Category: Specials

Functionality, repeat-wear, bright hues and woven textiles with a contemporary makeover are beckoning global festive wear buyers, who long for subtle detailing and fuss-free multifunctional clothing.

Unlike the US or the UK, Dubai is close to home, so quick and impromptu trips are eminently feasible. And the burgeoning — and upwardly mobile — real estate market is throwing up opportunities for sound returns on investment.

As someone who grew up in the UAE avidly watching the local English television station, ‘Channel 33’, which aired a great mix of British and American shows and films often around the same time they were telecast or released in the UK or US, I realized Perry was no stranger to long-time expats, having graced the small screen in several popular shows, and been featured in films we probably rented on VHS here in the UAE

Connoisseurs raising a toast to desi malts ranging from Amrut and Paul John to Rampur and GianChand

Cochin Harbour in Karama has established itself as the go-to destination for anyone looking for authentic food from Kerala. His Rasam is also making waves on the other side of the bustling metropolis

The only Indian designer to be part of the Paris Couture Week, he also recently launched his ready-to-wear brand backed by Reliance

From Jean Paul Gaultier to Elie Saab and Dolce and Gabbana, Hermes to Alexander McQueen, the sari has been immortalised and is seeing a global resurgence with Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, Gigi Hadid and Zendaya draping it feverishly

200 Indian expat investors and business people turned up for the summit held in Kannur, the first of its kind in the state

Today, as I watch the crazed appetite for conflicts the West seems to have as the Gaza war rages between Hamas and Israel, I wonder if peace is just an utopia, something only the “sophisticated” West can achieve

Mohapatra has opened a store in bustling Manhattan, and celebrities in the US love his work that is soaked in the artisanal strength of India, his homeland