The India that is not Bharat...

A battle for a glass of red wine ends happily when an Air India traveller magnanimously accepts whiskey instead, reports B S Prakash.Illustration: Uttam GhoshSix years ago, when I was the Indian......

Hypocrisy of the 'austerity drive' must stop Now!

M K Bhadrakumar, a former diplomat, asks what the point of the Congress party's austerity drive is. The newspaper chain which acted as the whistleblower on the ostentatious lifestyle of the......

Protocol for alcohol

Red or White'? asked the blonde waitress with her faint East European accent as we walked into the party. There was the din of loud conversation, tinkling glasses, soft sound of smooches as people......

Make way for India's ruling dynasty

The next step in the anointment of another Gandhi as the ruler of India is about to be unveiled. It is now almost certain that Congress President Sonia Gandhi will appoint Rahul Gandhi as a general......

Democracy wriggling to get out of military grip

I chanced upon Zaw Htay (name changed) looking longingly at a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label whisky at the Junction Mall in Myanmar's administrative capital. Htay, a citizen of Myanmar,......

Whiskey in tetrapacks soon!

You have probably always taken home your favourite whiskey in a glass bottle, though you have seen some mass-market brands in PET bottles and would know that country liquor sells in polythene......

Foreign liquor could still cost heady sum

Uncorking that bottle of champagne because the government has reduced duties on spirits? Well, hold the celebrations, dude, because it might turn out to be all song and dance about nothing or, at......

Some great Diwali bargains for you

For festival bargain hunters, shopping quite often means braving the masses at the local mall or the next door mart, standing in endless queues for purchases to be rung up, and then trying to......

Jacqueline, SRK, Rishi Kapoor: The social media stars of 2016

Bollywood has been a huge hit on social media. But some stars, of course, shine brighter than the others. Here's looking at the top 10 stars of social media in 2016. Amitabh Bachchan With around......

Rajesh Khanna: Remembering the man and his scotch

Arthur J Pais remembers the late superstar and a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label that he found waiting in his Chennai hotel room, a gift from the late legend, as he prepared to meet a......