Gift buying guides for India

Four belts from Da Milano, Hidesign and U.S. Polo Assn. are compared on what each brand page states: width, buckle, reversibility, sizes, care and returns. None of the pages gives a waist guide, so the recipient's current belt or waist measurement has to set the size.

Six gifts for a brother in India are covered here: two pairs of Ray Ban sunglasses, a Seiko and a Timex watch, a Philips beard trimmer and an American Tourister backpack. Sunglasses and watches need a fit check, while the trimmer and the backpack need no size.

Five gifts suit a father who prefers simple things: two Ray Ban sunglasses, a Casio quartz watch, Clarks leather shoes and Paragon cushioned slippers. The watch runs on a battery, and Ray Ban India states easy return and replacement on its product pages.

Gifts for women that need no clothing size include two watches, two pairs of Ray Ban sunglasses, a Philips hair dryer and a Havells lady shaver. Each is described from the brand's own product page, with measurements, warranty lines and limits stated plainly.

Five perfume gift sets for women from three Indian brands are covered here: three from Ajmal, one from Bella Vita Organic and one from Skinn by Titan. Contents range from four small Eau de Parfum sprays to a full size bottle with a body mist. Brand pages say opened perfumes cannot be returned.

Items with no size and no scent suit a colleague who is barely known to the giver. Three Milton steel bottles, an IKEA desk organiser and a Mokobara packing cube set fit that description, and the care and return terms on each brand page separate them.

Hidesign lists its slings as vegetable tanned leather, while U.S. Polo Assn. and Nestasia list PU. The longest side runs from 23 cm to about 34 cm across the four bags, and no brand page states a strap length.

UV protection and polarisation are separate features, and a pair can have one without the other. The four Ray Ban pairs below publish lens width, bridge and temple in mm, so fit can be compared against a pair already owned, but none of the pages print UV wording.

Hidesign, Satya Paul and U.S. Polo Assn. each list a bifold wallet with different features. The Hidesign 013 lists the most card slots, the Satya Paul wallet adds an ID flap, and the U.S. Polo Assn. page states a return request option. Leather and RFID descriptions are the brands' own claims.