Chocolatier Paul Wittamer thought it a good idea to make chocolate that appeals not just to the tongue but the eyes too. So while you salivate from the dark ganache chocolate that has caramel as well as helpings of ginger (along with a hint of gold leaf) ; your eyes are going to go wide open trying to take in the regal 3.63 carat diamond set on the chocolate as garnishing.

The $240,000 Chocolate Praline

Its striking just how quickly these Asian economies are becoming a major part of the luxury market. Ferrari who had launched their magnum opus with a lot of fanfare recently has decided to offer it in the Indian markets too. Its a bit of a surprise since until recently, foreign car makers would only bring in out-dated models to the Indian market. However with the growing power of Indian consumers, state of the art technologies demanded by the ever discerning buyers ; the companies have had to change policies. After all, the nation is one of the fastest growing automobile markets in the world.

Ferrari Opus Launched In India

Amitabh Bachchan needs no introduction to the millions billion plus fans followers (they have even built a temple in the honor of their favorite film-star) of the Indian sub-continent. Those who follow Bollywood would know that the 69 year old star hosts the Indian version of Who wants to be a millionaire and also the fact that his only son (also a Bollywood star) married Miss World 1994 (Aishwarya Rai – also a Bollywood superstar).

The Million Dollar Bachchan Baby

You know you are rich when you can walk on diamonds. It may be a bit painful at first, but what the heck its diamonds – right! Or Swarovski crystals anyhow, since that should ensure you don’t have people going through your rubbish for any diamonds that are mistakenly swept away.

Sahrai Of Noor

If there is one company that still aspires for global domination (not unlike the East India company of a century ago) then it would have to be Swarovski. The company manages to lend its products to the most unusual of places, be it a drilling machine, a chess set, lego sets, dresses, skulls (seriously) ; bikes , toilets and literally everything and anything in between. So a comparatively feminine item such as tweezers was something whose time had come.

Swarovski Tweezers

In the past few days we had a bit of confusion with which one would be the most expensive comic book of all time. While we all knew its Superman, we had no idea about the price (or even the exact issue).

$ 2.16 Million Comic Book

The Sarira Stupa, which translated from Sanskrit means the temple of the body was made by King Asoka about 2,500 years ago. Asoka was one of the most important kings of ancient India and his symbol (of the four lions) is still used by the Indian Government as its own as well as being present on the Indian currency notes.

The Sarira Stupa