A fitting memorial to India's war dead

Advantages: It's a real gathering point and well worth a visit
Disadvantages: You'll get more out of your visit if you've done a bit of reading beforehand

...India Gate has the rare distinction of being one of the few attractions in Delhi that benefits from being visible from a great distance, rather than being crowded in by surrounding buildings. If you stand outside the Presidential Palace at the far end of Rajpath with the government buildings around you, you can look straight down this regal artery and see the 42m-high India Gate standing proudly in the distance, looking a little like an Asian Arc de Triomphe. And like the Arc de Triomphe, the India Gate also sits effectively at the middle of a giant roundabout. As befits a monument to the noble dead of the First World War, the architect Edwin Lutyens laid out the streets of this area of New Delhi to give sufficient prominence to the sacrifice of those it commemorates. It was originally known as the All India War Memorial but is now...

koshkha 05.05.2009 · Read review
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Bangalore - The Garden and Pub city of India

Advantages: Plenty to see and do here....
Disadvantages: Poor infrastructure, and the pubs close before midnight!!!

...expanse of lush grrenery and tropical forest and open spaces..there are a couple of restaurants , quite well maintained .. COORG, is another place of interest,situated at a distance of about 230 kms and known as "The Scotland of India" ....with its vast expanse of Coffee Estates and water falls it is a must visit place..... There are Jungle resorts and elephant safaris at BANDIPUR Forest range and NAGARAHOLE National Park, both bordering on Coorg... HOTELS IN BANGALORE Some of the major hotels THE PARK BANGALORE THE LEELA PALACE HOTEL THE TAJ WESTEND THE CENTRAL PARK THE TAJ RESIDENCY LE MERIDIEN BANGALORE HOTEL BANGALORE GATE HOTEL ST MARKS HARSHA HOTEL THE CHALUKYA HOTEL There are enough hotels catering to all kind of budget and taste, the choice is unlimited...Most of the hotels have pick up service from...

kiran8 18.08.2008 · Read review
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Enemy at the gates

Advantages: Good film
Disadvantages: Unrealistic

...Introduction ~ Yet another world war two war film except this is one with a difference. When we think of world war two we most likely think of England, Germany and America. But Russia actually paid a huge part in the war, that is often left out of films. Enemy at the Gates is about the war between Russia and Germany. Enemy at the gates is very unusual in the way that it is a film from the USSR’s point of view. To get an idea of how unlikely that would have been 20 years ago, imagine a Hollywood epic about the heroic lads of Iraq or Cuba. The exclusivity of what it takes for a story to get a greenlight in Hollywood is why there are still so many great true stories yet to be told, and Enemy at the Gates, depending upon how truthful you think it is (varying authors and experts dispute the existence of Tania, the heroine played by...

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Cows Milk or Cow & Gate Milk

Advantages: added vitamins andminerals
Disadvantages: expensive

...Cow & Gate Follow on Milk... Jack is now an unbelievable 20 months old and I had stopped giving him any sort of formula milk when he was 1 year and moved him on to full fat cows milk. However he seemed to get cold after cold so we decided that maybe he needed the added nutrients that formula milk would offer him. We reverted back to formula milk several months ago and surprisingly he hasn't had a cold since so perhaps it has helped. When Jack was younger and on only formula milk for his food we used SMA milk but when looking at the price of SMA compared to Cow & Gate in the shops, most stores were selling Cow & Gate at around 25 to 30 pence cheaper. This may seem like a small amount but every little helps plus Cow & Gate sold a follow on milk which is specially designed for children from one year on. This is the milk we bought...

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Baldur's Gate: not Balderdash!

Advantages: A great, tradiational role playing game. Loads to do.
Disadvantages: Might not run on modern Operating Systems, some voice acting irritations.

...Warning! This review uses words not often seen in the real world such as 'foe', 'flee', 'maiden' and the like. Apologies. Baldur's Gate has long been regarded as the best traditional RPG available on the PC. When I say traditional, I mean a game with the usual experience points system, magic weaponry, party of adventurers rather than something like Deus Ex, which was a hybrid of a few genres. Installation of the game is a breeze and before you know it, you're creating your character. Character creation is a staple of traditional RPGs and this one's no different. Most attributes can be altered, even the voice, and these are all fairly unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Watch your "rollable" attributes though - constitution, dexterity, charisma and the like. It's these that determine how much of a pansy (or not) your...

