Heading towards her Gateway

After many years of planning, I finally managed to visit her. In spite of living in the same city, I always just had the thought of actually stepping out of my house and head towards her door step, but never actually did! The guiltiness grows even more when I realize that I had been very close to her several times for various events like Kala Ghoda festival, Mumbai Marathon, Leopolds, a walk at the Marine Drive,.. But didn’t take the efforts to stopover in her area.

But the day had finally come! After having a yummy continental lunch at Café Mondegar, I headed straight walk towards Churchgate. Stumbled in the street market and checked out the beautiful artifacts, ornaments, bags, clothes and everything else that would charm a woman. But, I didn’t get distracted. I knew my destination very well. When the market ends, I took a left and the cool breeze touched my waving hair. There I felt I am so close to her. Now.. a few more steps and I’ll be able to see her.

Pigeons love her too...

Yeah, there she is! Standing high! Surrounded by sea on one end and Taj Hotel on the other. Admired by Indian and Foreign visitors – Gateway of India. A food outlet besides the monument selling not-so-tasty food was crowded with the visitors. I had a falooda which was actually worth half the amount of what the outlet charged. After the useless food or eatable (whatever it was) I headed to my long lost love. On the way, the chana seeng walas, ice creamwalas, instant photographers kept distracting. But I kept walking. The amazing view of Taj on the way made me halt for a few minutes and I looked high at the beautiful structure. Fearing my betrayal will break a heart today, I again started heading towards her. A few more footsteps and I was welcomed by security guards who touched me and my bag. Next welcome was by the Gateway with open arms (rather an open ground) filled with kids, families, couples, photographers and more.

The Beauty

The Taj

Gateway of India is truly a tourist attraction in Mumbai which should not be missed. Be it a visitor from Mumbai, any other city in India or a foreign country, this place is a must visit. It’s not just the monument that you’ll fell in love with. It’s the surrounding – Taj Hotel, the waterfront, ferry rides towards Elephanta caves, Alibaug and Mandwa. An ample space for you to look around, the ferries starting from Gateway and moving away to get disappeared within minutes. The staircase located in front of the monument is the resting area for the visitors and tourists and stare at the beauty. 

From the staircase

Univercell Sync Colaba - Indiblogger Event Experience

Yippie, another IndiBlogger event had come and we were excited as ever for this one too. Univercell, the mobile phone and accessories store gave us the opportunity to know more about them. A well organized store with amazing experience for its visitors.

All the mobile phones and accessories are placed so strategically that nobody will get confused on what they are looking for. The camera lovers, music lovers have a dedicated section where they can spend hours looking at the devices and know more about them. Kids need not get bored with their parents and parents need not constantly keep an eye on their kids wondering what mischief they’ll have to witness. Kids are kept busy at the tablets section with games and wonderful seating arrangement for the little ones. There’s a new & noteworthy section displaying the newly arrived phones and accessories. Best part about Univercell that I liked is that they have displayed a checklist in each of the sections which will help the buyer purchase the right product they’ll need without regretting later.

The creative head of the store gave us complete information about the brand and their offerings with a tour of the entire showroom. We got to click pictures of the beautifully designed showroom. It is well designed with relevant pictures and backgrounds. For e.g. a wall filled with Smileys, ladies clicking their selfies, the fun area where one can click pictures within a frame, my God, that is so us! They know well what their customers would like.

With the growing trend of online mobile purchases, the mobile & accessories stores are just a medium to look at the phones physically whereas they are actually purchased online because of the discounts & offers buyers get. But Univercell gives a little extra for the amount we pay which no website or store gives. They give an years service for your phone if it gets damaged by chance by getting it repaired at the ease of your home. They pick it up from your home or office or any place, get it repaired by the authorized service center and return to your preferred place. Also they give a replacement phone if you require. I found this service simply amazing. Which store has it?

Have a look at the video. It explains my experience in the showroom in greater detail. Do share if you like it and I'll be thankful to you for the rest of my life ! :D

Godzilla 3D 2014 Movie Review

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Here’s my short review for Godzilla 2014 movie.

