Enjoy Delhi

Some months ago, in the heat of Delhi’s summers, I was in the CP and surrounding area and was looking for some good place to eat. Due to vegetarian people in company, we wanted to go to a place having good enough vegetarian options. Initially thought about going to TGIF but then figured out that TGIF at CP is closed. So, we went to QBA, in the middle circle (or is it inner – CP always confuses me).

The entry is quite hidden which is usual with most of the place in CP. You would search for the entrance, which is toward the rear of the block. You start walking in the dingy looking, narrow alleyway, almost tempted to turn back. But suddenly you would see the reception at the ground floor. Once you reach to the restaurant through lift, you feel a calm and soothing atmosphere inside – especially when are coming from hot Delhi summer outside. The place is in cool blue interiors with two levels and a terrace for sitting. The first level is more like a lounge with sofa sitting plus bar area while the second level is more formal sitting. The terrace would be a nice sitting option in the winters – to eat food and talk while the crowd at CP running underneath.

Food is not at all good – just okay. Although we were looking for vegetarian place but QBA did not turned out to be one . The prices are surely more than they should be. Although I was quite disturbed there by some socialite ladies discussing their families – mom-in-laws and all that (and disturbing our talks in between) but it was otherwise quite silent in the lunch time. They have live band in the evening which I have heard is also not very bad. We had very little food – mostly appetizers only.

I would certainly recommend the place to relax and enjoy rather than for the food. The sitting is relaxed, ambiance is cool and the space they have with them is awesome right there in the middle of CP.

Contact Information
QBA Restaurant & Bar
E-42/43, Inner Circle,
Connaught Place
New Delhi
Ph. 011-41512888

Shopping for ladies sarees or lehangas for the purpose of bridal wear can be difficult; you need to balance the need to wear something different from the common while ensuring that you do not pay the heaven for this; you need to have a dress that looks exclusive and incredibly beautiful while ensuring that you are not wearing something that is being worn by everybody in the same season. I have written about Apsara sarees earlier as well, but I wanted to update with more content, so writing a new post.
If the choice is to wear a heavy well decorated saree or lehanga, then you cannot just go to any other shop. Catch the Metro line between CP and Kashmere Gate, get down at the Chandni Chowk station and ask for Paranthe Wali Gali. Once you are inside, look for the eateries, and the main Apsara showroom will be right opposite. It’s not a very big place, and there are mattresses covered by white sheets on the floor, and you need to take off your shoes before you step on the mattress. The shop does not sell ladies suits.
A good lehenga can easily cost over Rs. 50,000 with prices going upto the lakhs. Delivery can take upto a month depending on the busy season. They accept cards, although most people pay cash.

The various locations are:

Chandni Chowk:

1980, Gali Paranthe Wali, Chandni Chowk, Delhi – 6
Phone: 23267767, 23286856

1386-87. First Floor, S. B. Sarafa Market, Chandni Chowk, Delhi – 6
Phone: 23911662, 23978410

Rohini:

Ring Road Mall (Behind Kali Mata Mandir), Deepali Chowk, Delhi – 4
Ph: 47085976, 27940693

Kamla Nagar:

80-D, Kamla Nagar, Opposite Roop Nagar, Delhi – 7
Phone: 23840260, 23846294

Laxmi Nagar:

9, Ground Floor, V3S Mall, Laxmi Nagar, Opposite Nirmal Vihar, East Delhi – 92
Phone: 24507185, 43073113

The first cut-off list for Admissions to 2009 Under-Graduate course have been released, and here are links to the list:

Art and Commerce Cut off (link to list)

Science cut off (link to list)

Admission lists for SC/ST/PH candidates at the following location (link to list page)

Dates for collection of admission slips, and for depositing fees:

Collection of Admission Slip from Arts faculty (North Campus) 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th of June 2009 between 10 AM to 1PM (Excluding Sunday)

Payment of fees in the college : 26th, 27th and 29th of June 2009

A website catering to Delhi University (DUspecial.in)

St. Stephens is one of the most reputed colleges in India, located in Delhi University’s North Campus.

Address:
St. Stephen’s College, University Enclave, Delhi – 110007
India
Phone:
+91-11 2766 7271
Fax :
+91-11 2766 7965 Residence Blocks
+91-11
Allnutt North: 27666460
Allnutt South: 27666414
Mukarji East: 27666421
Mukarji West: 27666416
Rudra North: 27666513
Rudra South: 27666425

Details of admissions are on this page; http://www.ststephens.edu/admissions.htm

Interview list (link)

There are a total of 83 such colleges, and this list is not supposed to include private colleges, so if you see a college stating that it is part of Delhi University, this list is a good reference point. The naming of this list is alphabetical, and is not an indicator of the ranking of the college.

