As the blue sapphire debuted on Kate Middleton’s ring finger, the news machinery went into overdrive about the whole she-bang of the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton early next year. Interestingly, the mode of announcement of this grand proposal was a stately message on the Queen’s newly formed Facebook page and a tweet on the official royal Twitter site. While it’s a big breaking away from tradition for the stiff royalty, many city couples have been going cyber about various facets

If there ever was a popularity contest for the best Christmas mascot (let’s exclude Santa for a minute, shall we?) then it would be valiantly fought between the tree, the holly and the cake. So, while our last contender might not be as generous (the gifts!) or as glamorous/hook-up friendly (the kiss!), it sure does win its brownie points by being the pallbearer of the shiny, glittery and very exciting Christmas spirit.

It’s always about more than just turning a page with them. While you might not buy them, but consider it your eternal consumer right to demand them from your nearest store. However, we might rely on mobile phone alarms and digital reminders, calendars are always colourful slices of time that bookmark a month in our memories for the rest of the year. So, as we inch closer towards the year-end, we take a look at some of the calendar themes you might come across.

You might be still getting used to Mumbai, tethering on Bengaluru, grappling with Puducherry or not even know that Pune is Poona, but here is yet another geographical detail that you will now have to familiarise yourself with. The Parliament has passed the bill on changing Orissa’s name to Odisha and the language from Oriya to Odia.
A change which brings us back to a tremor of a suggestion made in the pre-CWG era of changing Delhi's name to its non-British cousin Dilli or Dehli.

Fashion is a cycle and it took its final turn of the year at the grand finale by Tarun Tahiliani at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in Pragati Maidian.

DAY FOUR of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week saw little drama off the ramp and more on it, instead of the usual inverse one is used to.

When good triumphs over evil, it usually doesn’t come easy. It demands sacrifices, which most of us grudgingly, willingly or just because our mum said, make during these nine days of Navratras.

First salary is a momentous occasion while climbing the corporate ladder, something one proudly brags about a few years later, mapping the subsequent rise. First saving, on the other hand, hardly gets a mention, unless in an ad selling insurance. And when a Vice President of a top tier bank recently stated that he barely makes it with his `1 million a year salary, we knew this was a statement that had hit home.

No matter how we score on the vanity scale in our adult lives, we all tend to think of ourselves as the cutest babies to have wobbled down in the world. But those old snapshots — in knickerbockers and lacy frocks — evoke both a smile and a grimace. They’re a far cry from today’s babies who look like mini fashionistas with their own

If there was a time when international trends echoed on Indian ramps, then it was the third and final day of Van Huesen India Men’s Fashion Week.