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POOL! AND MORE. New Delhi now offers facilities for more diverse sports. You can go ice skating at: * PLANET GLACIER, _Fun 'n' Fair, A-38 Mohan Co-op Industrial Estate, Mathura

road. Phones: 011-6959563, 6959721, 6959591. Fax: 011-3315676, 6959665._ Charges: Rs 125 for half an hour. Rental of skates included. Open from 1100 hours to 0130 hours. Planet Glacier has a

rink that can accommodate 50 skaters and even on weekends there is no wait time. Soft drinks, snacks and meals are available. You can play pool/billiards/snooker at: * VERTEX, G-31 KALKAJI

EXTENSION. PHONES: 011-6487180, 6487280. Charges: Rs 150 per hour. Open from 1200 hours to 2330 hours. Vertex has four tables. They serve soft drinks and snacks. Half hour wait time on

weekends. * CUES, _near Levis, opposite Priya cinema, 38 Basant Vihar. Phones: 011-6140598, 6140475._ Charges: Between Rs 60 and Rs 90 per half hour. Open from 1030 hours to 2300 hours. Cues

has six tables. They serve only soft drinks. Half hour wait time on weekends sometimes. * BILLIARDS, _Blade point, Jassum House, 44 AY 2 Kalu Sarai. Phone: 011-6861353._ Charges: Rs 80 per

hour. Open from 0900 hours to 2300 hours. Billiards has two tables. * MITTAL HOTELS, _Hotel Mohan, Central Market, Ashok Vihar, near Deep Cinema. Phones: 011-7227926, 7222743, 7224874._

Charges: Rs 100 per hour. Open from 1100 hours to 2300 hours. Mitqtal Hotels has three tables. They serve soft drinks and snacks. * FUN 'N' FAIR,_ A-38 Mohan Co-op Industrial

Estate, Mathura road. Phones: 011-6959563, 6959721, 6959591. Fax: 011-3315676, 6959665._ Charges: Rs 50 per half hour. Open from 1100 hours to 0130 hours. Fun 'n' Fair has three

tables. They serve soft drinks, snacks and meals. You can sample water sports at: * FUN 'N' FOOD VILLAGE _Old Delhi-Gurgaon road, Kapashera. Phones: 011-5564501, 5564502, 5564503,

5565500, 5565502, 5565503._ Charges: * Rs 200 per adult for entrance to the water park and the amusement park on week days. * Rs 150 per child for entrance to the water park and the

amusement park on week days. * Rs 300 per adult for entrance to the water park and the amusement park on weekends. * Rs 200 per child for entrance to the water park and the amusement park on

weekends. * Rs 125 per adult for entrance to the amusement park on all days of the week. * Rs 100 per adult for entrance to the amusemnt park on all days of the week. Open from 0930 hours

to 2030 hours. ------------------------- HOTELS ON A DISC DATASOFT EXPORTS have released a CD-Rom called HOTELSINDIA on hotels, restaurants and resorts all over India. Priced at RS 1,500 the

disc offers pictures and info on hotels. It also provides addresses and mailers for 'off-line' reservations. DATASOFT EXPORTS, BOMBAY. PHONES: 022-2007621, 2004350.

------------------------- NINE PINS The best places to go bowling in India. Know any better places? Don't hesitate to write in. BOMBAY BUDDY'S, _Jyoti Studio, next to Kennedy

Bridge, near Nana Chowk. Phones: 022-3875495, 3875496:_ Charges: Rs 150 per game. Entrance fees: Rs 50 on weekends and holidays. Open from 1400 hours to 2300 hours on weekdays and 1000 hours

to 2300 hours on weekends and holidays. Buddy's has four lanes. Soft drinks and snacks are available. Alcohol is not served. You may have to wait a while for a lane. Call beforehand.

