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Namaste Friends,
Are you tired of awaiting your turn for hip replacement surgery? Do you want to carry out a cosmetic procedure that
your health insurance won’t cover? Is the cost of your dental work eroding your nest-egg? Then you might want to
consider looking at India for your treatments. From major cardiac procedures to relatively simpler cataract
surgeries, India is fast gaining acceptance as a destination for medical tourism. Our hospitals are well-equipped, our
surgeons experienced, our post-operative care personalised, and the money you’ll save will more than cover the
cost of recuperating in the lap of Indian hospitality. So whether its urgent or elective surgery you require, do as
thousands of patients did last year. Say yes to hi-tech healing in India.
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Destin Asian covers India in every
issue. In the Apr/May 2006 issue,
they join a pilgrimage in Tamil Nadu,
to find it the ultimate way to
experience India’s exuberant rituals
and abiding spirituality.
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Sally Howard’s guide to all
things hip and hidden helps
visitors get to grips with the
vast Indian sub-continent. In
British Airways’ Highlife,
April 2006.
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The new Ploof that uses olive oil instead of ghee, the 93-year old Karim’s, the high-energy
Threesixty restaurant and lounge at the Oberoi hotel, Sagar the café that boasts the best South
Indian food in town, the Park’s trendy Fire and Mist restaurants … Delhi’s favourite eating places
make it to gourmet epicurean magazine Food & Wine’s Go List of the world’s hottest
restaurants, compiled by correspondents in 50 global hotspots.
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Departures Mar/Apr 2006 visits the Makaibari Tea Estate in Darjeeling in search for the
perfect cuppa. The same issue’s “Style” section features Gayatri Devi, the 87-year old Rajmata
of Jaipur, perhaps the last of the great Indian princesses, still considered by many to be the
epitome of grace and glamour. |
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The annual pilgrimage (yatra)
to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath
in South Kashmir will commence on 11 June
and conclude on 9 August. Jammu will be
the base camp for the journey, with Baltal
and Pahalgam the 2 forward bases. The
state government hopes to start a
helicopter service from Baltal to the shrine.
For the first time in the century old history
of the yatra, Pakistani artists will take part
in a Sufi music festival at the launch of the
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 Media consultant, Anuradha Kapoor, covers
the country’s 50 best heritage hotels in Indian Heritage
Hotels: Legacy of Splendour.
Retired Colonel Narender Kumar, one of India’s best known
mountaineers, writes about the travels of his 19 member
expeditionto Kanchenjunga, in a 156 page adventure
travelogue – Kanchenjunga the Mountain God.
Elite Clubs of India, by Purshottam Bagheria and Pavan
Malhotra, introduces readers to the history and culture of
100 clubs, old and new, across India.
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 Big, bold and very bright patterns characterize this sari, woven in 40 villages in the Nalgonda
district of Andhra Pradesh. The motifs are modern – abstract, Modernist and geometric, and the
threads are tiw-dyed before weaving. Recently, The Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society of
Pochampally won IPR protection for their “ikat” saris in the Geographical Indication category
(which covers Champagne and Darjeeling tea too), becoming the first traditional Indian craft to
receive this status. The saris will now carry a logo vouching for their authenticity. |
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 The United Nations Environment Program, UNEP, has nominated the Coorg district,
Karnataka,  as the grove capital of the world, for centuries old tradition of “Devara
Kadu”, whereby a patch of forest in each village is devoted to the worship of the local
deity. Coorg (now called Kodagu) has 346 devara kadus, and the size of each varies
from 1 to 1000 acres. For the village the devara kadu is a renewable natural resource with
common property resource characteristics; for environmentalists, it is a wonderful way of
conserving nature while fulfilling spiritual needs. |
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Amitabh Kant
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism,
Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street,
New Delhi - 110 001.
T: 91 + 11 + 23715084
F: 91 + 11 + 23710518
M: amitabhk@incredibleindia.org
W: http://www.incredibleindia.org |
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While others may claim breathtaking locales, the mysticism of the east, the draw of civilization, the call of the wild.... India is that and much more.....
It is a journey of mind and soul.
It is a journey of the five senses
It is a journey of self-discovery
It is a journey of self-fulfillment. |
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