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Indian embassies
Australia High Commission; 3-5 Moonah Place, Yarralumla, Canberra, ACT 2600® 02/6273 3999, © 62731308,® hicanb@ozemail.com.au. Consulates; Level 27,25 Bligh St, Level 27, Sydney, NSW 2000® 02/9223 9500,® 9223 9246,® indianc@enternet.com.au; 15 Munro St, Coburg, Melbourne, Vic 3058® 03/9384 0141, ® 9384 1609. Honorary Consulates; Level 1, Terrace Hotel, 195 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth WA 6004, Australia (mailing address; P0 BOX 6118 East Perth WA 6892, Australia) ® 08/9221 1485,® 9221 1206, ® india@vianet.net.au; Brisbane® 07/3260 2825, © 3260 2826.
Bangladesh House 120, Rd 2, Dhanmondi Residential Area, Dhaka® 02/503606,® 863662; 1253-1256 Nizam Road, Mehdi Bagh, Chittagong ® 031/211007,® 225178.
Burma (Myanmar) Oriental Assurance Building, 545-547 Merchant St (P0 Box 751), Rangoon ® 01/82550.
Canada High Commission: 10 Springfield Rd, Ottawa, ON K1M 1C9® 613/744 3751,® 744 0913,® www.docuweb.ca/india. Consulates; 2 Bloor St W, #500, Toronto, ON M4W 3E2 ® 416/960 0751; 325 Howe St, 2nd floor, Vancouver, BC V6C 1Z7® 604/662 8811, ® www.cgivancouver.com.
Japan 2-11, Kudan Minami 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102® 03/3262 2391,® 3234 4866.
Malaysia 2 Jalan Taman Dlita (off Jalan Duta), P0 Box 10059, 50704 Kuala Lumpur® 03/253 3504, ® 253 3507.
Nepal Lainchaur (off Lazimpath), P0 Box 92, Kathmandu® 01/410900,® 413132, ® www.south-asia.com/Embassy-lndia. Allow a week - plus extra fee - to fax Delhi; British nationals and some Europeans need letters of recommendation. Mon-Fri 9.30-11am.
New Zealand Indian High Commission: 180 Molesworth St (P0 Box 4005), Wellington ® 04/473 6390,® 499 0665.
Pakistan G-5, Diplomatic enclave, Islamabad ® 051/814371,® 820742; India House, 3 Fatima Jinnah Rd (P0 Box 8542), Karachi® 021/522275 ® 568 0929. Singapore India House, 31 Grange Rd (PO Box 9123), Singapore 0923 ©737 6777, ©732 6909. k Sri Lanka 36-38 Galle Rd, Colombo 3 ” ©01/421605, ©446403, ®www.indiahcsl.org; 31 Rajapihilla Mawatha, PO Box 47, Kandy ©08/24563. Thailand ®www.indiaemb.or.th. 46 Soi 23 (Prasarn Mitr), SuKhumvit Road, Bangkok 10110 ©02/258 0300, ©258 4627; 113 Bumruangrat Road, Chiang Mai 50000 ©053/243066, ©247879. Visas take five working days to issue.
UK ®www.hcilondon.org. High Commission: India House, Aldwych, London WC2B 4NA ©020/7836 8484, ©7836 4331. Consulates: 20 Augusta St, Jewellery Quarter, Hockley, Birmingham B18 6GL ©0121/212 2782; 17 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BB ©0131/229 2144. All open Mon-Fri 8.30am-noon.
USA Embassy of India (Consular Services): 2107 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20008 7)202/939-7000, ©939-7027. Consulates: 3 East 64th St, New York, NY 10021 ©212/774-0600, ©861-3788, Swww.indiacgny.org; 540 Arguello Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118 ©415/668-0683, ©668-9764; 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Suite 850, Chicago II 60611 ©312/595 0405 (ext 22 for visas), ©595 0416, ®www.indianconsulate.com; 201 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70170 ©504/582-8106; 2051 Young St, Honolulu, HI 96826 ©808/947-2618.
