Japan's cherry blossoms take our breath away

The flowers are a national symbol of Japan, and the annual display draws huge crowds -- and the attention of social media users.  Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Spring in Japan can only......

Cheers to jugaad!

Following the Supreme Court ruling against liquor being sold within 500 metres of state and national highways, the infamous Indian jugaad is in play once again. Veenu Sandhu, Nikita Puri, Ranjita......

Will Bihar, Kerala and Tamil Nadu do a U-turn on prohibition?

State after state has imposed an alcohol ban, and has had to retreat, unable to address the financial and administrative fallout.Are we set for more of this cycle, asks Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: In......

Finding peace, lessons learnt, in Texas

Though Texas was very much a work related stop, I received my opportunity for something similar to peace during my stay there, says N N S Chandra. I departed for Austin, Texas on May 26, only a day......

Discover India's poshest homes

These exist in a unique world of by-invitation-only properties -- those that are never advertised and which money alone cannot buy.One cannot simply walk in for a tour of these apartments.A buyer......

How to make a fortune from wine

If we don't want small Indian wineries to disappear, it's worth supporting them by buying and drinking their wines, says Alok Chandra. Time to savour 'Make in India' wines IMAGE: Sula Wines's......

The Stanford graduate who left Oracle to make wine

It's been 16 years since Rajeev Samant launched the first Sula wine by selling 50,000 cases.Today, Avantika Bhuyan reports, Sula is on track to sell a million cases this year. Rajeev Samant of......

Realtors get by on cash from moneylenders

Hit by an acute cash crunch, some of the top property developers in Mumbai are borrowing funds at four per cent interest a month from private moneylenders and investors to meet their yearly debt......

Ranji: Pujara reaches memorable milestone as Saurashtra, Rajasthan register wins

Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Spurred by Chirag Jani's a five-wicket haul, defending champions Saurashtra scripted their first knockout win of the season with a 238-run thrashing of Vidarbha on the......

My IPL 2022 Dream Team

The Indian Premier League 2022 has, for the most part, been a predictor's nightmare and a quick look at the final league standings shows the bottom four slots are occupied by former champions while......

Sindhu loses in Thailand Open semis

IMAGE: PV Sindhu went down in straight games to Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei. Photograph: Badminton Association of India/Twitter  P V Sindhu faltered in the semi-finals of the Thailand Open,......

EPL: Big game weekend as City face Liverpool in crunch tie

Man City rivalry with Liverpool the biggest in my career, says Guardiola IMAGE: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he has a lot of respect for Liverpool counterpart Juergen Klopp and added......

Seema Punia books ticket to Tokyo Games

Hima set to miss Tokyo Games   IMAGE: Seema Punia had also played at the 2016 Rio Olympics where she finished a disappointing 20th, failing to qualify for the final round. Photograph: PTI......