Features

Banker’s Ghost

Rishad Saam Mehta

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

Out for a Duck

Aastha Atray Banan

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

Haima Deshpande

The quaint shop in Aurangabad that sells a highly expensive paan formulated for an extraordinary purpose

The Rs 90,000 Diet That Crashed

Haima Deshpande

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

Dancing with Tufts

Aastha Atray Banan

When you get a Rs 5,000 haircut from Alessandro Calvio, you have something of a ballet happening on your head

A Voyeur’s Guide to the Billionaire Experience

arindam

A hedonistic celebration of affluence

Food and the Nation

Kalpish Ratna

Fasting, feasting and the politics of food in India

The Art of Borrowing

Anil Bhatia

Vijay Mallya did it and so can you—with some help from bankers and a motley bunch of conspirators in suits

The Case of the One-Armed Murderer

Shahina KK

A death sentence awarded to the rapist and murderer of a 23-year-old girl has evoked wild celebration in Kerala, a state known for its liberal leanings. What explains this bloodlust?