Enjoy villas, homes, apart-ments, chalets and castles of Switzerland, stocked with MDH (Indian) masalas and utensils, hot plates, microwave oven, dishwasher, television and radio. “Indians have a strong need for Indian spicy food and savouries wherever they travel. Hence we thought of stocking the kitchens of the apartments with Indian spices,” said Amit Talwar of Switzerland Destination...

What to do when the work culture suddenly deteriorates

Recently, a friend was telling me about what goes on at her office. She works with one of the larger global companies. The company has been, and continues to be, successful. However, in the struggle to stay afloat, it has compromised on its culture. Seniors are more demanding and are constantly trying to prove their worth and justify...

I would like to share my thoughts with Moneylife readers on the following issues: 1. You have discussed in detail how mutual funds have failed to achieve even returns equivalent to their specific benchmark. So why don’t we have index funds as equity-linked savings schemes? Yes, we have one but more such schemes should be floated; at least one such scheme should be made mandatory from each fund...