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Delhi Coffee-Chai Culture | Justine Hardy | India, Delhi, Delhi

There is a nearby chai-wallah whose name is Manmohan Singh. If you are new to his stall he will tell you this as he pours his liquid fudge mix of tea, milk, sugar, cardamom and black pepper from one pan to another

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Diwali | Justine Hardy | India, Delhi, Delhi

To fly into this Festival of Light is to enter Indian culture by many doors at the same time. This is not a festival of just one religion but of three; Hindus, Sikhs and Jains celebrate simultaneously in late autumn

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Favourite Hotels Outside Delhi | Martin O'Brien | India, Delhi, Delhi

After Indira Ghandhi amended India's constitution, putting an end to the power and privilege of the Rajput princes, many of the Royal families' homes - the desert forts built by the moghul emperors

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Ghee and Nike | Justine Hardy | India, Delhi, Delhi

West clashes with East: this time it's a death match between ghee-nurtured cholestrol and the giant, cross-training, pump-up shoe-selling sports corporations

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No Room at the Top | Justine Hardy | India, Delhi, Delhi

The food and beverages manager of a certain five star hotel in Delhi is what is faintly charmlessly referred to as an RNRI, a Returned Non-Resident Indian

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Shopping and Faking | Justine Hardy | India, Delhi, Delhi

Five thousand miles may be a long way to go shopping but, let's face it, there are those among us who have travelled further

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The Circus of India | Susan Storm | India, Delhi, Delhi

I'm a surprised participant in an airborne circus. The overhead luggage compartment conjures a portable television set onto my lap. A doe eyed child in front turns around and with an accomplished sleight of hand deposits yellow rice on my head

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The Surajkund Craft Mela | Martin O'Brien | India, Delhi, Delhi

Fifty minutes' drive from Delhi is the town of Surajkund. For the last ten years this small community on the borders of Rajasthan and Haryana has hosted an annual craft fair

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Unsuspecting Tourists | Justine Hardy | India, Delhi, Delhi

Just when the visitor is expecting a ravishing sunset over the blushing stone of Mughal monuments they get stuck in a grinding traffic jam amidst a sea of flyovers and clogged city roads

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