Special permits In addition to a visa, special permits may be required for travel to certain areas of the country - notably Sikkim, parts of Ladakh, the Andaman Islands, Lakshadweep, the far west of the Thar desert beyond Jaisalmer, and some northeastern hill states.
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Embassies & consulates in New Delhi
Afghanistan 5/50 F, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-21
Algeria B-3/61, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-29
Angola C-17, Malcha Marg, New Delhi-21
Argentine B-8/9, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-57
Armenia B, 8/2, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-57
Austria EP-13,Chandragupta Marg,Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-21
Belgium 50-N, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-21
Belize B-8/14, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-57
Benin 43-A, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi-20
Bhutan Chandergupta Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-21
Brazil 8, Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi-11
Bulgaria EP 16-17, Chanaragupta Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-21
Combodia Panchsheel Mrg., B-47, Soami Nagar, New Delhi-17
Congo C-56, Panchsheel Enclave,New Delhi-17
Chile 146, Jor Bagh, New Delhi-03
China 50-D, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-21
Colombia 4/21, Shanti Niketan, New Delhi-21
Croatia 70, Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar-III, New Delhi-24
Cuba E-1/9, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-57
Cyprus 106, Jor Bagh, New Delhi-03
Czech Republic 50-M, Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-21
Denmark 11, Aurangzeb Airline Services
Flights can be taken from Delhi Domestic Airport
The various airlines that operate in India are:
Indian Airlines (Govt. Operated)
Jet Airways (Privately Runned)
Air Sahara (Privately Runned)
Air Deccan (Privately Runned)
Spice Jet (Privately Runned)
Kingfisher (Privately Runned)
Delhi to:
Agra (INDIAN AIRLINES 4 weekly; 35min);
Ahmedabad (INDIAN AIRLINES, JET AIRWAYS 3-5 daily; 1 hr 25min);
Amritsar (INDIAN AIRLINES 5 weekly; 50min);
Aurangabad (INDIAN AIRLINES 1 daily; 3hr 25min);
Bagdogra, for Siliguri and Darjeeling (JET AIRWAYS 1-2 daily; 1hr 55min-3hr 25min);
Bangalore (INDIAN AIRLINES, JET AIRWAYS, SA 7 daily; 2hr 30min);
Bhopal (INDIAN AIRLINES 1-2 daily; 1 hr 10min-2hr);
Bhubaneshwar (INDIAN AIRLINES 1 daily; 1 hr India is all in one time zone: GMT+5hr 30min. This makes it 5hr 30min ahead of London, 1Ohr 30min ahead of New York, 13hr 30min ahead of LA, 4hr 30min behind Sydney and 6hr 30min behind NZ; however, summer time in those places will vary the difference by an hour. Indian time is referred to as 1ST (Indian Standard Time, which cynics refer to as "Indian stretchable time"). Indian cigarettes, such as Wills, Gold Flake, Four Square and Charms, are OK once you get used to them, and hardly break the bank (Rs10-30 per pack), but if you find them too rough, stock up on imported brands such as Marlboro and Benson and Hedges, or some rolling tobacco, available in the bigger towns and cities. One of the great smells of India is the bidi, the cheapest smoke, made of a single low-grade tobacco leaf. If you smoke roll-ups, stock up on good papers as Indian Capstan cigarette papers are thick and don't stick very well and Rizlas, In India, generally in rural areas, foreigners are represented as the "rich sahib" (a rich and respectable person), whose culture dominates the world. English not being their first lan¬guage, they may not be familiar with the conventional ways of doing this, and thus their opening line may seem abrupt if at the same time very formal. "Excuse me good gentleman, what is your mother country?" On the other hand, Even if you are of Indian origin, you may be considered to suffer from Western cor¬ruption, and people may test you out on that score. You may find it odd
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