UpperCrust Foodshow!!!

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 India’s first, finest and most awaited food and wine festival, a trade fair with a difference!

This popular Food magazine “UpperCrust”came with a concept of a food show about Ten years ago , the concept of having food stall of different companies  and goods related to food ,whether chocolates ,drinks,snacks and not just that , they too had renowned chefs from India and international hotels  coming in and showcasing their talent to the indian audience.Its  a 3 day food carnival ,It started with having huge crowds to witness this event initially but this time I noticed not only did the crowd subside ,but also the number of stalls were very few ,may be because of the dates clashing with another interesting event in the city .I would encourage foodies to go and visit this event in the coming year because its a good concept and if we don’t encourage events like these , they would not comeback again and this would not be a good sign for brands and organisations looking to experiment with events for the public and the loss is only yours and mine.

Toi Litfest 2013

175 Years

The 3 day Toi Litfest carnival concluded today ,which was held in one of the most popular film studio , mehboob studio. It was a wonderful experience once again to have the best under a roof , right from authors like Ruskin Bond,Chetan Bhagat , Ravi Subramanian,Mary Kom the Olympic boxer ,Best directors of Bollywood Vikramaditya motwane,Ananda Gandhi, Ayan mukerjee to just  name a few who were on the panel this year ,It was a opportunity to interact ,to know them better and understand them ,There were quite a few people too ,I too pulled my friends to attend the Carnival and they were so happy that they just can’t wait for it to come back next year ,I hope more and more people keep going for these types of events because they are really interesting and if you  don’t go to experience these you  really are missing something and If there aren’t audience for activities like these the leading newspaper would reconsider getting the event back ,also its at the right time today to see activities and events like these since we are more  exposed,know much more and that these events are beneficial to you ,me since it gives a better perspective and understanding.

 

An Experience!!!

The Mahindra AQ

The day had finally arrived of the AQ(AutoQuoitient) ,and we were wondering what the format would be like ,what the question would be like,who might the participants be ? and so the two of us , one a crazy auto lover , who has dedicated a blog and has a page too on social networking sites and the other who was interested in the event but was a little skeptical . so it was 15:45 when I just couldn’t wait to leave home ,yes I was a little excited & nervous since for the first time ever I was participating on such a platform .So I was at the andheri station ,and roaming around the the shops near the station and was surprised to see two shops by the same owner in the premises ,also was totally shocked to see two McDonalds right opposite each other ,when my team member called to ask are you on the right McDonalds or the left .(Mind you they were right opposite each other)….it was funny trying to explain to him where , so i stood between them . And then at 16:40 we left the station ,tried to get a auto rickshaw ,but just when we could not handle the rejection by the auto driver we realised to walk it ,and just when we reached the lane ,we saw a rickshaw willing to take us ,but on per seat bases ,so this time we rejected him when we were just 10minutes away ,but since it was already 17:00 and we really dint know where we have to go and we took the rickshaw finally to bhavan’s college ,and there we were ,the participants were all working people,engineers and passionate auto lovers ,and we were looking like the youngest ,we were the youngest and so the written round started and we were clueless ,such technical questions and we could just answer about 4-5 correct question out of 20 question . Yes we were disqualified ,and sat in the auditorium to understand what sort of questions are asked ,and the Q&A started the question made us think again are we really auto fans ?but,I was like ,we should at least try and take a goodie bag ,But couldn’t get close to it . This was an annual car quiz sort of an event ,which has been held for the past five year ,but for the past four year they were for the employee of the organiser ,its a popular Indian car brand and this year it was open to public ,so we had gone for the event.

 

The two American brands !!!

The other day I was just going through the blog and I was like why  am I writing a blog only on movie reviews? so today I am writing an article ,I hope this interest you .
It’s about the two big names Starbucks and coca cola

These two brands have driven not just India but In a way the world crazy and since whenever we need a cola drink ,we would ask would you have coca cola ,or while serving we would again ask ,it’s nothing wrong in asking or offering coca cola ,but offering a coca cola and giving another brand . That the big question why has coca-cola become what it is today .just because it’s an American brand ,I mean we do have so many brands in your country too but they are on a small scale .India itself had thumbs up ,which was one of the best cola drinks produced by the country but that too the coca cola company bought I guess they were afaird to compete with the thumbs up brand that they decided to buy it off.
The American make small things so big as if they are the best in the world
Even with coffee there are so many local cafe outlets ,but still people go crazy with Starbucks it’s just another coffee shop right .
I had heard quite a few people saying when we had coffee cafe day opened an popular coffee chain in India ,when will we have Starbucks here in India and now that we have it ,people are going overboard with it . The products are all Indian whether the milk or cream it’s I guess the times which we are living in .The people have become too brand conscious .
Also I guess the people expect a quality , and a standard that might come with brands like these since they are international ,all over we also would know the menu or drinks offered by a particular brand that keep us loyal to be visiting or consuming the product we have faith and believe in and that just might be why Starbucks has been doing so well.

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Sachin Tendulkar -“good things do come in small packages”

“Good things do some in small packages”
When a 16 year old kid 5″5 ft walked in to the crease in 89″ who would have thought he would have a journey of 24 years with excitement ,fun ,drama ,action all that a masala movie would have in 3 hr this guy had it all he was none other than Sachin Tendulkar .
Sachin Tendulkar ,is not going to be seen again on the field from now onwards ,but he has was one of the players ,who has given us so much moments to remember through out our childhood .And a career spanning 24 years just tells us “he was 16 years old with 24 years of experience “.He was also one player ,who just did what he knew – that was to play cricket .
He Sachin Tendulkar is a brand for the country who has changed our national sport from hockey to cricket ,you would hardly see people watching hockey ,but cricket everybody did .He has been an inspiration for so many that the current Indian team have all been inspired by him to be part of the game .
Sachin Tendulkar has created so many milestone and records that there isn’t any point in watching the game because they won’t be broken.
He had the passion,dedication that showed by he played ,even during his comeback from injury he was written off ,but it did not matter .
There will be no one like Sachin,nor would there be another Sachin .
Because Sach people are rare!!!

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