Luxury
A Voyeur’s Guide to the Billionaire Experience
A hedonistic celebration of affluence
arindam arindam 22 Dec, 2011
In this new-year special edition we celebrate affluence
» Maharaja for a day (and two nights)
At the modest price of Rs 5,50,000 a night
» On a Wing and a Whim
Aboard the Rs 250 crore corporate jet that Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya own
» Feel Like a Million Dollars
The spa treatment costs are small change if you won’t blink at paying Rs 1,25,000/night for the Presidential Suite here
» Before you can say Harley-Davidson
Prozac at Rs 12 lakh a pop
» Banker’s Ghost
Any Rolls-Royce is a feast for the senses. But this model, with a base price of Rs 3.5 crore, is an experience in a class of its own
» Dancing with Tufts
When you get a Rs 5,000 haircut from Alessandro Calvio, you have something of a ballet happening on your head
» Out for a Duck
At Rs 8,500, the Peking Duck is the most expensive dish on the menu of Hakkasan, a restaurant that has many of Mumbai’s swish set as patrons. But let’s just say it’s an acquired taste
» In Search of the Rs 5,000 Paan
The quaint shop in Aurangabad that sells a highly expensive paan formulated for an extraordinary purpose
» The Rs 90,000 Diet That Crashed
It was meant to knock off 20 kilos in 20 weeks, but if the fiscal setback was a shock, so was the physical cost—gnawing hunger, mortifying hairfall and dry skin
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