'Indian wine has got much better'
One of the best-known names from the world of wine, Michelle Rolland is known as the ‘The Flying Wine Maker’. In India for a week, the 61-year-old Rolland spent time with BT More, discussing Indian wines and how they fare vis-à-vis the global fare.A family torn apart by civil war; an officer recalls the funny side of his NDA days; and memories that haunt an author—three gripping novels based on real life incidents. Three great ways to spend the weekend.If you are going to be driving over 2,500 km a month, then it makes sense to buy a diesel car, to even out your EMIs. Less than that, stick to petrol for the time being.Luxury and, now, even sports cars are increasingly being fuelled by diesel.At 32, Pooja Jain is Executive Director and heir apparent of Luxor India.We met her over a glass of champagne on a Saturday evening to find out what makes her heart skip a beat.Stop reading books on wines to increase your grape quotient. Go on any of these five amazing wine tours around the world. Call your travel agent. Pronto!In the first-ever rating of Indian wines, BT More got eight experts from around the country and beyond to try out 38 different wines to zero in on the best wines made in India. Here are the results.Annual Indian wine ratings 2008
For the first time ever, the finest Indian wines, rated. Read on.Some of the latest timepieces on offer are also technological masterpieces. It’s a scorcher out there as summer turns on the heat. Time for some cooling drinks? Try these at home, even without expert supervision.When it comes to pairing your shirts with the right tie, the initial urge is to play it safe. Yes, some styles are enduring, but it always pays to experiment a bit.We look at four distinct ties that you can wear with four styles of dress shirts. Prague is a lovely city with a lot to offer by way of castles, quaint boat rides and architectural marvels. But it’s also one of the best places to be in if you are a jazz buff, a beer guzzler or one who ventures into exotic lounge bars to sip large portions of exotic liquor once the sun has set. Sanjoy Narayan went there, did that and survived to tell the tale.While we mourn the death of the music album at the hands of downloads, music labels are releasing remastered versions of classic albums from the Sixties, the golden age of pop.Check out these luxury products that were launched recently. We bet your credit card is in for some heavy duty work. Dig in. Gorge on all those sinful snacks you have been dying to try out, without fear of losing your abs to flabs.Love what the Chinese do to those seemingly innocuous looking pieces of meat and fish to create a dim sum platter that tastes so heavenly? Don’t migrate to China yet (as if you wanted to). Try out these four great dim sum lunches in your city, instead.The big bad city, a femme fatale, a morally ambiguous hero and blazing guns—wrap all this up in a web of shadows and you get the alluring world of Film Noir—one of the great creations of modern cinema. We take a look at some classics that are now available on high quality DVD.The Concorso D’Eleganza is Europe’s biggest classic car show, and also showcases the latest concept automobiles. Kushan Mitra went to the shores of Lake Como to check it out.What’s your sport? Whether it’s cricket or pool, darts or beer guzzling—there’s no place like a sports bar to chill out.Mega market for ultra-low-cost cars
As income levels rise in developing nations, an entirely new category of vehicle buyer is emerging, signalling an enormous potential for ultra-low-cost-cars (ULCCs) priced between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh.Hic-town Indians on booze binge
Alcoholism is becoming a major problem in Indian society. Not only are Indians drinking more, they are beginning to drink earlier.Not much is known about Hasan Ali Khan, except that he was a small-time punter in Pune till he suddenly hit the big time five years ago. “India will never have a revolution. China will need one every two or three centuries... Its society is hierarchical… India is diverse”George Yong-Boon Yeo, Foreign Minister, Singapore, in The Indian ExpressRs 8,000 crore: Cost of the 27-storey skyscraper being built in Mumbai by Mukesh Ambani. Once completed, this will be the world’s largest and costliest privately-owned home, according to ForbesWhen Finance Minister P. Chidambaram proposed changes in the Finance Bill 2008-09 recently, one of them was the extension of the tax holiday for the IT industry by one year, till March 31, 2010. Despite the failure of the Pune administration to successfully implement a “bus corridor”, the Delhi government is implementing a 5.8 km stretch of BRT with segregated corridors for buses, cars, cycles and pedestrians.No wonder, the index of industrial production (IIP) is on a roller-coaster. The 9 per cent GDP growth targets may well remain just that—targets—if India Inc. continues to reel under critical shortage of electricity.India needs a stronger China policy: Bill Emmott
Bill Emmott was in India recently, on his “umpteenth visit”, to promote his latest book, Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan will Shape our Next Decade. He spent some time with BT’s Kushan Mitra in New Delhi dicussing the new Asian power paradigm. Excerpts:Rising prices and interest rates have raised the total cost of ownership by around 10 per cent over the last one year. Luckily for Goenka, demand has been fairly elastic over the past few months despite price increases.Several low-fare carriers are advertising fares as low as Rs 0 (GoAir), but when you book a ticket, you discover that you end up paying Rs 2,350 as fuel surcharge. The United States is losing ground in education and is no longer the destination of first choice for many prospective international graduate students, says a recent study by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), an organisation of 500 higher educational institutions in the US and Canada. The fortnight’s burning question. Will global oil prices cross $150 per barrel in 2008?A bumper harvest and comfortable stocks could lead to an easing of food prices.Commodities ban: Will it help?
The government has banned futures trading in eight commodities and is planning to extend this to some more items. However, the available data on futures trading does not show any evidence that it has either reduced or increased volatility of spot prices. Is it a wrong move? BT's Rohit Viswanath finds out.While India Inc. had managed to avert a sharp deceleration in its topline and bottomline growth in the first three quarters of fiscal 2008, it’s the last quarter that perhaps gives a clear picture of where they are headed. Hit by higher input prices and interest rates, corporate earnings growth was down sharply in the last quarter of 2007-08. Now with derivatives losses growing, India Inc. faces anxious times ahead.Despite the joint CEO experiment not coming off in several high profile cases globally, Chairman Azim Premji is betting on the model to unify Wipro’s IT businesses and spur growth. He is rather confident that the teams are ready and the timing is right. BT's Rahul Sachitanand finds out whether the new arrangement will work.Taking baby steps into the nano world
India Inc is waking up to nanotechnology, and this promises to change the way you live—whether by arresting the biological ageing process or curing diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and HIV-AIDS, or even bringing out the best from shampoos and airconditioners. A report by Nitya Varadarajan.Tata Steel has made a difference to the lives of the tribals in Jharkhand in its 100th year of existence. Fish farming is on in full swing in the tribal villages this May and the ponds are swarming with fish, thanks to the livelihood development programme initiated by the behemoth. A report by BT's Ritwik Mukherjee.
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