1. Acharya Narendra Dev College
2. Aditi Mahavidyalaya
3. Ahilyabai College of Nursing
4. Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy
5. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College
6. Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbia College
7. Bhagini Nivedita College
8. Bharati College
9. Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences
10. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College
11. College of Arts
12. College of Vocational Studies
13. Daulat Ram College
14. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College
15. Delhi College of Arts & Commerce
16. Delhi College of Engineering
17. Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sci & Research
18. Deshbandhu College
19. Deshbandhu College (Evening)
20. Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education (Visual Impairment)
21. Dyal Singh College
22. Dyal Singh College (Evening)
23. Gargi College
24. Hans Raj College
25. Hindu College
26. Indira Gandhi Instt.of Phy. Edu. & Sports Sciences
27. Indraprastha College for Women
28. Institute of Home Economics
29. Janki Devi Memorial College
30. Jesus & Mary College
31. Kalindi College
32. Kamla Nehru College
33. Keshav Mahavidyalaya
34. Kirori Mal College
35. Lady Harding Medical College
36. Lady Irwin College
37. Lady Shri Ram College for Women
38. Lakshmi Bai College
39. Maharaja Agrasen College
40. Maharishi Valmiki College of Education
41. Maitreyi College
42. Mata Sundri College for Women
43. Maulana Azad Medical College
44. Miranda House College
45. Moti Lal Nehru College
46. Moti Lal Nehru College (Evening)
47. Nehru Homeopathic College
48. Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
49. P.G.D.A.V. College
50. P.G.D.A.V. College (Evening)
51. Pt. Deen Dayal Institute – Physically Handicapped
52. Rajdhani College
53. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
54. Ram Lal Anand College
55. Ram Lal Anand College (Evening)
56. Ramjas College
57. Satyawati College
58. Satyawati College (Evening)
59. School of Open Learning
60. School of Rehabilitation Sciences
61. Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
62. Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Evening)
63. Shaheed Rajguru College of App.Sci. for Women
64. Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies
65. Sherubtse College
66. Shivaji College
67. Shri Ram College of Commerce
68. Shyam Lal College
69. Shyam Lal College (Evening)
70. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College
71. Sri Aurbindo College
72. Sri Aurbindo College (Evening)
73. Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce
74. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
75. Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College
76. Sri Venkateswara College
77. St. Stephen’s College
78. Swami Shraddhanand College
79. University College of Med. Sc. And G.T.B. Hospital
80. Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
81. Vivekanand College
82. Zakir Husain College
83. Zakir Husain College (Evening)

Post courtesy Akshaya (link)

They are just wonderful – who???

Well, cookies from Mrs. Kaur’s Premium Cookies are just wonderful. When I was a child, there were no cookies around – only biscuits. And no one knew the difference between cookies and biscuits. Then came the liberalization and we got cookies in India as well. But then not every cookie is actually a cookie in true sense. You have to taste cookies from Mrs. Kaur’s to understand what a true cookie is.

Nearly all of the cookies are very tasty. And each one of them is available in eggless form as well. Try Chocolate Chip, Florentine, Oatmeal Raisins, Almond Chocolate Chunk, All Spice Molasses & Cocoa White Chocolate. They offer brownies as well – try Chocolate Brownie (this is ‘pure sin’) & Cocoa Banana Bar.

You can buy the cookies at Khan Market or East Patel Nagar. You can also order online on their website here.

Location Information

73A,
Khan Market (Middle Lane)
New Delhi 110003

Arcade E,
Inside Gallery, Khan Market
New Delhi 110003

29/6 East Patel Nagar
New Delhi 110008

Website: http://www.mrskaurs.com

For a long time, there used to be a Hotel Shipra right at the edge of the road between Sector 18 and the smaller Atta market in Noida. And then Hotel Shipra was torn down to make the trendier Hotel Mosaic. Mosaic has 2 prime locations that draw people on a regular basis, there restaurant Lattitude, and the lounge bar Fluid (in the basement).
The first time I went into Fluid, it was unlike anything that I had ever seen before. The entrance to Fluid was through the side of the hotel (slightly odd), but there was lots of glass giving a good look; and as soon as you enter, you see the whole place covered in white (and these are very plush sofas into which you sink into and can feel comfortable in). And the bar itself has this collection of big bottles including some large sized liquor bottles (and they were really large) that could not fail to impress people.
The lounge bar has 2 floors, with the bottom floor being accessible through a staircase from within the lounge itself, and there is room for dancing and a live band or DJ inside. There are sofas and other plush revolving chairs; the first anyone goes there, they see it is as very different from the other similar places.
Most of my trips have been there along with a large group of colleagues, and for this we get group packages, with unlimited drinks and snacks costing anywhere between Rs. 1000 – 1600, depending on the people. If you go individually, drinks will be in the range of Rs. 250-500 (assuming you don’t go in for the more exotic drinks). A variety of Continental, Mediterranean and American food is available, but you will not get typical Indian food such as Mughlai, South Indian or North Indian. Its a nice place to go; but watch out if you are male and it is Wednesday. This is the night for ladies, and an unaccompanied male could have problems.
Contact number: +91-120-4025000