LIFESTYLE & LEISURE


On my return from a trip to China in 2000, the Rotary Club of Bombay North asked me to prepare a brief note for the Rotary magazine, INSPIRATION. I was very happy to do this, especially since there was a lot on this visit that had impressed me.   Some of the notes I made at that time—24 years...

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When I look at the buildings in Hong Kong or the roads in Dubai, the uniform architecture of buildings in different parts of London or on the islands of Greece and then return to India and compare the scenario, I wonder why there is such a great disparity. Except for a few patches in this vast...

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On a visit to Mauritius in 2002, I met the scion of one of the largest business houses in the country. It was the house of Currimjee, who deal in a wide range of products, from computers to cars. They have been in Mauritius for nearly a century, and I was curious to know how grandpa Currimjee...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 November 2025
India’s passport has, once again, ranked among the weaker ones globally, slipping five places to 85th in the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which measures the strength of passports worldwide based on visa-free access. The latest edition, released by global investment migration consultancy Henley &...

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All of us are looking for ‘security’. Many of us have become even more conscious of security after the recent Ahmedabad-London air crash. There have been other accidents as well in the last few years. And the kind of security we will look for is dependent on our own background and experiences....

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Rekha Nigam 24 October 2025
My first memory of Piyush Pandey goes back to the mid-80s when we were introduced at a judging session of the Advertising Club Awards. He had me at 'kya haal hain?'    In the days when the advertising world was dominated by English-speaking creative directors, to hear an intimate greeting in...

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From the beginning of my working career, 60 years ago, I had been observing two kinds of people, especially in corporate life. Those who live their own lives—very private—and with the least connection with people lower down the rungs. And then some were up there—but had not forgotten the law of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 September 2025
The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the investigation in a Bharatpur police case that named Hyundai Motor India Ltd’s top executives, along with Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, brand ambassadors of the company, over allegations of defects in a Hyundai Alcazar...

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KBS Sidhu 29 August 2025
A Swift and Unprecedented Judicial Intervention   In a development of considerable significance, the Supreme Court of India on August 24, 2025, ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the functioning of Vantara (Greens Zoological...

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Sahyaja MS (Bar  and   Bench) 21 August 2025
A civil court in Pune has issued a summons to actor Arshad Warsi, director Subhash Kapoor, and producer Arun Bhatia in response to a plea filed by a city advocate to restrain the release of the upcoming film Jolly LLB 3 (Wajed Rahim Khan v Subhash Kapoor and Ors).   Civil Judge (Senior...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 06 August 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday brought to an end an eight-year matrimonial dispute by dissolving the marriage of a man and his estranged wife by granting the latter a flat in Mumbai as alimony but turning down her demands for Rs12 crore, a BMW car and additional compensation.    The Court found...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 August 2025
The Indian government has launched a trusted travellers’ programme (FTI-TTP) that promises a fast-track immigration process for a period of 10 years, subject to certain procedures.  This option of simple and fast immigration is only available to low-risk, pre-approved Indian citizens and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 July 2025
In a major crackdown on digital obscenity, the Union ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has ordered the blocking of 25 over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including well-known names like Ullu, ALTT, Mojflix, and Desiflix, for publishing obscene, vulgar, and in some cases, pornographic...

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A note from my friend Ken in Bengaluru narrated the story of Winston Churchill, who once raised his glass and said, “I prefer not to wish anyone health or wealth, but only luck. Because most people on the Titanic were both healthy and rich, but very few of them were lucky.”   It certainly...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 July 2025
As India celebrates the centenary year of the legendary filmmaker Guru Dutt, cinema lovers across the country are about to witness a heartfelt tribute to one of Indian cinema’s greatest visionaries. From 8th August to 10 August 2025, Ultra Media and Entertainment will curate a nationwide...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 July 2025
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s federal authority for identity, citizenship, customs and port security has issued a strong clarification following misleading reports in Indian media suggesting that Indian nationals can obtain a lifetime UAE golden visa by paying UAE dirham (AED)100,000 through...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 July 2025
In a major shift from its traditional residency pathway, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a new nomination-based golden visa programme that allows Indians to secure lifetime residency without investing crores in property or business ventures. The initiative, currently being rolled...

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Some years ago, I made a small but sincere habit of offering lifts to strangers at a bus stop in Chembur during my daily drive to Ballard Estate. The rules were simple: no smoking, no chatting, and everyone got off at the city centre. For a few months, it worked smoothly. Then, the same four...

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KBS Sidhu 19 June 2025
The Gulf’s New Schengen-Style Travel Revolution For Indian travellers — whether you’re based in India or an NRI with a Green Card, US, UK or EU residence — a world-class multi-country holiday may soon be just one simple visa away.   The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — the vibrant bloc of...

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My friend John and his wife had gone to the Atlas school reunion dinner. John had finished high school in 1964 and he was attending the school reunion dinner for the first time after 35 years. John had joined the Dufferin Navy Training Ship and, on graduation, he joined the merchant navy. He...

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