Roaming around by my self, I saw the banners and posters of Godzilla at the mall which released on May 16. And thought Why not pass my time with the monster. But later I realized that was a bad idea.



Expect nothing & you would never get disappointed.. that has been my motto for life but why did I forget that when I planned to watch this movie :(

Unrealistic plots and underestimated characters didn't really make it worth watching. A Japanese scientist speaking the perfect english and having puzzled look throughout the movie, Japanese monster attacking United states, Godzilla fully displayed only after movie has reached half of it (oh yes, till then it was just the legs and the tail). And since I watched it in 3D, I must say no action thrilled me with the 3d effects.

After the negativism, I would be a little generous to share the good part about the movie i.e. the clash between Godzilla and the 8-legged MUTO (another monster). Their battle kept me engrossed in the movie. If the 3D effects were improvised, my review here could have better encouraged you to watch the movie.

After Spiderman 2, Godzilla really attracted me towards it. But No yaaaa, its just not done. I am still wondering why there are so many positive reviews for Godzilla across the web!


2 out of 5 for this one.

I would say watch it with no expectations.

HTC Titan 2 Mobile Phone

Need to buy used HTC mobile phone? Here is a deal for you. 

I have a used HTC Titan 2 phone. It is a Windows based smartphone. Some of its excellent unbeatable features at it’s cost are 16 MegaPixel Camera, 1.5GHz snapdragon 2 Processor, Gorilla Glass 4.7 inch Screen and 4G Network.

It has 16 MP camera - Excellent clarity. Great cell phone to click pictures while you are on the go and even on a travel trip. It has often been substitute for bulky camera. Gorilla glass gives a layer of protection for the screen & 4G network is ever ready for the next generation network coming up. 1.5Ghz CPU serves tasks to get executed faster with no delay.

Other important features of HTC Titan 2 mobile phone:

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7.5 - Mango 
• Dimension: 132 x 69 x 13 mm
• Multitouch: Yes
• Card slot: No
• Internal Memory: 16 GB
• Primary Camera: 16 MP
• Secondary Camera (Front): 1.3 MP
• Browser: HTML5
• Color: Black & Grey
• Battery Stand by time: Up to 290 h
• Talk time: Up to 4h 20min
• Processor: 1.5 Ghz Scorpian

If you are willing to buy this smart phone, click here to find complete details.

Happy Women's Day

Rocket science or recipes they manage each with expertise. They run proficiently marathons or countries. Ingenious, artistic, intuitive, creative at dinner tables or boardrooms, they bring fresh perspectives. They are empathetic and kind, they can read between the lines. They are beautiful inherently, they nurture unconditionally. Mothers, partners, professionals, friends they play multiple roles successfully With their strong sense of ethics, they enrich the social fabric.

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Despite infinite qualities, they are often under-estimated taken for granted, discriminated objectified, abused, battered, bruised. But they never give up the fight for fairness and equal rights. In the face of challenges, they are resilient and relentless. Let us join their struggles, share their pain fight inequities, inspire change. On International Women's Day let us resolve to make a difference.  Our worlds revolve around them..

Let us celebrate women…

Dhoom:3 Movie Review: Watchable once

I am one of those very few people who liked the movie! The auto-rickshaw stunt, amir’s tap dance, bike turning into jet-ski, too many slow motion shots and un-revealed process of robbery, all contribute to the downsides of Dhoom:3 movie. Not to forget the Dhoom: 3 songs – incredibly boring.

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Needless to mention, Dhoom 3 cast has Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Uday Chopra, Jackie Shroff, Tabret Bethell as Victoria – the Bipasha this time for Uday Chopra, Siddharth Nigam – the young Amir and the list goes on….

Here's the meaning of the anthem of Dhoom:3...
Bande hain hum uske, humpe kiska zor - We are His men & only He can control us
Umeedon ke sooraj, nikle chaaron or - Rays of hope is rising all around us
Iraade hain fauladi, himmati har kadam - Our determination is strong & every step is courageous
Apne haathon kismat likhne, aaj chale hain hum - We start today to write our fate with our own hands

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 With the long list of flaws in the movie, here is something that the movie caught correctly.. action and suspense. Well if you know the complete story (with complete, I mean the 2nd half of the movie), do not watch it all, you’ll weep from start to end. But with the suspense and base story created from the start of the movie, you’ll enjoy it without losing interest for the entire 172 minutes movie duration. The only point that earlier 2 Dhoom movies lacked was the base story. This movie has that. I wish one more thing was added in the movie - some high heels for Amir. They usually do that, here was it because they didn’t want it to be fake? Well, an addition to the long faking list wouldn’t have harmed the movie.

