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India: History & Culture
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Together with the simultaneous Battle of Kohima on the road by which the encircled Allied forces at Imphal were relieved, the battle was the turning point of the Burma Campaign, part of the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. Many historians consider it to be the biggest Japanese defeat of the war.
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The Battle of Imphal took place in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in North-East India from March until July 1944. Japanese armies attempted to destroy the Allied forces at Imphal and invade India, but were driven back into Burma with heavy losses.
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Imphal: Another place of historical interest is the Polo Ground which is the oldest existing polo ground in the world.
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India: People & Places
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Imphal - From another era, there are the famous cemeteries of the British and the Indian armies that commemorate those who died in the Second World War. Well maintained by the Commonwealth Grave Commissions, it has stone markers and stone plaques, each of which has a record of the sacrifice made by the soldiers.
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India: People & Places
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Imphal: you may take a bus from Guwahati. The road journey, though a little tiring and time consuming, brings to you unspoilt scenes, limitless greens, virgin forests and crisp air. However, if you wish to travel by road, keep a passport-size photograph handy because you will required to get an Inner Line Permit - a mere formality for traveling through Nagaland to reach Imphal.
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India: People & Places
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Imphal: You can reach either through Calcutta or Guwahati by any fast train or fly down to either of these places and then to Imphal. The airfare in the northeastern sector is highly subsidized and is just a little more than the first-class railway fare.
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Another special feature of Imphal is the Archery Stakes that are held everyday on various low-lying stretches of ground just below a stand of conifers. Evolved from an ancient tribal sport, it is still very popular in Manipur and one can see archers shooting as many as 500 arrows within a span of a few minutes.
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Eight kilometers from Imphal, at the foot of the pine-covered hillocks, you will find a wealth of rare birds, animals and reptiles at the Manipur Zoological Gardens. In the zoo's sylvan surroundings, you will even get a glimpse of one of the rarest species of deer in the world, the graceful brow-antlered thamin deer.
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India: Shopping
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One of the main features of Imphal is the Khwairamband Bazaar. It has tribal women clad in colorful, traditional attire, selling everything from hand-woven shawls, skirts, vessels, mugs and mats to fish, lotus, oranges and orange-flavored honey.
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Lying at the center of Manipur valley, Imphal is one of the most ancient towns in the Indian subcontinent and has much to offer to a discerning tourist. Khonghampat Orchidarium that has more than a hundred rare varieties of orchids.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Kebabs Bade Miya, Mumbai - An entire Mumbai street gets overrun, nightly, by pilgrims to an unassuming grilled-food vendor on a pavement behind the Taj Hotel. cheap, basic but spectacular kebabs, roti rolls and drumsticks hot from the grill. The chicken tangdi kebab is especially delicious. #DiningOutInMumbai #tandoori
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Sagar Ratna, in Delhi, serves South Indian vegetarian food – pukka food that nourishes the body and soul and is always in harmony with the seasons. My favourite dish there has always been idli sambhar: steamed rice cakes with coconut chutney and sambhar lentils.
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India: Business & Economy
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Two-thirds of the country’s G.D.P., and 90 percent of government revenues, emanate from urban India.
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The new India is an emerging economic power. The nation’s wealth — its world-class companies, its enviable growth rates, its army of enterprising and educated young technical workers — is concentrated in the cities.
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In 1901, 11 percent of Indians, just 26 million people, lived in cities and towns. Today, India has one of the fastest growing urban populations in the world. Around 30 percent of the country, more than 300 million people, now lives in the cities.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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There were once Iranian cafes at nearly every corner in south Mumbai. Originated by Iranian immigrants in the 19th century, they provided cheap food and good company in a leisurely - though often rather grimy - setting. Those that have survived have kept prices low and their ambience intact. #DiningOutInMumbai
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India: Travel & Tourism
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Bangaram Island Resort, 10.33261872.740591, Location Bangaram, Island City Lakshadweep, Phone0484/266-8221, WebSite - www.cghearth.com
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Being outdoors, in fact, is what Bangaram is all about. There are no cars, motorcycles, radios, television, air-conditioners or newspapers. The only sounds are the waves, the birds and the rustle of the breeze through palm fronds. An occasional thud denotes the fall of a coconut
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Bangaram, Lakswadeep - A vast, tropical blue sky, palms everywhere and the finest white sand bordering a turquoise sea help create a thoroughly relaxed mood. There was no noise, no pollution, no traffic, and when the plane flew off, the modern world went with it.
