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— by Parmita Borah | Bangalore | For Bangalore Literarure Festival 2014 photos Click Here Marie Munkara, Lakshmi Devnath and Andaleeb Wajid at Bangalore Literature Festival (photo - Jim Ankan Deka) One of the many things a day job holder holds precious is ‘earned leave’. You don’t have to fake illness, kill your relatives, or organize Satya Narayan Puja every four days – all you do is plan ahead and ‘claim’ the leave. I claimed mine, recently, and how! On 26th September, Friday (that’s right a weekday), I along with my fellow bloggers from Music Malt reached the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Electronics City, sharp at 10. ‘Why’ you ask? To attend the Bangalore Literature Festival and have an audience with the who’s who of the literary world. The itinerary handed to us by the smiling ladies at media desk showed an interesting line up of one-on-one and panel discussions. We had a little time to kill before the inauguration, so we went to Crowne Plaza, and stuffed ourselves with club sa

Compiled by Jim Ankan Deka Sangetsar Lake (Madhuri Lake) - Arunachal Pradesh Sangetsar Lake (photo - allresourceupdates.wordpress.com ) Sangetsar Lake is a high altitude lake in the Eastern Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh that is considered holy by the Buddhists. About 30 kilometres North East of Tawang, the lake is also known as Madhuri Jheel named after the famous Bollywoodfilm star Madhuri Dixit. The film Koyla, featuring Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit, was shot here. Chandubi Lake - Assam Chandubi Lake (photo - Wikipedia ) Chandubi Lake is located at the foot of Garo hills surrounded by Assam and Meghalaya. This lake attracts sizable amount of migratory birds during winter. This lake formed during 1897 Assam earthquake.During that period the forest went down and became the lake. Best time to visit is from November to May. Loktak Lake (Floating Lake) - Manipur Loktak Lake (Photo - Wikipedia ) Loktak Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in India and the large

 ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2015 | January 21-25, 2015 Event - ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2015  WHEN January 21-25, 2015 WHERE Diggi Palace, Shivaji Marg, C-Scheme, Near SMS Hospital, Behind Maharani college, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302004, India TICKETS General Registration Free | Delegate registration Rs 2400 to Rs 4000 per day REGISTRATION For General Registration click here | For Delegate Registration click here CONTACT Phone : +91 11 26805477, 26801477 Email : contact@teamworkarts.com MORE INFO AT www.jaipurliteraturefestival.org INFORMATION The eighth edition of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival will be held at the historic Diggi Palace, Jaipur, from January 21-25, 2015. Produced by Teamwork Arts Pvt Ltd , Jaipur Literature Festival will have a number of themes running through the various sessions and panel discussions on all the five days. Zee Jaipur Literature Festival 2014 Jaipur Literature Festival 2015 will see Nobel laureate Sir

— by Priyanka Gogoi | Mumbai Doodle by Priyanka Gogoi Music + Doodle = Moodle |Today’s Moodle is a song by the American band, Green Day. While scourging for music and what would be appropriate for this time of the year (Autumn… there are quite a number of songs on autumn), it suddenly hit me that September is ending. And the first song that came to mind was ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’. Kind of appropriate, right? Though I really like the official video of this song, yet I stayed clear from the video-theme (American war scenario after the September 11 attacks) while making this artwork. Instead, I attempted at creating a collage of memories between a father and a son and how much the latter misses his dad. The song was originally written in memory of lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong’s father. I wondered why in one phrase of the song, the lyrics said “Seven years have gone so fast” and in another phrase, it said “Twenty years has gone so fast”. Turns out, Billie Jo

— by Jim Ankan Deka | Bangalore Chetan Bhagat, Girish Karnad,  Chandrashekhara Kambara,  Shobhaa De at Bangalore Literature Festival (photo - Jim Ankan Deka) The 3rd edition of Bangalore Literature Festival was held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Electronics City, Bangalore from September 26 to 28, 2014. Apart from the authors, writers and artists, the event witnessed celebrities like Rani Mukerji, Chetan Bhagat, Girish Karnad, Shobhaa De among others. Click Here for the article by Parmita Borah | More photos on Facebook  | Watch the video on Youtube . Chetan Bhagat and Girish Karnad at Bangalore Literature Festival (photo - Jim Ankan Deka) Bombay Jayashshri Ramnath at Bangalore Literature Festival (photo - Jim Ankan Deka) Chetan Bhagat and at Bangalore Literature Festival (photo - Jim Ankan Deka) Dhruba Hazarika and Binalakshmi Nepram at Bangalore Literature Festival (photo - Jim Ankan Deka) Dylan Coleman and Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy at Bangalore Literatu

 David Guetta India Tour 2014 | Dec 21 Event - David Guetta India Tour 2014  WHEN December 21 (Sun) in Bangalore | December 19 (Fri) in Delhi WHERE Supernova Arena, Near BSF CAMPUS, Yelahanka, Bangalore, India TICKETS Rs 2500 | Click Here to book online CONTACT Email : contact@oml.in Email : help@insider.in MORE INFO AT www.insider.in INFORMATION Teaming up with the event organiser OML Entertainment (Only Much Louder) David Guetta will be touring India for the two-city concert in December as part of his 2014 tour. Ranked among the top five DJ’s of the world by DJ MAG magazine, the Grammy Award-winning artist will be performing in Delhi on December 19 and December 21 in Bangalore. David Guetta India Tour 2014 Universally accredited with being one of the first DJs to open up the world of electronic music to global chart audiences, David Guetta has established himself as a true, modern day dance icon. His presence was most notably felt for the first time in the US with hi

— by Jim Ankan Deka | Bangalore Agrasen Run 2014, Bangalore (photo - Jim Ankan Deka)  Agrasen Run 2014 was organised by Agarwal Samaj Karnataka, a body of the Agarwal community in Bangalore, to support the cause of child safety and to promote the child helpline no 1098. Started at BSNL gate (next to Press Club of Bangalore) in Cubbon Park, there were 3.8 KM marathon for the 8th to 10th standard students and a fun run of 1.4 KM for all ages. Below are few moments of the event. More photos on Facebook . Watch the video on Youtube . Agrasen Run 2014, Bangalore (photo: Jim Ankan Deka)  Agrasen Run 2014, Bangalore (photo: Jim Ankan Deka)  Agrasen Run 2014, Bangalore (photo: Jim Ankan Deka)  Agrasen Run 2014, Bangalore (photo: Jim Ankan Deka)  Agrasen Run 2014, Bangalore (photo: Jim Ankan Deka)  Agrasen Run 2014, Bangalore (photo: Jim Ankan Deka)  Agrasen Run 2014, Bangalore (photo: Jim Ankan Deka)  AK Singh and Alok Kumar at Agrasen Run (