Author: Akhil Nanda

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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?

 

What’s Next for Facebook?

Facebook’s acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, is by far Mark Zuckerberg-led company’s largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple Inc have ever done.

Facebook said it is keeping WhatsApp as a separate service, just as it did with Instagram, which it bought for about $715.3 million in two years ago.
 Facebook has just acquired whatsApp for $19billion. Here is an social networking site which is a decade old and the other is a messaging app which is not even  5 years old,so that bring a question on my mind does Facebook want to take over the social world ? after even acquire Instagram almost two years ago .
 quite similar to Facebook and here are the few similarities
You can block a number ,like a friend on Facebook 
You can also update status here just like you do on Facebook 
thats not all you can share photos,upload videos and change profile picture regularly 
but the difference is its one of the most popular “messaging app”which is used instead of SMS  in today time .
WhatsApp is available on free download on Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia, and Windows smartphones. All Android phones running the Android 2.1 and above, all BlackBerry devices running OS 4.7 and later, including BlackBerry 10, and all iPhones running iOS 4.3 and later.
Also a drawback of whatsApp is you can’t sent friend request like you do on Facebook as once somebody as your contact and whatsApp he can already view your profile the details like your ,status,pictures .Since you are on his/her contact and if you too are on whatsApp .WhatsApp Inc. was  founded in 2009 by Americans Brain acton & Jan koum (CEO) who are ex-employees of Yahoo ! 
 
 

Lego movie

poster of the Lego movie

The film is based on the Lego   line of Construction toys  and was released on February 7, 2014.

the lego movie was a  complete movie made with lego toys ,the lego city was really interesting and the characters were too made up with lego construction toys .the movie had a message and the movie made you just want to be part of the lego city ,with character like batman and superman made from lego made it more fun to watch ,also it was a animated action movie .
and last but not the least Everybody is awesome.
A 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary,  Discplined , perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.

History of Zumba!!!

Zumba

Zumba is a dance  fitness program created by Colombian dancer and  Choreographer Alberto”Beto” Perez  during the 1990s.

Zumba sessions are typically about an hour long.The exercises include music with fast and slow rhythms, as well as resistance training.The music comes from the following dance styles:Cumbia,Salsa,merengue,mambo ,flamenco ,chachacha,reggaeton, soca,samba,hip hop music ,axe music and tango  . There are eight different types of classes for different levels of age and exertion.Zumba Toning is for the people who do their workouts with toning sticks. Zumba Toning will target the abs, thighs, arms, and other muscles throughout the body. Zumba Toning is adding sculpting of body and cardio.

In the 1990s, Beto Perez forgot his tape of aerobics music for a class he was teaching. He went to his car, listened to music – consisting of traditional Salsa and merengue music – and improvised a class using this non-traditional aerobics music. After finding initial success in Colombia, he moved to the United States in 2001, where he teamed up with cofounder Alberto Perlman and a childhood friend, COO Alberto Aghion. The trio produced a demo reel , and the concept was discovered and licensed by a company called Fitness Quest to create a direct marketing campaign and a line of  Home videos.

Zumba involves  dance and aerobic elements. Zumba’s choreography incorporates hip-hop,soca,samba,salsa, merengue,mambo and marital arts .Squats and lunges  are also included.

A thought for the day !!!

food

Just the other day ,one of my classmates had gone for the weekend to my hometown,from a metro like Mumbai .And so me being from that town ,he asked what he can do?

After thinking about two minutes ,I realised that where ever we travel ,the only difference we see is food .
whether its Travelling to another state in the country , or to another country abroad we only see what else can be eaten ,there is so much everywhere for sightseeing ,the shopping brands and stuff might be available in another country in a few months but the only difference would be of getting that authentic taste of food which is served locally ,no matter how hard you try to get the exact taste of a local cuisine there would be some  ingredients that would not be available. That gives  the exact taste of the dish.And that’s why when we  travel we  go to authentic places for authentic food.…
And so food is the only common topic ,even when we discuss our daily happenings .Food is such an important topic today globally .And with accessibility ,its just become easier to travel more,explore more in no time.