LIFESTYLE & LEISURE


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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It is often said that when a woman says ‘maybe’, she means ‘yes’; and when she says ‘no’ she means ‘perhaps’. However, this is not the kind of guideline that we can use in the corporate world. In this complex environment, there are many other verbal and tacit methods of saying ‘yes’, ‘perhaps’...

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I was disappointed to read about the big fall of tourist numbers in Goa over the last few years. But I was not surprised. Even as a local Indian, visiting Goa, as a tourist, I have felt desperate many times with the way tourists are being treated and cheated by taxi drivers in...

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In the past, I have often been surprised to find that there are very bitter contests for the position of president of the social or athletic group in our neighbourhood. There are mailers sent out to all members (many hundreds) some months before the elections. There are reminders sent —again,...

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Aman Saxena 22 November 2024
Vietnam, in recent years, has become one of the most favourite destinations for Indian travellers, and rightly so because of how cheap it is. But when I ask travellers how much they spent in Vietnam for a week-long trip, they always tell me they spent close to Rs80,000- Rs90,000, with some even...

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There was a lot of media coverage on 30 November 2023, on the death of Charles Munger, the alter ego and foil of Warren Buffett for over 60 years, as they together built Berkshire Hathaway into an empire. Though many of us always heard about Mr Buffett, the name of Mr Munger hardly featured...

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In standard books on the theory of selling, there would be three seemingly innocuous directions, lost in the vast verbiage of a standard text, under the chapter on closing the sale. These are a) never be insulted by a refusal; b) never write off a customer; and c) never give up. It seems so...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 09 January 2024
A cruise that offered passengers “the adventure of a lifetime” – a three-year voyage around the world with stops at the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal, among other bucket list destinations – was abruptly cancelled weeks before it was scheduled to set sail. Now, consumers...

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IANS 08 December 2023
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who has been getting a lot of positive response to her Eras Tour, has been named ‘Time’ Person of the Year by the magazine.   With this, Taylor Swift has become first solo artiste and the first woman to appear twice on its annual honourary cover since...

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It is a turbulent world. A world of change and chaos. I see that old solutions, which I had successfully applied to problems 40 years ago, are no longer suitable for the same problems. This is compounded by the fact that even the basic nature of many problems has changed. Hark back to the old...

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Since I have been involved with the Consumer Education and Research Society for many years, I was recently doing a check on the packaging of consumer products that are displayed in many of our stores and malls in India. The aim was to check whether false claims are being made on the pack...

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IANS 25 September 2023
Meta is reportedly working on generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called ‘Gen AI Personas’ for younger users and is expected to unveil it this week.   The social networking company is geared up to host its annual ‘Meta Connect’ event that will start on...

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Friedrich Schiller, author of The Maid of Orleans, had once said—‘Against stupidity, the very gods fight in vain’.   Nowhere is this seen more than in the area of crude intrusions. Some things change and some things don’t. Crude intrusions are one of them, where there is little...

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For me, Singapore has always been a place in the world, where integrity and honesty are held high in the list of requirements for individuals, corporates and governments. Lee Kuan Yew left his philosophy and thinking as a gift to future generations on how to manage a community and a country -...

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A phone conversation.   “Hello, Mummy.”   “Hello, beta. Sab theek to hai, na?”   “Ji, Mummy, sab bilkul theek. Aap kaisi hai?”   “Main theek hoon, beta.”   A pause...   “Beta, ab tum shaadi kar lo.”   “Bye, Mummy.”   Such...

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The Mumbai Mirror of 16 July 2023, carried a feature on the new metro trains in Mumbai. There is wide appreciation for this development, especially from people who live in the distant suburbs. But nearly all of them have the complaint that after they arrive at their final destination, they do...

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