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...Prized Paleness Alex Perry's letter from Bombay, "Could You Please Make Me a Shade Lighter?" [Dec. 5], reported that the desire for a lighter skin color is a national obsession in India. But Indians are not the only people who view fair skin as an ideal. It is no secret that many throughout the world feel the same way. Indeed, most of mankind does. Some of us as children were exposed to fairy tales like Snow White, in which the wicked queen asks, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" Nizam Virmani Rolling Meadows...
...Bombay may be India's hippest city, but until recently finding a decent international restaurant outside the top hotels was a challenge. Visitors wanting a change from local cuisine and hotel food resorted to fast-food chains or pseudo-Chinese diners, where the ubiquitous "chicken Manchurian" provided a spectacular example of the perils of fusion cooking. But Bombay is now finally getting the culinary makeover it has long deserved. And what Bombay does, the rest of India follows. Here's our pick of the city's best non-hotel venues...
...INDIGO The first classy independent restaurant in India when it opened in Colaba in 1999, Indigo, tel: (91-22) 2285 6316, boasts two levels. The busy downstairs bar serves the excellent but hard-to-find Dindori red from the Sula vineyards outside Bombay. The menu at the restaurant upstairs features grilled cinnamon quail and refreshingly rare peppered tuna...
...Bandra, Olive, tel: (91-22) 2600 8248, is a hangout for film and cricket stars. Chef Rodney Cabran turns out simple but elegant Mediterranean standards (including pizza with the thinnest crust for thousands of miles), while a low-lit terrace offers an almost Balearic respite from the hustle of Bombay...
...Bombay may be india's hippest city, but until recently finding a decent international restaurant outside the top hotels was a challenge. Visitors wanting a change from local cuisine and hotel food resorted to fast-food chains or pseudo-Chinese diners, where the ubiquitous "Chicken Manchurian" provided a spectacular example of the perils of fusion cooking. But Bombay is now finally getting the culinary makeover it has long deserved. And what Bombay does, the rest of India follows. Here's our pick of the city's best non-hotel venues: INDIGO The first classy independent restaurant in India when...