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LOOKING
GLASS
Chennai
Mall
 Being
located near several colleges is just one reason why the sprawling Ispahani
Centre on Nungambakkam High Road is already a hot hangout. It houses
an Indigo Nation clothing store, a crystalware showroom from Swarovski,
an Archies outlet and a health club. The biggest hit of the lot, however,
is the restaurant Cafe Coffee Day. For further information, call (044)
823-3697.
Calcutta
Home
Library
To find out how, where and when to build a house in the city, visit this
Homebuilding Centre, opened by French MNC Lafarge. The extensive
library stocks 1,500 books and magazines, CD-ROMs, videotapes and films.
The centre also provides an area-wise listing of 316 builders, 500 carpenters,
400 interior decorators, 860 masons and 447 plumbers for Calcutta and
its outskirts. Address: 2/5, Sarat Bose Road, Sukhsagar Apartments. For
details, call (033) 476-0645.
Pune
Hotel
It's being described as the city's first European-style hotel. That's
The Central Park Hotel in Pune, located 8 km from the airport.
The hotel's Zanzibar-Resto lounge serves fusion cuisine and a host of
cocktails, while Time After Time is a multi-cuisine restaurant. In addition
to its 70 guest rooms, Central Park has five exclusive "lifestyle
suites", The Pavilion banquet hall, a party suite, a health club
and other facilities. Rates: Rs 3,000-7,500 for a day. Address: near Council
Hall, Bund Garden Road. For more information and bookings, call (020)
605-4000/1/2-7. Fax: 605-0211. E-mail: centralpark@vsnl.com
Delhi
Restaurant
The Manor, a stylish hotel in Friends Colony (West), now has a restaurant
for the health-conscious. The Onyx Lounge serves low-cal salads,
fresh fruit drinks and more. Choose from fresh Norwegian salmon in tandoori
marination and honeydew melon and cucumber salad. Meal for two: Rs 1,200.
Telephone: (011) 692-5151.
Delhi
Play
 Solo
performances aren't common fare in Delhi. So check out Shirley
Valentine, starring Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal. Watch the fun as Shirley
tells us about the life she's lived, what she's missed and what she's
making up. "It's hard to believe a man could have written a play
like this," says Kotwal. The man in question is Willy Russell, same
guy who wrote Educating Rita. On at India Habitat Centre on October
23 & 24. For details call (011) 468-2222.
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Relics
of old empires exist everywhere. Why can't the Mani Shankar Aiyars of
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