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LOOKING
GLASS
CALCUTTA:
Restaurant
Can't
get your fish any fresher than this. Customers at The Park's seafood bar
can pick lobsters, prawns, squid crab, eight varieties of fish and more
fresh out of water and get the chef to cook it for them just any way they
want. Although there's a choice of just two types of cuisine-Continental
or Indian-there's the option of getting the food grilled, poached, marinated
and grilled, batter fried, crumb fried or done in a special "snow
white" batter. There's also a choice of sauces. The "bar"
will be a fixture at The Atrium, the hotel's coffee shop. Meal for two
(without lobster): Rs 600 plus. Telephone: (033) 249-7336/3121
Newspaper
If
you're a teen with questions about sex, aids or careers, try The Big Ask.
Social communications agency Thoughtshop Foundation has launched this
bi-monthly newspaper's Bengali version. "It helps youngsters cope
with exams, relationships and other growing pains, and also acts as a
bridge between parents and child," says Mira Kakkar, of Thoughtshop.
Costs Rs 2. Telephone: (033) 464-0904.
DELHI:
Children's Centre
Here's
an education-with-fun option for children. At the recently opened Macademia
Soft Corner for kids up to 13, they can learn computers, pick up foreign
and Indian crafts, even get a start on golf (the centre has a mini golf
course coming up). Charges for two-and-a-half to five-year-olds: Rs18,000-plus
a year. For five to 13-year-olds: Rs 8,000. "We also have courses
for mothers and grandparents," says Pankaj Chaturvedi, director of
Soft Corner Cyber Solutions that owns the place. It's at 6 Ring Road,
Moolchand Crossing. For details call (011) 642-7179.
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