Few days before the movie release, a message was wandering around creating rumors. This is how it went: “Amir Khan dies in the starting of Dhoom:3 that only Uday Chopra knows, then he makes the master plan by teaming up with Kamaal Hassan and remaining robbery is done by Kamaal Hassan wearing Amir ‘s mask who reveals himself at the end of the movie”. Forget about Amir’s mask and Kamaal Hassan. Uday Chopra makes the master plan? Of all Uday Choppraa?? – the item boy of Dhoom series??

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The auto-rickshaw stunt, although insensible, but was an entertaining one and Thank God, the 3-wheeler broke after few mind-boggling stunts, else audience would be found breaking their chair within the first 30 minutes of the movie.

Amir is known for the awesome messages he conveys from his movies. May be in this one, nobody heard his thoughts during the making of the movie. Let aside the logic, songs, Katrina's tiny role. One very wrong message shown in the movie is "When you fail, end your life". Rather it should have been Suicide is not the last option, it's never an option.

In short, the movie doesn’t need any logic to be applied, Watch it for the suspense, action and few circus stunts and of course if you are a fan of Amir Khan as I am or if you drool for Ms. Kaif.

Dhoom:3 review: Watchable once.

Tips for Online Shopping

With the emerging use of e-commerce websites in India, people tend to buy products online. From clothes to home appliances, from grocery to eye wears, everything has an online destination. The e-commerce websites are also coping up with the requirement of their customers.

As buyers often prefer buying products only after viewing and trying them, ecommerce websites introduced the try before buy option. Buyers do not wish to disclose their debit or credit card information to any website, so online buying websites have the Cash-on-Delivery option. Buyers are most of the time unsure about a product before buying as they haven’t physically seen or touched the product. So ecommerce websites have return policy. Shipping duration is another issue faced by the customers. But the online shopping portals now offer next day delivery too.

And the list goes on.. The websites have tried solving every problem of buyers to introduce this online buying technology in India.

But.. Are you still doubtful about this approach of buying products online? Here are few tips for online shopping:

• Secured checkout page: Ensure the checkout page, payment gateway page or the page where you insert your credit card/bank account details are secured. This can check with the URL. The URL should start with “https://” and not “http://” - ‘s’ stands for ‘secure’. There should be a lock sign near the URL.


• Return policy: There are high chances of you returning a product when it arrives at your home. The reason could be anything – wrong size, wrongly delivered product, damaged product etc. So always check the return policy of the website before hitting the Buy button.


• Hunt for discounts: Ecommerce websites are known for discounts. No matter how hard it is, the least discount you will find is 5%. So do not skip the deals and coupons websites. There are websites which will even give you the lowest price for the product you require.


• Shipping charges: Almost every ecommerce websites now charge for shipping the product. To elemiate it you can go for bulk purchase. The minimum buying amount to waive off the shipping charges can be found on the FAQs page of the ecommerce website.


• Lookup for reviews of the website: Before buying the product, no matter how low the cost is, always check reviews of the website. Often, there are websites which do not deliver the products due to lack of inventory, poor management of orders etc. Any issue of the website will be visible easily with a few searches on the web.


• Keep a note of purchases: If you have bought multiple products through multiple online shopping portals and waiting for their delivery, do keep a record of them. So that even if the ecommerce website has neglected your purchase, you can remind them in case the product is not delivered within the specified period.


• Keep the bill and box safely: After we receive the delivery, we tend to tear the box and packing in an ill-mannered way! To minimize the losses, retain the box even after opening the package and safely remove the bill while tearing off the wraps.

Do drop your line in the comments below if you have opted for online shopping and things you do before and after your buy a product.

Happy shopping!