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Kala Ghoda 2014

Kala Ghoda

The 15th Kala Ghoda Festival concluded on sunday the 9th February. Being the last day of the nine day long festival there were thousands of people who visited  Kala Ghoda   in  South Mumbai , to either see the performances of Farhan Akthar or to see the creativity done by students,and todays youth .I had been to the festival last year too and was amazed by the efforts put in by the organiser and team in displaying some interesting things from best out of waste,electronic waste .A brief history of the festival.its inception in 1999, the Festival has grown in stature and popularity, attracting visitors and participants from other parts of the country, and the world. The Festival is organised by the Kala Ghoda Association (a non-profit organisation that states its objectives as “physically upgrading the Kala Ghoda sub-precinct and making it the Art District of Mumbai”) and curated by teams handling each of the sub-festivals.Its held  usually around nine days long either  in late January or early February.The sub-festivals feature the visual arts, dance, music, theatre, cinema, literature, lectures, seminars and workshops, heritage walks, special events for children, and a vibrant street festival. Entry to all events is free to all (only restricted by the size of the venues) . Venues include The  Jehangir Art gallery , The National Gallery of Modern Art  , the David Sassoon Library , Max Mueller Bhavan, Elphinstone  college , the K.R Cama Institue, the M C Ghia Hall, and the street area of Rampart Row. Rampart Row is closed off to vehicular traffic for the duration of the festival, with the entire area becoming a street Mela , with food stalls, artisans selling their creations, artists who sketch instant portraits, street art installations and the like. In recent years, the Festival has expanded beyond the Kala Ghoda crescent, with events being held in Azad Maidan  and Horinman Circle  as well.

TAG HEUER

The Logo of Tag heuer

Just wanted to share some interesting piece of information on the brand Tag Heuer . The watch which all watch lovers would like to own , at least one piece from their collection In there lifetime .
Tag acronym stands for  Techniques d’Avant Garde and  Heuer is surname of Edouard the founder of Tag Heuer
Tag heuer  was founded in 1985 when tag manufacturers of high-tech items such as ceramic turbochargers for Formula One cars, acquired Heuer.But as we known these watches are mainly popular in the sports world for their accurate measuring instruments. Mostly popular among athletes, these timepieces are  a craze in the market among watch lovers too.
But did you know?

 *TAG Heuer traces its roots to the 1860 foundation of Uhrenmanufaktur Heuer AG by Edouard Heuer in St.Imier, Switzerland. The company was purchased by TAG Group (Holding )S.A. in 1985 and the Heuerbrand became TAG Heuer. In 1999, TAG Group sold TAG Heuer to French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH which stands for  Louis Vuitton  Moet Hennessy .

*In the early 1950s, Heuer produced watches for the American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch  The “Seafarer” and “Auto-Graph” the two collection pieces  were unique chronographs produced by Heuer to be sold by Abercrombie & Fitch. The “Seafarers” had special dials—with blue, green and yellow patterns—that showed the high and low tides. This dial could also be used to track the phases of the moon. Heuer produced a version of the “Seafarer” for sale under the Heuer name, with this model called the “Mareographe”. The “Auto-Graph” was produced in 1953 and 1954, and featured a tachymeter scale on the dial and a hand that could be preset to a specific point on the scale. This allowed a rally driver or navigator to determine whether the car was achieving the desired pace, over a measured mile. Advertisements and literature also pointed out that this hand could be rotated to count golf scores or other events.

* in most watches catalogues and in-store displays you’ll find the time is displayed as ten minutes past ten o’clock or sometimes ten minutes to two o’clock. And that is because of The popular meaning for this is that it’s “Happy Time” or that the clock is smiling which becomes an emotional marketing tool to encouraging you to feel good when you’re looking to buy that particular watch or clock.

* Jack Heuer, the great grandson of the founder, is the Honorary Chairman. TAG Heuer maintains a watchmaking workshop in Cornol , Switzerland and a watchmaking factory in La chaux-de-fonds, Switzerland. And The Brand  TAG Heuer hasn’t changed its  slogan  “Swiss Avant-Garde Since 1860”.

 

 

 

Sulafest 2014

The Sulafest this year had too much of electronic music. A complete zone to it .Also , sula was spread out with music in every section ,whether there were electronic zones or an artist trying to grab attention near the grape stomping ,or the main stage and entrance to the Amphitheatre too had music .It seemed this fest had lost its main appeal to have live bands performing , it seems like they got carried away by just being another concert type of event since ,mostly everywhere in India we are getting to hear one genre.It wasn’t really different .Saturday , day one highlight- the gypsy all stars were different, they sang songs and for one of the songs they too tried creating a fusion with folk music and spanish tunes . The Day 2 was utter disappointment since it had just music with no lyrics and nothing new to offer .
Also it seems that the fest has being taking the advantage of the brand name ‘Sula ‘ since this year they even charged rupee 100 for car parking for each day .

Auto Expo India 2014

Auto Expo

The auto expo is back again this time  bigger and better with more space to be offered at Greater Noida  compared to pragati maidan. 
This year there are going to be some great global launches and showcases with 47 manufacturers taking part and showcasing 69 automobiles launch some of them being the Jaguar CX17 ,Jaguar F-type ,Harley Davidson to name a few 
so those travelling,or were waiting to travel for the auto expo here are the dates 7-11 Febuarary at the India  expo mart Greater Noida Delhi,  from 10 am onwards so all the automobiles lovers don’t miss this chance or you will have to wait another 2 years for it will be coming next in 2016 .

Superparx!!!

Supercar show

 For reasons I don’t remember why I couldn’t go for the super parx Carshow in the past .I finally went after about four years , insisted on going for the event and wasn’t disappointed at all .There were quite a few number of BMW, RollsRoyce, Lotus and Lamborghini , Mercedes , Audi to name a few .
and If this was not the thing there were other super car owners driving around the toys to get all the attention .
This is an event annually organised by Gautam Singhania,Owner of the brand Raymond ,mostly on the 2nd  week of  January  on a Sunday and its been happening for the past six years ,Its a Rally where they go from point A to point B and back , its a nice idea to have if not all at least a few of the best cars being noticed speeding on the street of mumbai .
The only thing that I felt was that the parking lot that is the venue for the start point being too small  for the cars to be parked … I hope next year its back to the  Racecourse since I heard from a friend who accompanied me this year Racecourse had a better Display .