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Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2015 in Photos

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The most awaited and famous art festival in Mumbai, Kala Ghoda Festival and luckily, this time as well, I got a chance to visit the Kala Ghoda Festival 2015. Back in 2012, I had visited Kala Ghoda Festival with a few of my friends. Both the times,the place was heavily crowded due to the popularity of the festival, but it was a fun and refreshing experience to see thousands of people and many events happening in one place at one time. Apart from Mumbai Marathon, Kala Ghoda Festival is one of the popular events in Mumbai and it has gained a quite attention among the mumbaikars as well as the world tourists. Well, Mumbaikars do not need any introduction of what Kala Ghoda Festival is, but for others here is a bit info of the Kala Ghoda Festival. Kala Ghoda Art Festival is an annual art festival organized by Kala Ghoda Association in Kala Ghoda area of Mumbai. It mainly includes events of art, street acts, design & architecture, music, street stalls,food, culture, technology,visual art and heritage walk etc. …

My First Marathon

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The one thing, I always wanted to do in Mumbai, finally I did it on last Sunday (18 Jan 2015). Yes! I ran a Marathon, Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon – Dream Run (6km). I have been living in Mumbai since 4.5 years and I had heard so much about the famous Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (SCMM). It is the largest Marathon in Asia.  Fortunately, this time I got a chance to run a marathon. It was organized by my office team, Mastek Foundation. I am really thankful to the Mastek Foundation team for making The Run Day totally amazing and fun. It is my one of the best experiences, which everyone should have at least once in a lifetime. So, it started early Sunday morning, my roommate and I were fully energetic about the Marathon day. As expected, local trains toward the CST station were heavily crowded. When we first reached to CST station, I noticed colors everywhere. People were in groups, wearing colorful T-shirts mostly representing their company. For us, it was a “Go Green” …

My Accidental Visit to Vrindavan Studio

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Location – Umargao/ Umbergaon, Gujarat Vrindavan Studio – Vrindavan studio is well known for shooting famous Indian mythological serials like Mahabharat, Ramanyan, Hanuman etc. Timing – 9.30 am -6.30 pm (No entry fees) My Accidental Visit to Vrindavan Studio – It was totally unusual; I was on my family trip to Daman. (My family hardly goes to any trip) On the way to Daman, we halted at Umargao Beach which is considered as the silent beach, but this time beach was different & crowded. Most of the shore was occupied by red & blue tents, horses, chariots, people and statues. After discussing with a few local people, we came to know; there is a shooting going on for Mahabharat serial. Without any delay, I made a quick move toward set where some of the crew members & actors were practicing their scene of Mahabharat War. The set was well decorated. The whole set was surrounded by the audience .It was a tough task for coordinators to manage public as well as shooting. After Number of …