Author: Akhil Nanda

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Gulaab Gang !!!

The Gulaab gang was just given the permission to be released in theatres at 18:30 ,and just then I was invited for the premier, I was excited and so went for the movie .
The 1st half was entertaining and as the movie went on, it became serious .The movie was released just on Time I would say ,since it showcased the political power used by politician well .The actors have done a good job too. Seeing juhi chawla in a negative role as a politician was interesting too .
The movie was just perfect with the drama,action and not a single minute of boredom also there were quite a few places where the tense moments were created well .

Highway -on the good road !!!

Highway :
The movie highway , I felt was totally inspired and based on ‘the good road’ which was one of the movies nominated from India for the oscars . The story was on the lines of the good road and the character in highway was kidnapped instead of being taken on the road journey as in the good road .
The movie seemed pretty predicable and the locations were a little repeat in the 2:30 hours it seemed a little long ,the music given by A.R Rahman was good too , the popular song Pataka guddi was still stuck In my mind .

Sunday Experience !

Sunday ….no not boring ,but an adventurous Sunday .we were just thinking what to do today and So planned to go for lunch with a friend and just around the corner of our destination ,our fuel was over .we didn’t know what to do …no petrol station close by and so we had to take a rickshaw and go to the near petrol station to get fuel .
So we bought a bottle of water had a few sips and threw the rest . The petrol pump manager refused to give us fuel in the bottle since it’s banned  ,then we told the rickshaw driver they refused to give it to him too 
We then asked the manager where we could get the fuel in a bottle or container ,he suggested  another petrol station a little further .There finally we got fuel about 4 Ltrs in a container and went to the place where the car stopped we poured the fuel,went back to the petrol station and refuelled for about ₹500 and then finally went to candies for lunch @2:30.

Kashmir !

The journey from Mumbai started at 9:30 And there are so many people travelling around itself , either to Bangalore ,chennai or kashmir …where we are heading ,it’s supposed to be an economic down turn that our country is going through but it really doesn’t seems to be so or is it just an excuse by people not wanting to spend money.
So it’s 10:40 and time to board the flight .And the flight is full as we expected .
So the journey towards Srinagar begins and we could see so much of snow around the mountains .the top view was so beautiful that we couldn’t wait to get to our final destination (gulmarg)
So while we were passing Srinagar we wanted to have lunch and so first we went to a vegetarian restaurant but we wanted some authentic stuff so we went a little ahead and had authentic Kashmiri meal ,there were kebabs  rice ,gravy of  3 different types and naan.It was such a heavy meal .
Also the restaurant were we ate are lunch made me feel like I was in Pakistan. Since I felt Pakistan would be like this after hearing the description the other day .
While travelling to gulmarg I also felt this what Pakistan might look like .
Also as we arrived to Srinagar there were so many cops,officials around stretching nearly a kilometre outside the airport.
So as we proceeded to our final destination gulmarg we reached a site just 15 km from where we had to go to change the taxi which had chains in tyre since it’s too slippery with the depth of snow
So the next 15 km took quite some time due to narrow lanes and plus the snow forced cars to be stuck .so while waiting in queue to move we witnessed  slight snowfall. It was a feeling like we were abroad and not in India since both the sides had such heavy snow and completely white . it made us feel that only if Kashmir becomes more tourist friendly and developed it will be the best site India can offer to foreigners and give a run for its value for money
With space like a  football ground for skiing ,activities like sledging ,snowboarding , It could just be the best winter tourism destination with xtreme winter tourism .
It’s just the arrival to gulmarg and the first day of our 4 day Kashmir holiday .

Food photography or food porn.

Just read an article today . About a French chef who has  been working at michelin star restaurants grenouillere restaurant la Madeleine 

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and so  I  shared this piece of news  with a few people and  there were  of the opinion . No food porn should not be banned instead they are getting benefited since there are new clients who wish to dine there .But what is the reason behind these chefs being so irritated .While they say that food porn(photo clicking sharing on internet)takes away there intellectual property ,they fear of being copied and the surprise element that remain intact isn’t there anymore for there clients ,also there aim to create special moments for clients don’t remain special anymore 
so are they  right to ban food photography ?.They also argue the behaviour of people standing on chairs and clicking photos ,disturb the atmosphere and this behaviour also makes the food go cold .And there is nothing personalised left .
should this rule pass on here in India too?