
}

/* ========== ICON BOX ========== */
.nav-icon-box {
    flex-basis: 15%;
    min-width: 50px;
    height: 100%;
    background-color: var(--secondary-color);

    /* clip-path: polygon(
        0 0,        /* Top-left *
        100% 0,     /* Top-right *
        80% 100%,   /* Bottom-right (moved left) *
        0 100%      /* Left side, moved down - creates the cut *
    ); */
}

.nav-icon-box a {
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 14px;
}
.menu-skew1{
    /* background-color: var(--primary-color); */
    /* width: 3px; */
    height: 100%;
    margin-left: -12px;
    transform: skewX(326deg);
}
.menu-skew2{
    /* background-color: var(--secondary-color); */
    width: 4px;
    height: 100%;
    margin-right: -13px;
    transform: skewX(326deg);
}

/* ========== MENU BOX - KEY FIXES ========== */
.nav-menu-box {
    height: 100%;
    background-color: var(--primary-color);
    padding: 0 15px; /* Horizontal padding only */
    overflow: hidden;

    /* clip-path: polygon(
        2% 0,      /* Start: top, moved right *
        100% 0,     /* Top right corner *
        100% 100%,  /* Bottom right corner *
        0% 100%,     /* Bottom left corner *
        0 100%       /* Left side, moved down - creates the cut *
    ); */

}

/* Menu items must fit in parent height */
.nav-menu-box .nav {
    height: 100%;
}

.nav-menu-box .nav-item {
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

.nav-menu-box .nav-link {
    color: white; 
    /* padding: 0 11px; */
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    line-height: 1;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

.nav-menu-box .nav-link.active , .nav-menu-box .nav-link:hover {
    background-color: rgba(247, 245, 245, 0.301);
    color: var(--secondary-color);
}

/* Button inside nav */
.nav-menu-box .btn {
    padding: 2px 8px;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 1;
}


/* Mobile navbar Offcanvas overall look */
.mobile-nav-header {
    background-color: var(--primary-color);
    color: #fff;
    padding: 0.7rem 1rem !important;
}

.mobile-nav-header .offcanvas-title {
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
}

.mobile-nav-body {
    padding-top: 0.75rem;
    padding-bottom: 1rem;
    background: var(--secondary-color);
}

/* Each menu item wrapper */
.mobile-nav-link {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
    margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
    border-radius: 0.45rem;
    /* background: #ffffff; */
    color: var(--bg-white) !important;
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
}

/* Hover / focus state */
.mobile-nav-link:hover,
.mobile-nav-link:focus ,
.mobile-nav-link.active{
    /* background: #e9f2ff; */
    color: var(--primary-color);
    /* transform: translateX(3px); */
    background-color: rgba(247, 245, 245, 0.05);
}

/* Active/current page */
/* .mobile-nav-link.active {
    /* background: var(--primary-color); */
    /* color: #fff; *
    font-weight: 600;
    box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
    position: relative;
}  */

/* Active left indicator bar
.mobile-nav-link.active::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 20%;
    bottom: 20%;
    width: 4px;
    border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
    background: var(--secondary-color);
} */

/* mobile sceen */
@media (max-width: 576px) {
    .header_title_1 {
        font-size: clamp(11px, 2.6vw, 13px);
    }
    .header_title_2 {
        font-size: clamp(10px, 2vw, 11px);
    }
    .nav-icon-box {
        min-width: 100px;
    }
    .menu-skew{
        transform: skewX(338deg);
    }
    .offcanvas-below-nav {
        background-color: var(--secondary-color);
        color: whitesmoke;
        /* top: 110px !important;                 header height */
        /* height: calc(100% - 110px) !important; full screen se zyada na ho */
        width: 65% !important;
    }
    .mobile-nav-link {
        padding: 0.7rem 0.9rem;
        font-size: 0.9rem;
    }
}
