India Attractions

Calcutta is Kolkata

Advantages: many connection
Disadvantages: crowdy, no facilities for passengers

...our luggage. staff is friendly though over loaded. Calcutta has many connected flights for eastern part and north eastern part of India. Any holiday to north east India has almost unavoidable stop over at Calcutta. So it is better to get ready for crowdy and mismanaged airport before landing there. ...

imwhoever 14.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Calcutta Airport (CCU)

High Kicks and High Jinks on the Border

Advantages: As ceremonies go, it's unique
Disadvantages: It's not the photographic spectacle that many people want and it goes on a very long time.

The daily flag lowering ceremony at the Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan is one of the world's most bizarre displays of mutual dislike combined with pure theatre and is a great example of nationalism and pride. Every day, come rain or shine, war or peace, the border guards of India and Pakistan go through the motions of closing the gates that join the two countries, under the watchful eyes and with the loud support of thousands of ...
...by Michael Palin in his Himalaya series and was included in Sanjeev Bhaskar's India series a couple of years ago. Where is it and how do you get there? The closest town to Wagah from the Indian side is Amritsar and from the Pakistan side it's Lahore. We visited the border whilst staying in Amritsar and, since there's not really a great deal to do in the town, a trip to the flag lowering ceremony is considered by most visitors as one of the ...

koshkha 31.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Wagha Border Ceremony, Amritsar

Chandigarh, India

Advantages: All listed in The review.
Disadvantages: Lacks in well developed public Transport

Ok, so here I am discussing the city where I have spent almost 5 years before moving to Sydney. Any would agree it is THE BEST CITY in India. When compared to there cities I scores Over them in all areas. I'll go through some of them. 1. Smoking ban in Public area 2. Helmets compulsory while traveling on two wheelers. 3. Ban on polythene bags. 4. There are no factories in the city. 5. Residential Area and Commercial areas are well defined. ...
...and a religious place within walking distance. 8. Highest density of trees and parks in India compaired to any city. 9. Cheapest rate of petrol as compared to the neighboring areas or other close by cities. 10.Highest per capital income. 11.Highest number of coaching institutes for preparation for exams for colleges like IITs or IIMs Or AIMS 12. Has the least polluted air. Ok now its time to give the review my personal touch. Most of the foreigners ...

jasskulaar 14.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Sector 17, Chandigarh, India

feel easy to fly

Advantages: very advantageous for indian people , looks beautiful, cute maintainance
Disadvantages: away from city, less transport facilities from city to airport.

i once went to rajiv gandhi airport when my brother was going to south dakota state by linking flights from hyderabad. He was going to mumbai from this airport and there from mumbai linking flighta were available . So at that time when i saw that airport i was wondered to see such an airport in india .I feeled as if it was foreign country. That airport consists sush a sophisticated equippment in all regards. The maintainance of the airport was very ...
...like mumbai, chennai, new delhi were kept at an average rate and potential users can usually use this facility . Here all the communication facilities are available but of somewhat away from the hyderabad city. if the transport facilities are provided sufficient enough for this airport this airport would be able to withstand with even international airports. ...

megastar777 03.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Hyderabad, Rajiv Gandhi Airport, India (HYD)

Economy of India

Advantages: Nice
Disadvantages: .

India is a large agricultural country, the main agricultural products are rice, wheat, oil, sugar cane, tea, cotton and jute, and so on. National land area of about 160,000,000 hectares, capita 0.17 ha. India is one of the world's largest milk States, the world's major cotton producing countries and producing countries. Cattle, goats, sheep, water Ngau Tau in the first few in the world. India is rich in resources, with mica, coal, iron, aluminum, ...
...abundant mineral resources, production and reserves of mica for the world, bauxite production Coal production and ranking first in the fifth in the world. 53,000,000 hectares of forest, the coverage rate of 16%. Industry has formed a relatively complete system of self-resistant. Its major industries including manufacturing, electricity, mining, textiles, food products, precision instruments, automobile manufacturing, software manufacturing and aviation ...

Yiki22 20.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Darjeeling Zoo