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India: Shopping
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In Delhi for shopping we visited Khan market & Fab India - a fantastic choice for fabrics & clothes.
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India: Climate & Weather
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One should be mindful of flight delays that are caused by January's notorious morning fog that sweeps over the North Indian planes and causes significant hassle to those flying to Europe and North America from Indira Gandhi International.
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India: Climate & Weather
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Go to Delhi between early October and late March. Things can get a little crazy during Diwali (usually late October/early November) because of fire crackers and the related increase in outdoor particulate matter.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Style of Dum Pukht cooking is slow oven cooking of meats, in sealed clay containers for eight to twelve hours. The #spices used are cinnamon, saffron, cardamom etc. But by sealing the container, the volatile flavor components are sealed in, thus making the food scrumptiously flavorful. #sheraton
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Khan Chacha (75 Middle Lane, Khan Market, New Delhi) For your kebab fix, it’s worth finding this stall inside the Khan Market. The specialty is the kathi roll, stuffed with chicken, mutton or paneer and is arguably the tastiest memento of this new old city. #tandoori #DiningOutInDelhi
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Smoke House Grill occupies two floors in Greater Kailash II (Delhi), and its gimmick is smoked food. For vegetarians, the offerings include smoked artichoke ravioli; for others, smoked chicken and fennel soup, or prawn and calamari ajilo with a warm, subtle red pepper bite.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Atrium, 1 Janpath, New Delhi - This is the #tea room at the 1930’s Imperial Hotel. Take a seat near the fountain in this most opulent of Raj-era relics and order tea and cakes.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Karim - In the heart of Old Delhi, not far from the Jama Masjid, this legendary eatery dates back to 1913, when it was opened by a chef who claimed to have hailed from a family of royal cooks who served, among other guests, the great Mughal emperor Akbar. #DiningOutInDelhi
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Karim Hotel - Come here for the food, and don't be put off by the informal setting; this is the genuine thing. It's primarily a meat-eaters' hangout, and the real princely treats are mutton burra kebabs, butter-cooked chicken and the mutton cooked with blended almonds and yogurt and fragrant spices. #DiningOutInDelhi
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India: Food and Restaurants
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The minced mutton kebabs with crushed green chili might arrive still steaming. Try the badam pasanda curry — a sensual combination of lamb and sweet almonds the size of figs — and finally, Karim’s renowned tandoori chicken, its psychedelic sunset hue born from a slow and steady marinade. #tandoori #DiningOutInDelhi
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Karim Hotel - Mr. Zahiruddin is said to have taken advantage of King George V’s coronation in 1911 by returning to the capital to feed the gathering masses.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Karim Hotel - In the 16th century, the Moguls brought with them a creamy cuisine laden with #spices, dried fruit and nuts. According to family lore, Mr. Zahiruddin’s ancestors cooked such dishes for the Mogul court until a mutiny in 1857 sent the family into exile with their royal recipes.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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#DiningOutInDelhi Karim
- This Old Delhi institution near the Jama Masjid Mosque has been passed down through four generations of Haji Zahiruddin’s family since 1913, when he loftily bestowed one of Allah’s many monikers on his unpretentious Mogul restaurant. #tandoori
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Sometimes the best Indian food is found in 'Dhabas'. Dhabas are the Indian version of truck stop diners. Most tourists just would not have the 'stomach' to try these out. A safe alternative to these dhabas are the tiny eat-in and take-away resturants of Pandara Market. #spicyfood
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India: Food and Restaurants
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If you're looking for something besides Indian cuisine, The Spice Route at the Imperial Hotel is an excellent choice. Besides the very tasty southeast asian menu, the atmosphere of the restaurant and of the Imperial Hotel is also worth the trip. #spicyfood
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Go eat at Sarvana Bhavan. Its got excellent south Indian food, is very cheap, extremely clean and right in the middle of Delhi (CP). Best of all, they have a lot of healthy options. #southindianfood
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India: Food and Restaurants
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A seven star restaurant in Gurgaon. They are a multi cuisine restaurant serving indian, iranian, continental, thai and chinese. They have flown in chefs from Iran and Thailand. check them out! www.theodyssey.in #chinesefood #DiningOutInDelhi
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Travel & Tourism
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60% of the total population of the wild tigers in the world resides in India. Amongst the best-known tiger reserves in India is the Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh. Tourists at Bandhavgarh can spot Royal Bengal Tigers, cheetals, leopard, gaur, sambhar, and other faunal species.
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Travel & Tourism
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India harbours eighty percent of the entire population of the one horned rhinoceros in the world. The Kaziranga Game Sanctuary is an ideal habitat for the rhino and a popular destination with the naturalists and environmentalists as well as the wildlife traveller.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Lucknow - city of Nawabs is famous for Awadhi cuisine - Tunday (toon - day) Kababs - originally made for toothless aging Nawabs. Lucknow city's 105-year-old internationally known melt-in-the-mouth 'Tunday' kababs.
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India: Constitution and Laws
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A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act. The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an "unnatural offence".
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India: Communication & Transportation
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Internet use has soared; by September 2007, around 60 million Indians were online (ITU figure).
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India: Arts & Entertainment
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Doordarshan, the public TV, operates 21 services including its flagship DD1 channel, which reaches some 400 million viewers.
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India: Arts & Entertainment
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Private cable and satellite stations command large audiences. News programmes often outperform entertainment shows. Many 24-hour news channels are up and running and more are planned.
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India: People & Places
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Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, is a scientist and the architect of the country's missile programme.
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India: Government & Politics
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Pratibha Patil became India's first female president in July 2007, after being voted into office by members of state assemblies and the national parliament.
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India: Business & Economy
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India launches its own satellites and in 2008 sent its first spacecraft to the moon using it's own counting system - Hindu Numerals. Other countries borrow from India.
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India: Government & Politics
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344 million people voted in the 2009 election - Congress-led alliance of PM Manmohan Singh won second mandate.
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India: Miscellaneous
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Full name: Republic of India Population: 1.2 billion (UN, 2008) Capital: New Delhi Most-populated city: Mumbai (Bombay)
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India: Business & Economy
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Main exports: Agricultural products, textile goods, gems and jewellery, software services and technology, engineering goods, chemicals, leather products.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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Jaigarh #Fort - It is one of the few military structures of medieval India preserved almost intact, containing palaces, a granary, a well-planned cannon foundry, several temples, a tall tower and a giant mounted cannon-the Jai Ban (Jaivan) which is the largest cannon in the world. #rajasthan
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India: Travel & Tourism
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Akbars Palace - Sir Thomas Roe, East India Company's envoy met #Jehangir in this fort in 1616. The British took charge of the fort in 1818, and during the First War of Independence in 1857 used it as a magazine to hold arms and ammunition, calling it the Rajputana Arsenal. #rajasthan
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