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Best whiskies for all occasions: Guide to starting a whisky collection in your 40s
Divvy up your whisky collection into everyday whiskies, drams for when you’re entertaining, and whiskies for special and landmark events in your life.
BUSINESS
Can I travel on the Orient Express, the train in Mission: Impossible 7?
The short answer is yes, if you can afford it. Additionally, the French Hospitality group Accor is set to relaunch what it calls the original Orient Express. Accor’s Orient Express is set to chug along in 2024, just in time for the Paris Olympics.
LUXURY-LIFESTYLE
Best wines for all occasions: A guide to starting a wine collection in your 40s
To start, pick wines for different types of occasions: from everyday consumption to dinner with friends and once-in-a-lifetime celebrations.
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Is there a post-credits scene in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One?
Mission: Impossible 7 ends on a cliff hanger. But does it tease what to expect in finale at the end?
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All the Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning filming locations you can actually visit
From a 650,000 sq km desert spanning the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman to the Spanish Steps in Rome and Doge's Palace in Venice, Mission Impossible 7 takes viewers around the world.
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Mission: Impossible 7: Ending explained
The new Mission Impossible movie ends on a cliff-hanger. Here's what went down.
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Got less than 2 weeks in the UK? Here's what to do
A tried and tested itinerary for a family trip around London and Scotland in 11 days.
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New Japanese restaurant in Mumbai: Wakai pays homage to and gets cheeky with Japanese food
How Japanese food became more affordable and more popular in India and what to expect at Bandra's Wakai, run by Chef Parvez Khan who used to head the kitchen at Wasabi By Morimoto.
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Shaken or stirred: The story behind James Bond’s martini
Seems like an appropriate throwback on World Cocktail Day.
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How India eats: Godrej’s report reveals top 9 food trends for 2023
From healthy snacking, experimental eating, millets and vegan food to cloud kitchens, the 2023 "Godrej Food Trends Report" offers insights into why we eat what we do and forecasts trends in food
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Jhelum review: This new restaurant in Mumbai wants you to step out for a meal you could order in
Jhelum in Bandra West fails at a conceptual level, but the food itself hits the spot. It does so because it is familiar, even if it is not exceptional. Cost for two: around Rs 1,500.
LUXURY-LIFESTYLE
5 cycles more expensive than an SUV
These cycles are custom-built – from the groupsets that form the ‘gear’ to the wheels, the spokes, and even the handlebar can be handpicked by professional athletes and weight weenies.
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Swati Snacks: The iconic Mumbai eatery where Tim Cook and Madhuri Dixit ate Vada Pav
When Swati Snacks launched 60 years ago, in 1963, it served just ten items in a 110-sq-ft space. These included the standard pani puri, dahi batata puri, ragda pattice, and hand-churned ice cream.
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Jubilee: Bollywood’s first ever scandal that inspired Amazon Prime Video’s new show
Himanshu Rai's Bombay Talkies is the most likely inspiration for Jubilee's Roy Talkies. And the affair between the co-owner of the studio and a new actor - that has a parallel in Bollywood history too.
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Ending of SonyLIV show Rocket Boys 2 explained
Lots of questions have cropped up on the Internet since the SonyLIV dropped on March 17. Case in point: Why is Pokhran called the Land of Five Mirages? Why was India's first nuclear test codenamed Smiling Buddha? Did the CIA have Homi Bhabha killed? And who is Pipsy in real life?
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Where's the original horse from Kala Ghoda, the Mumbai precinct where the Constitution was written
Look around Kala Ghoda and you can still see places where public figures like B.R. Ambedkar and M.F. Husain worked, hunched over cups of tea.
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Did you know the final resting place of Ruttie Jinnah, wife of Pakistan’s founder, is in Mumbai?
Ruttie Jinnah is buried at the Shia Ishna Ashari Jamaat Arambaug in Byculla, Mumbai. Ask the caretaker is to point you to Jinnah bhai’s bride and chances are he will escort you there himself.
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They came to Mumbai as traders and dockyard workers in the 1800s, and made India their home
As they swing to Bollywood tunes, speak Hindi, and look to India as their motherland, it is a community most unique.
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Insider’s travel guide to Mumbai: Seaside cities are more welcoming than landlocked ones
On a business trip to the financial capital of India or just a weekend getaway over three days, here's what to do, where to eat, and where to stay in Mumbai.
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Swadesh Darshan 2.0: Did this ancient temple inspire the design of the Indian Parliament?
Locals in Mitaoli, Madhya Pradesh, will have you believe this temple inspired Edwin Lutyens’ design of the Indian Parliament building.
BUSINESS
‘HR leaders have a task more important than that of the CEO’: TV Rao
Veteran HR professionals and co-authors of a new book, 'Leaders in the Making: The Crucibles of Change-Makers in HR', TV Rao and Arvind Agrawal say HR needs to realise the importance of their job — taking care of lives and livelihood — and must connect with and nurture the Gen Z employees.
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How a dacoit and a Muslim archaeologist restored a forgotten Hindu temple complex
Bateshwar is part of the Chambal Valley, where dacoits once roamed. Indeed, a notorious dacoit, Nirbhay Singh Gujjar, had made these ruins his home.
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One night in Datia Palace: A medieval story of palace intrigue, succession and a royal welcome
How the Datia Palace came to be abandoned for 400 years after being used for just one night.
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Kanpur, Vidisha, Jodhpur: Where Ravana is worshipped in India
In Mandore, Rajasthan, Ravana isn’t just worshipped but also treated as a son-in-law. It is believed that Ravana’s wife Mandodari hails from here and it is here that Ravana married her.
