LIFESTYLE & LEISURE


Jan Banerjee  and   Amitabha Banerjee 22 April 2023
Housework   There is hardly any to be done, actually.   We move into a super clean apartment, and we don’t have to sweep/ mop/ vacuum the place—the landlord does that after we leave. The few cups and plates we use are easy to clean. Most places have a dish-washer,...

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Jan Banerjee  and   Amitabha Banerjee 08 April 2023
(Greetings from the authors: We are almost at the end of our three-week driving tour of the south island of New Zealand, probably the most beautiful country that we have visited. We decided to share with you some of the awesome sights we have been seeing on this trip, though the pictures do...

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Jan Banerjee  and   Amitabha Banerjee 25 March 2023
Greetings from the authors - Put together winding roads on high cliffs, blue sea below, bright sunshine, and cool hill station weather, and what do you get? Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand.   Why We Drive (continued)

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India's short documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers' has brought home an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category at the 95th Oscar Awards.   The award was presented by Pedro Pascal. 'The Elephant Whisperers' was...

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'Naatu Naatu' picturised on Ram Charan and NTR Jr from the film 'RRR' made India proud again as it won the Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards.   Leaving behind names such as Lady Gaga, Diane Warren and Rihanna, 'Naatu Naatu' made...

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Jan Banerjee  and   Amitabha Banerjee 11 March 2023
Choosing a Country In the earlier chapter, I had listed our rules for choosing a country. But, there are exceptions to every rule. Japan is a prime example. In Japan, hardly anyone speaks English, and every signboard is written in Japanese. However, there is always a little explanation in...

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Jan Banerjee  and   Amitabha Banerjee 25 February 2023
We are starting a new series based on Mr Banerjee and his wife Jan’s passion for travelling. For them, travel does not mean ticking off attraction lists or chilling in a five-star hotel. Most of their stories are off-the-beaten-track experiences.   We do hope you will enjoy them!...

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IANS 25 January 2023
In the past 55 years in which India has been sending entries for the Best International Feature Film Oscar, it has been on just three occasions that the selected movies, despite some of them being critically acclaimed both in India and abroad, have made it to the nominations...

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IANS 11 January 2023
The song 'Naatu Naatu' from the Indian film 'RRR' directed by SS Rajamouli was named the Best Original Song in Motion Picture, 'The Fabelmans' won Best Picture, Drama and 'The Banshees of Inisherin' won the Best Picture, Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes Awards.   And...

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Akshay Naik 03 December 2022
Co-living, while a relatively new concept in India, has rapidly grown to be the preferred mode of housing for millennials. This segment of the population aged between 18-35 years, who are considered to be ‘urban migrants’, are those whose career or lifestyle choices require them to be on the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 November 2022
Dismissing an appeal, the Supreme Court ruled that State Bank of India (SBI) ought to have deducted tax at source (TDS) from the payment given to its employees who have availed leave travel concession (LTC) facility for foreign travel. While no LTC facility can be availed by employees for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2022
Here is some bad news for those who want to visit the US on a non-immigrant visa. In India, the waiting time for an appointment for a visitor visa is a minimum of 582 days at Hyderabad to 848 days at the US consulate in Mumbai. In comparison, the waiting period for US visitor visas in Beijing...

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IANS 26 August 2022
The Hindi film industry aka Bollywood, after decades of storytelling, seems to be at an inflection point unlike any other disruption it has faced before.   The average rating of 43 Hindi movies since January 2021 was just 5.9, way below the 7.3 rating of 18 Hindi dubbed movies. A...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 26 July 2022
Thanks to lucrative endorsement deals, consumers see celebrities shill products all the time. But sometimes, the endorsement is fake and the celebrity has nothing to do with the product they purportedly endorsed. Some celebrities have fought back.   Below is a list of fed-up...

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I finished my tour of Karachi and flew to Lahore, a beautiful city with many huge parks. Friday fell in between and I had a day off to relax. A major client invited me for lunch at his 'chota sa' (small) farm.   He arrived on Friday morning in a Toyota Land Cruiser, the double cab...

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Students of economics, around 2005, would distinctly remember the book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Levitt and Dubner. A bestseller of its time, the book was a phenomenon, igniting young minds to think out of the box, offering compelling and...

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In the first ever 'State Ranking Index' under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) released on Tuesday, Odisha has topped the list of general category states while Tripura topped the list of special category states.   Odisha is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat in...

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Asma Sayed 02 July 2022
Artisanal cheese has been increasing in popularity amongst Indian consumers, who, for decades, have only had access to processed cheese. It turns out that Indians were making cheese 4,500 years ago and the art was lost over the centuries. Today, thanks to the initiative of a non-government...

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The Centre on Wednesday published the final notification for the Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022 thereby specifying what constitutes vegan food, what kind of labelling/packaging will be required for it and the compliances for food business operators (FBOs)...

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Google has rolled out a new feature in Maps for users in India, the US, Japan and Indonesia that will give estimate of toll charges on a given route.   According to the company, the feature is available for "nearly 2000" toll roads in the US, India, Japan and Indonesia for its iOS and...

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