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It takes a bit of an effort just to get to Bangaram: the two weekly flights from Cochin, in the Indian state of Kerala, are made in a 40-seat propeller plane -- and, of course, you have to get to Cochin in the first place.
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The Lakshadweep (pronounced lahk-SHAHD-weep) territory, which includes Lacadive, Minicoy and Amandivi Islands, may not be entered without a permit -- but a reservation at the Bangaram Resort insures one. Once there, the rules are strict: no littering, no harpoon fishing, no damaging the coral reef.
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ABOUT 200 miles off the southwestern coast of India, the Lakshadweep Islands are one of the last refuges from the annoyances of modernity. Remoteness has something to do with it, but so does the government's protective policy: this is one part of India where pollution is not allowed to intrude.
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India: Arts & Entertainment
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For book parties contact - Penguin Books India (91-11-4613-1411; www.penguinbooksindia.com) and HarperCollins Publishers India (91-120-404-4819; www.harpercollins.co.in) — explaining, of course, your avid interest in Indian writing.
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Most book parties take place at the British Council (17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg; 91-11-2371-1401; www.britishcouncil.org/India), the American Center (24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg; 91-11-2347-2290) or at the India Habitat Center cultural complex (Lodhi Road and Max Mueller Road; www.indiahabitat.org).
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FOR visitors to New Delhi seeking entertainment that involves a bit more than a few glasses of watery Kingfisher beer against a backdrop of techno music, there’s hope: look for a book party.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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"...recommend meat eaters to try Karim's...for a traditional breakfast of spice goats' totters...better than bacons & eggs and more delicious..." - BBC WORLD GUIDE, March, 1994
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"...a Kofta of peppery ground lamb tenderly embracing a boiled egg; succulant chicken roasted in a Tandoor; yogurt laced with spices that burst upon the palate like star shells. Karim's hotel is not a hotel in the western sense.... it is a magic little restaurant..." National Geographic, 1985
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India: People & Places
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Delhi is a city of ruins and none is more elegantly preserved than Humayun’s Tomb, a precursor to the Taj Mahal. Built in the 1560s for Humayun, the second Mughal emperor, the domed mausoleum has an elaborate garden, potted with red sandstone tombs, gates and a mosque
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Nature Morte (A-1 Neeti Bagh; www.naturemorte.com), Talwar Gallery (C-84 Neeti Bagh; www.talwargallery.com), Aryan Art Gallery (D-25 Defence Colony; www.aryanartgallery.com), Vadehra Art Gallery (D-40 Defence Colony; www.vadehraart.com), Palette (14 Golf Links; www.paletteartgallery.com).
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Take in the uninterrupted life of the walled city of Emperor Shah Jahan - Old Delhi. Every street is a world unto its own. One of the liveliest is Kinari Bazaar, a crafters’ paradise bursting with haberdasheries, bead shops and vendors of bright red wedding turbans, alongside crumbling mansions.
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For unusual regional dishes, try the Mosaic (M 45/1 Connaught Place, Delhi; 91-11-2341-6842). Dishes include Bengal shrimp steamed in coconut and tart South Indian spinach with rice. Lunch for two, 800 rupees.
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India: Shopping
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Boho chic is the specialty of People Tree (8 Regal Building, Parliament Street, Delhi; 91-11-2334-0699; www.peopletreeonline.com), and a few steps away, the legendary A. Godin & Company (1 Regal Building, Parliament Street; 91-11-2336-2809) sells sitars and tablas.
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India: People & Places
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For a nightcap, you could head across the dark courtyard to Kuki (E-7 Masjid Moth Complex, Delhi; 91-11-2922-5241), a tony disco where the cover charge ranges from zero to 2,000 rupees a couple, and on Fridays and Saturdays, “gents” without arm candy are turned away.
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Humayuns Tomb - The city’s pièce de résistance, also its green lung, is this free, quiet sanctuary for parakeets and lovers. There are also 100-plus species of trees and the tombs dating back to the 1400s.
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