CLUB AQUARIA, _Devidas Extension, St Lawrence School, LIC colony, Borivali. Phones: 022-8920922, 8944009, 8944010._ Charges: Rs 20 for entrance and Rs 100 per game. Open from 1400 hours to

1800 hours. Club Aquaria is equipped with two lanes. Beer, drinks, snacks and Indian meals available. NEW DELHI 32ND MILESTONE, _Delhi-Jaipur By Pass, Chander Nagar. Phones: 0124-332571,

332512, 332514:_ Charges: Rs 75 per game for games played between 1200 hours and 1700 hours on weekdays. And Rs 100 for games played after 1700 hours on weekdays and on holidays and

weekends. Open 1200 hours to 0100 hours (or later). 32nd milestone has 4 lanes. Alcohol and snacks -- sandwiches, burgers, _tikkas_ -- are served. LEISURE BOWL, _Kishangarh, JNU road.

Phones: 011-6895247, 6121574, 6894229:_ Charges: Rs 125 per game. Open from 1100 hours to 2300 hours. Leisure Bowl has eight lanes. Alcohol is not served. Chinese and Indian food and soft

drinks are on offer. PLANET BOWLING, _Classic House, A-38, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate. Phones: 011-6959612, 6959146, 6959563, 3314940, 6959665: _ Charges: Rs 100 a game on weekdays

and Rs 125 per game on weekends and holidays. Open from 1000 hours to 0200 hours. Planet Bowling has eight lanes and does not offer alcohol. Chinese food and soft drinks are served. QUTAB

HOTEL, SHAHEED JEET SINGH MARG. _Phones: 011-6511063, 6511241, 6511273:_ Charges: Rs 100 per game. Open from 1100 hours to 0100 hours. Qutab hotel bowling alley has four lanes. Alcohol is

not served, but soft drinks and snacks like pizza and sandwiches are on the menu. SURYA HOTEL, _Rajouri Garden, 14D DAC Centre. Phones: 011-5122880, 5122881, 5822882, 5122883:_ Charges: Rs

125 per game. Open from 1130 hours to 2400 hours. Surya hotel offers three alleys. No alcohol, but burgers and sandwiches are provided. BANGALORE G'S ALLEY,_ Mota Arcade, Brigade road.

Phones: 080-5588211:_ Open from 1100 hours to 2300 hours. Charges: Rs 100 per game on weekdays and Rs 125 on weekends and holidays. G's has four lanes. Alcohol is not served. Tibetan

and Chinese snacks and fast food is served with soft drinks. ------------------------- BANK HOLIDAYS. AND FORCED LANDINGS INCOGNITO, the disco at the TAJ BENGAL in CALCUTTA offers _free_

entry for_ airline employees _and their companions on Thursdays. And for BANKERS and their companions on WEDNESDAYS. If you work for an airline or a bank and produce some sort of ID, you and

your partner can enter free. TAJ BENGAL, 34B BELVEDERE ROAD, ALIPORE. PHONE: 033-2233939. ------------------------- . FOR THE KIDS NINE TO 90 The SPACE DOME at SCIENCE CITY in CALCUTTA is

now screening a 3D movie on whales and dolphins as well. The Space Dome, which seats 360, in collaboration with Universum and Astrivision, also schedules two other 3D films. One simulates

the feeling of travelling in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa. And another takes one on a trip to outer space. The Science City is a 50 acre park with a modern convention

centre, the Space Dome and number of science exploration halls. Other attractions: * * A Time Machine that offers virtual reality rides back into time or to outer space. * The five-storied

Dynamotion building offers a variety of freaky science exhibits. Balls rolling downwards rotate giant wheels that make animated dolls play musical chimes.... * A butterfly corner where

numerous species of butterflies are bred. * A display of model dinosaurs. * A science park for small children.. * A musical fountain. * A 40 tank aquarium. Science City, run by the National

Council of Science Museums, is equipped with plenty of picnic areas and a restaurant as well. The park is open daily from 0900 hours to 2100 hours. Entrance tickets are priced at Rs 10 per

head. Bus routes to the park: E-2, S-19, S-21, S-23, S-24, GL-3, C-1, C-2, C-8, C-12, MD-13, MD14, MS-37, ST-5, ST-8 . SCIENCE CITY, JBS HALDANE AVENUE, NEAR E M BYPASS. PHONES: 033-3434343,