TheDuke 25.06.2008 · Read review
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Arguably India's foremost gourmet and food expert

Advantages: It is a detailed cook book with an extensive background
Disadvantages: some dishes are time consuming , but that is true of any great dish...

...Camellia Panjabi, the popular restaurateur , is responsible for popularizing both regional Indian cooking in the the UK has had a long career in the food industry. This cook book will of hers certainly delights , educates and inspires anyone who longs to make authentic curries at home...Over the last many years the author has traveled all over India collecting recipes from various sources .She has travelled to some exotic locations and rural areas of India and come up with her own version of the local recipes Camelia Panjabi's first London restaurant, the popular Bombay Brasserie, has been open since 1982; one of her five other London restaurants, Amaya, has received a Michelin Star.She has authored several cook books , has been host to several TV cookery shows and has popularised Indian food all over UK and Europe A little...

kiran8 27.07.2008 (21.04.2009) · Read review
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Goa (India)

Advantages: The cost of living, Great food, weather(pick your season).
Disadvantages: Having to pay bribes to the Police to get home every night.

...Having just spent the best part of a month out in Goa. My home was slap bang in the middle of Anjuna market that kicks into life every Wednesday at 05:00 in the morning. I feel the place has had its day. Yes the state is full of wonderful Portugese churches, a million and one palm trees, but its not at all beautiful. For me Goa is now spoiled. Now that the large package tour operaters have their foothold and the developers have raped the land its better to go elsewhere. Don't get me wrong Goa has some nice places. Really nice, friendly locals and ok beaches. Though they're not a patch on the beaches to be found in S E Asia, i.e. Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. Also, Goa like the rest of India has a big dog problem, making it unsafe to wander the streets and lanes after dark for fear of getting bitten by a rabid mut hellbent on seeking...

Jarrac 28.03.2008 · Read review
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A Very easy Gate to Fit

Advantages: very easy instructions, very easy to fit
Disadvantages: says you can open it one handed but hmm this is a bit tricky

...We already have 2 stairgates in our house but one of them has broken and although my son is now 2 1/2 years old I really feel that we still need one by our living room door as it leads into the kitchen and I want to keep my son safe especially when I am cooking. I had a look online for stairgates and the Lindam Easy Fit Plus gate looked the best price, as we already have a Lindam gate I know that the quality of them is very good. Packaging The stairgate comes in a large square flat brown box , you will find on the box a picture of the stairgate with the product details that comes in various languages. Inside the box is a white metal stairgate which has a blue handle , a manual, a leaflet so you can order spare parts ,a box with :- 4 screw adjusters rings 2 screws 2 wall caps 2 sticky pads 2 wall plugs...

lazytowner 16.02.2009 · Read review
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Good all rounder of a safety gate

Advantages: wider than average gates, looks good, sturdy, easy to fit, cheap
Disadvantages: hard to open one-handed, trip bar gets in the way

...When my baby started to crawl, I started to research into safety gates so that I knew I was getting the best thing for my money and the most suitable for what I needed. I settled on one of these Lindam Easy Fit Plus Gates for the bottom of my stairs, and I chose a different one for the top. I was rather restricted in choice of safety gates due to the width of my staircase being rather larger than average. I chose this gate because it fitted within my price range, was wide enough for the gap and looked like it was going to be simple to use, combined with it being the winner of various baby safety awards, I decided that it was the right gate for me. Price - I purchased two gates together from Toys R Us, this one was £21.99 and the other a few pounds cheaper. Toys R Us have been running a special offer for some time that gives you...

bneleh 20.08.2009 · Read review
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cow and gate milk too rich for baby's tummy

Advantages: slightly cheaper than some
Disadvantages: too rich for delicate tummies

...I bought this formula milk to have in the house before my baby was born as a precaution incase we needed to formula feed. i didn't know the difference between the different kinds of formula and was so overwhelmed with nursery furnture, prmas, baby clothes that formula was just another thing to worry about so didn't put much thought into it and just bought the one i'd heard of. Cow and Gate is one of th ebetter known baby milk formulas but it isn't the best on the market. Midwives tend to recommend the use of Aptimal as it's the closest to breast milk. When we used this formula my baby ended up very sick. She brought it straight back up and it wasn't a pretty sight! Upon speaking to others about this it turned out that a lot of people had had the same experience and so had changed milk to SMA or Aptimal. Cow and Gate is...

lorriellah 13.06.2009 · Read review
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