power sockets in hong kong Neelam s MULTICUISINE $ (mains 35-90; h9am-10.30pm) Not far from the Golden Temple, this unassuming

Neelam s MULTICUISINE $ (mains 35-90; h9am-10.30pm) Not far from the Golden Temple, this unassuming eatery is a convenient spot to cool your heels over a banana lassi. The have-a-go-at-anything menu includes pizzas, burgers, soups, dosas, aloo paratha power sockets in hong kong and, for breakfast, honey muesli. power sockets in hong kong

JUNK ART GENIUS Following Independence, as refugees flooded across the Pakistan border and a newly liberated India made the bold statement that was Chandigarh, one of the new city s road inspectors, a diminutive power sockets in hong kong arrival from Pakistan called Nek Chand, was struck by the amount of waste generated as villages were cleared in the construction of Chandigarh. Chand hauled this matter back to his jungle home and gave it a second life as sculptural material. Eventually he had tens of thousands of forms made of urban and industrial waste, as well as local stone, created by his own hands and the slow forces of nature. His battalions of water women, pipers, chai drinkers, monkeys, cheeky stick men wearing tea-cup hats, dancing women and other characters steadily multiplied in secretly sculpted spaces. Chand s efforts weren t officially discovered until 15 years after they began, when a government survey crew stumbled upon them in 1973. The unauthorised garden was illegally occupying power sockets in hong kong government land and should technically have been demolished, but fortunately the local council recognised the garden as a cultural asset. Chand was given 50 labourers and paid a salary so he could devote himself to the project. Today, the garden is said to receive power sockets in hong kong over 2000 visitors a day. There s a Nek Chand Foundation (www.nekchand.com), raising power sockets in hong kong funds and recruiting volunteers. Chand had no formal education beyond high school. In my childhood I used to build mud houses and other toys. He is said to be influenced by modernist masters such as Le Corbusier and Gaudi, but he is clear on the main source of his ideas: they are a gift from God.

Sagar Ratna SOUTH INDIAN $ (Queen s Rd; mains 50-110; h9am-11pm; a) An easygoing power sockets in hong kong South Indian veg restaurant with fresh lime sodas that will quench the most savage summer thirst. Excellent southern specialities (idlis, dosas, uttapams etc) with a sprinkling of North Indian and Chinese dishes.