3432607, 3432569. ------------------------- SURF FREE FOR 60 MINUTES Surf _free_ for one long hour or send emails free, when you are in GOA. An Indian delegation based in Goa of the

Lisbon-based FUNDACAO ORIENTE -- which works for promotion and exchange of culture between various countries -- has started a cyber point called C CAFE at PANJIM. Surfing on any of the three

terminals, available at the office is free, provided you do not sit for more than one hour and the queue is not too long. You can even send email through your Excite/Hotmail/Yahoo mail

accounts. Black and white 'print-outs' cost Rs 1. Colour 'print-outs' will set you back by Rs 5. Even the soft drinks -- if you have to kill time -- are priced at a

reasonable Rs 7. TIMING: From 1500 hours to 1900 hours on weekdays and from 1000 hours to 1300 hours on Saturday. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. C CAFE, FUNDACAO ORIENTE, BEHIND PEOPLE'S HIGH

SCHOOL, MALA-FONTAINHAS, PANJIM. PHONE: 0832-230728 ------------------------- ANOTHER CYBERCAFE FOR BOMBAY India Yellow Pages has opened a cybercafe at Fort, BOMBAY. The charges for surfing

are RS 120 per hour. The membership is priced at RS 1,000 for 10 hours. The scheme provides the user with a passbook, which records the number of hours used. The passbook can be used by

other people too. The timings of the cybercafe are from 1000 hours to 1930 hours. INDIA YELLOW PAGES, 74, NAGINDAS MASTER ROAD, MODI AND MODI BUILDING NO 1, GROUND FLOOR, FORT. PHONE:

022-2671331, 2671323. ------------------------- NET EXPRESS INTRODUCES MEMBERSHIP The Indian Express group has opened a cyber cafe -- NET EXPRESS -- at Nariman Point, Bombay. The rates: RS

50 for surfing the Net for 15 MINUTES. Students will be charged Rs 25 per 15 minutes. Plus Rs 10 per printout. Equipped with a dedicated 64 kbps line and 15 IBM terminals, the cafe is open

from 0700 hours to 2100 hours. They have opened a membership scheme. * For individuals, the package is priced at RS 14,000 for 100 hours in a year. Rs 500 is the registration charge. * For

50 hours, the price is RS 7,250. Rs 500 is the registration charge. * For two months, or 20 hours the price is RS 2,900. Rs 500 is the registration charge. Rs 500 is the registration charge.

Students: * For students, the package is priced at RS 7,000 for 100 hours in one year. Rs 500 is the registration charge. * For 50 hours the price is RS 3,500. Rs 500 is the registration

charge. * For two months or 20 hours, the price is RS 1,400. Rs 250 is the registration charge for two months. Corporate membership: * The package is priced at RS 14,000 for 100 hours in a

year. Rs 500 is the registration charge. Three people can use this account, but not at the same time. For members black and white printouts cost RS 5 for a page. Colour printouts cost RS 10.

NET EXPRESS, EXPRESS TOWERS, NARIMAN POINT. PHONE: 022- 2022627. ------------------------- NEW CYBER CAFE IN BOMBAY Cyberdrome, the new cyber cafe at Juhu, offers surfing only in the

evenings. The membership charge for a year is RS 2,000. Members will be charged RS 120 for every hour on the Internet. For a non-member, the charges are RS 150. Students are offered 10 PER

CENT discount on showing their identity cards. The timings: 1800 HOURS to 2300 HOURS. The cafe is located at a computer institute and if members wish to surf in the daytime, it is possible

to call the Cyberdrome to inquire about the availability of a free machine. THE CYBERDROME, 61, SECOND FLOOR, JUHU SUPREME CENTRE, GULMOHAR CROSS ROAD 9, JUHU. PHONE: 022-6207930.

------------------------- AEROBICS IN THE COOL OF THE POOL HOTEL GUESTLINE, BOMBAY offers a special course of aqua aerobics. Aerobics in the pool is apparently a much cooler way to lose the

calories. It involves exercising chest deep in the water. Knowledge of swimming is not required, as long as a participant can maintain balance in the water. Apparently water aerobics's

advantage over 'land' aerobics is that the body gets relaxed. This is because in water the human body weighs 10 per cent less than the actual body weight which makes movement more

fluid. And the cushioning effect of water helps prevent muscles from feeling heavy. The programme is advised to people who have problems with joints, pregnancy, pre and post delivery.

