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Film : A Dog’s Purpose Director: Lasse Hallström Cast: Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton, K.J. Apa Runtime: 120 minutes Release : By Reliance Entertainment from 31st March eye on Summer vacation season Well known US humorist W. Bruce Cameron wrote novel ‘A Dog's Purpose’ in 2010. It was on New York Times’ best-selling list for 49 weeks. It chronicles a dog's journey through several lives via reincarnation and it was interesting to read that how he looks for his purpose through each of his lives. A sequel followed in May 2012, titled A Dog’s Journey, following the same dog after the events of the previous book. The film rights of the book were bought by DreamWorks. A film in the same name is released in January 2017,  now slated to be released on 31st March in India. The movie, directed by Lasse Hallström, adapts W. Bruce Cameron’s best-selling novel, which tracks the spirit of a dog across several decades, dogs, owners and experiences. First up is Bailey (voice...

फिक्की फ्रेम्स २०१७ :  मनोरंजन उद्योग के लिए आधी अधूरी पहल                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ...

If you are a vegetarian, finding your kind of food  is a big challenge in South Korea. Even on the street you will find only Non Vegetarian fare ranging from Tak Kochi (Skewed Chicken), Ojineo-Gui (Grilled Squid), Tempura, Seafood Pancakes,  Emouk Guk (Fish Sticks with soup) to fried sausages. The only exception is Pajeon, kind of green onion pancakes. Most of the restaurants serve Guksu (noodles), but if you are a vegetarian, you have to call the Chef and explain to him not to use Aekjeot (Fish Sauce) this sauce is used in several variety of Kimchi. But wait, in Korea Temple Food is a safer and interesting option.It is monastic diet, designed to nourish body as well as soul. This food is rooted in the religious history of Korea. Buddhism came to Korea several centuries back. The faith was endorsed by some imperial dynasties partly or some  entirely, but there were dynasties like House of Yi, which leaned more towards Confucianism. When Buddhism faith lost royal...

रह न जाए रंज ओ मलाल होली में गाल ये है मल दो गुलाल होली में मजा तो तब है इस त्यौहार का यारों खेलें मिल कर राबर्ट जमाल होली में घोट लो ठंडाई या छान लो भांग भी पैग भी चाहो तो चढ़ा लो यार होली में तोड़ दो बंधनों को सभी वर्जनाओं को पूछो मुझसे न कोई सवाल होली में चूड़ी खनका के या कोई और इशारा करके पास अकेले  बुला कर देखो इस बार होली में बहुत हो चुका लड़ना भिड़ना साल भर यारों प्यार से कुछ क्षण साथ लो गुजार होली में घर में  मुंह छुपा  के  क्यों   बैठ गये शर्मा जी क्या मस्त मस्त  सी चल रही बयार होली में भगवा, हरा, बैंगनी, नीला, पीला,लाल  भी सब  रंग साथ साथ मिले देखो कमाल होली में बहक गया हूं माफ कर देना यारों मुझको यह तो मस्ती का आलम धमाल होली में copy right pradeep gupta 2017

Mumbai LGBTQ is a section of our society which is fighting for its  rights to live with diginity and pride . They demand that in case they think in a different way,  not in tune with the society's thought process, they should not be discriminated.Now there are  Queer Film Festivals, Gay Parades and protests marches world over to press the point.But still people rarely come out  to tell their family,  friends, , colleagues and society in general that they have different sexual preference. Yesterday, I encountered such a courageous 40+ lady Radhika Piramal. She did not hide her sexual preference and fought to live her life with  her conviction.She belongs to leading industrial Piramal clan. She is currently Managing Director of VIP Industries.  In last ten years she fought on two different front. First, to reinforce her family's luggage brand called VIP. With her sheer guts, conviction and hard-work, she turned around the company, the sale...

Quality of food matters to animals. If we look back a few million years, it was quality of food coupled with serious mental challenges in acquaring food that increased the brain size, and helped us evolve from arboreal monkeys to human beings.  Early humans ate a diet rich in protein and plant nutrients, cleverly combining meat and fruits to obtain maximum nourishment. This was long ago, human diets may not have changed much till the invention of agriculture, when our ancestors started eating cooked cereals. We grew shorter and brain also started reducing in the size for the first time after increasing three times through several million years. Our brain has continued to shrink further in the last 10,000 years, but it does not mean that we become less smart. It may be a way to make the brain more efficient. It may also be that frequent famines and food shortages have affected our development, and now availability of food in abundance  now reversing the shrinking...