Last night I had dinner in the Taj Mahali resort in Lucknow. It was very nice food, though actually I liked the hotel I'm staying at better. Taj is a chain of 5-star restorts in India (and around the world) An interesting story about how the hotel came into being. Supposedly the to-be owner tried to check into a fancy British hotel and was told Indians were not allowed. He then told them that he would build the most luxurious and perfect hotel to put them out of business. The hotel was originaly called 'The Indian Hotel', and the original one on Mumbai (Bombay) is in the book of 1000 places to see before you die.

Also, learned that one of the girls on the development team met her finance in school. So this is an example of the changing culture in India.