Prices: RS 3,000 for 12 SESSIONS in batches. Morning and evening batches will be conducted. Children above 12, _only,_ can enroll. HOTEL GUESTLINE, 462, A V NAIR ROAD, JUHU. PHONE

022-6713246, 6703334. ------------------------- SCIENTIFIC SURPRISES The Birla Museum plans, this summer, to invite science officers in for science sessions with kids and interested adults

to explain unusual scientific happenings. The main attraction: THE 'NON-FALL' BICYCLE. This exhibit explains stability and the concept of the centre of gravity. Visitors can ride a

bicycle on a steep slope 10 feet high. There will be demonstrationse under four categories: Unexpected science, science, magic and miracle 'fun-tastic chem-mystery'. There is also

the super cold show. BIRLA PLANETARIUM, 96, NEHRU ROAD, CHOWRINGHEE LANE. PHONE: 033-2481515 ------------------------- BOMBAY HAS A NEW AMUSEMENT PARK NISHILAND, a water AMUSEMENT PARK,

with a video games arcade, has opened outside Bombay, on the Pune highway. Located near Panvel, at Vinegaon, the park is spread over 56 scenic acres. The park's attractions: a water

slide, a highway restaurant serving Indian, Chinese and Gujarati food, a wave pool, a 'Rub a Dub Jacuzzi', go carts, a huge air conditioned video games parlour, a merry go around,

a shopping arcade and boating facilities. Entrance tickets are priced at RS 150 FOR AN ADULT and RS 125 FOR A CHILD. The park also offers a life membership scheme at Rs 50,000 for a family

of five. NISHILAND PARK, 171 ATLANTA, NARIMAN POINT, BOMBAY. PHONES: 022-2842181, 2841879, 2824269 OR FAX: 022-2023752 OR EMAIL: [email protected]. ------------------------- TWO NEW

CYBER CAFES IN GOA Margao and Panjim are now served by a cyber cafe chain called CYBER INN. Cyber Inn charges RS 90 FOR SURFING THE NET FOR HALF AN HOUR and Rs 5 for printing downloaded

material. They charge Rs 45 for sending an A 4-size page of E-MAIL. The cafes are equipped with Pentium based computers and high speed modems. Cyber Inn conducts workshops on using the

Internet and also runs crash courses on web design and hosting web pages. CYBER INN, B / F 2, MODEL COMPLEX, OPPOSITE ST INEZ CHURCH, ST INEZ, PANJIM. PHONE: 0832-222988. E-MAIL:

[email protected] Cyber Inn, 105, Kalika Chambers, behind Grace church, Margao, phone: 0834-733232, email: [email protected] ------------------------- Bombay will have three

new internet cafes. Two opened last December. A third will open at the book store, Crossword. * * INTERZONE, 2nd floor, Raheja Chambers, Free Press Journal Marg, Nariman Point, phones:

022-2872641, 2844949, 2870380. Offers surfing for Rs 150 per hour for students and Rs 200 an hour for non-students. Open 0930 hours to 1930 hours. * DAT-A-NET, near Mirch Masala, 10 Ram

Janak, 2nd floor, 56 Linking road, near Nike showroom, phones: 022-6487491, 6487492. Offers surfing for Rs 199 per hour and Rs 5,999 for 50 hours in six months. Open from 0900 hours to 2000

hours. ------------------------- CYBER LAND opens in ADYAR, MADRAS. An Internet club with an_ attached cafe_, it offers a chance to surf the Internet. Membership for companies and

individuals is available too. The club will be open from 0700 HOURS TO 2300 HOURS DAILY. The club will offer additional services like internet training, a resume writing service and domain

name registration. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: CYBER LAND, 40, I AVENUE, INDIRA NAGAR, ADYAR, MADRAS, PHONES: 4942211, 4941777, 4942150. -------------------------