The Hotel Association of India has come up with elaborate security guidelines for big and small properties.
I would frankly smirk if anyone thought to dress up in the Tricolour, in the manner of one of our enterprising designers many moons ago (she got slapped with a court notice for showing disrespect though, of course, she hadn't intended it; merely copied what Americans do all the time!), says Anoothi Vishal.
A little over four years ago, when Ashish Kapur quit his job as an engineer with GE, packed his bags and came back home from America
Coffee shops support a huge and growing workforce that cannot or will not be tethered to that piece of real estate that we all recognise as a formal office.
India's only boutique winery and wine resort owner Kavita Chougule never wanted to be 'idle, rich woman'. Tiger Hill, her luxury wine brand, is made of hand-picked berries from her 200-acre vineyard. She uses imported Italian and French oak barrels to make wine and the wine bottles are stylishly packaged. The vineyard also has a 20 room hotel, replete with a spa that has vinotherapy. Tiger Hill belongs to her husband's Indage Group, which is synonymous with wine in India.
The catering industry was once wedding-centric. Now it's learning to do things in style, to match the evolving tastes of a young, corporate India.
The government's announcement to fund fashion initiatives is likely to provide a fillip to this largely unorganised sector.
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