Life

Varun Chakaravarthy: The mystery spinner

Delivering googlies has become a way of life for Varun Chakaravarthy, the joint-highest paid IPL player this season

Behind India's 'gin in the bottle' movement

A bunch of enthusiasts is experimenting with the spirit to lend it an Indian, and a more elevated, identity

Thoughts on investing

We're trying to wean people away from Bollywood boom boom: NCPA chairman

Khushroo Suntook on Jamshed Bhabha's vision for the performing arts and the institution's rise as a premier centre for art and culture over 50 years

Abhishek Khaitan: In the spirit of things

The MD of Radico Khaitan has stepped into the world of restaurants, while bringing his celebrated whisky home to the Indian market

Pincer attack: Ministry of Crab, now in Mumbai

After a delay of almost a year, Sri Lanka's Ministry of Crab opens in Mumbai. With a no-freeze policy, it aims to introduce India to its own breed of export-quality crustaceans

Thoughts of women on success

Grand time and swanky sneakers

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious items that money can buy

Shea: The better butter

It has not just changed the way we eat chocolate and moisturise our skins, but the manner in which women live in the heart of Africa

The hands that pull the strings

Can modern puppeteers in India help breathe new life into a centuries-old, dwindling tradition?

A tie is still something very elegant: Christophe Goineau

The creative director of Men's Silk at luxury label Hermes on the position of ties in a man's wardrobe, in the past and present