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Offbeat Travel Destination is the Trend

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  Faraway and fantastic Here are a list of some of the offbeat travel destinations across the world and the various profitable packages offered by travel companies of Guwahati. If you want to experience something that’s unlike your accustomed life, an out-of-this-world trip to an exotic place would be the ideal thing to do. At a time when most of the popular travel destinations are being overcrowded with tourists, here are the few options that will give you a break from the usual and typical holiday spots and offer you just the retreat you’re looking for. Greece Greece You might have craved to go to this historic city more than often. Greece is famous for its renowned sites such as Mount Athos, Mystras, Delphi Theatres etc as well as the enchanting beaches enclosed by green hills on three sides and the open turquoise Blue seas that equally intrigue the visitors. Featured in several movies such as Bachna Ae Haseeno, Bang Bang and James bond flick - For Your Eyes Only, thi

Biryani Center a hub for Biryani lovers in guwahati

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Calling all Biryani lovers Kaustab Chakraborty finds out about the new Biryani destination in the city . If you’re looking to treat yourself with a good round of delicious Biryani, now there’s one place where you can have a lavish serve of the aromatic delight in various scrumptious options. Located in Chandmari; Biryani Centre offers a wide range of the delicacy from all over the country. With some delicious flavours added to the popular dish, it is ought to attract food lovers from all corners. Aftab Alam, Manager, Biryani Centre, says, “We started out four months ago and have received great response from people so far. We have specialized chefs all the way from West Bengal. We, at Biryani Centre, are offering some lip smacking tandoors and great a variety of Biryanis.” Spread over 2500 sq. feet with marvelous ambience, Biryani Centre is located at the heart of Guwahati in the Commerce Point. Offering a wide range of dishes in Chicken and Mutton, it is a perfect destinatio

Assam's 1st Paintball Arena: Ranghar

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  Shoot and splat!  Kaustab Chakraborty catches all the action in the first Paintball Arena in Guwahati and its craze among the youths Are you a Counter Strike addict? Have you ever imagined yourself placed in a real life battle zone? Then paintball is the perfect sport for you. So, gear up and brave the battlefield for a good fight with paintball gun in hand, being fully equipped in gears and safety vest along with paintball mask and of course, paintballs. Paintball is an individual or team sport in which players battle each other by striking opponents with water-soluble dye capsules shooting out of paintball guns. Now, you can play this sport in Ranghar of Dee Tee Tower at Down Town. Ranghar have set up its Paintball arena in a space stretching out over 4000 sq ft. with full safety measures. Paintball is team sport with maximum 20 players playing paintball at a time. Here, charge for every player joining is Rs 300 for 50 balls and Rs 550 for 100 balls. Aditya Gogoi, Mall Man

In Conversation with Ace Assamese actor Rupam Chetia

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Kaustab Chakraborty speaks to Rupam Chetia ,  Actor his journey so far and his experience with Rajat kamal winning director Janhu Barua.         Born and brought in a Khejurguri Village of jorhat, Assam . Actor Rupam chetia did his schooling in jorhat itself. Later came to guwahati to purse BA in Pol Science from B.Booruah College .   Since his childhood his interest towards acting was spotted performing Bhawna from the age of 10. After his graduation he c ompleted one year drama course under seagull theatre academy.  And later he w orked one year as actor for seagull repertory company. He has performed in various drama festivals of India as actor and light designer in Delhi ,Mumbai, Bangalore , Mysore , Chennai,etc   “My work was very much appreciated by baharul islam , Jahnu Barua and many other dignatories and I have worked in more than 15 dramas and around 10 Tv serials.” Says Rupam Chetia   Talking about his experience working as main lead in feature flim Ayejo which   r

In Conversation with National School of Drama trained actor Boloram Das from Assam

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Making his mark Kaustab Chakraborty speaks to National School of Drama trained actor Boloram Das about his recent and upcoming projects and his journey towards becoming an accomplished actor.  It could be said that the spark was ignited for Boloram Das back in 1992 when he got the Best Child Artist Award at Akhil Bharatiya Laghu Natak Sanmelan, Allahabad (UP). A promising alumnus of the prestigious National School of Drama (NSD), today Boloram is making his mark in mainstream Hindi films and TV. Born and brought up in Guwahati in a middle class family, it was right in his childhood that Boloram had developed interest towards acting and theatre. “In 2004, I was in my final year of Bsc in Biochemistry in B Borooah College when I had gone to see a play titled Uska Bachpan in Rabindra Bhawan by the NSD Repertory Company (the regular performing wing of NSD) which really made me more curious about National School of Drama (NSD). Later, I found out that NSD has given some of the grea

In Conversation with Northeast’s first Street Magician: Illusionist Mon

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  Kaustab Chakraborty speaks to Illusionist Mon, Northeast’s first Street Magician about his various ventures and endeavours to make magic an all-encompassing experience Remember a David Blaine treading through streets catching people off guard and leaving others awestruck with his quirky magic tricks? Now, the experience comes out of TV to the roads as our city has its own Street Magician. Illusionist Mon is all set to cause sensation in the streets of Guwahati with his sleight of hand spectacles. Assam and the Northeast is not new to his magical talents though.  Mon’s breakthrough in the world of magic in Assam came in 2010 through the television show, The Street Magic: From Point Blank Range which completed 100 episodes in its inaugural season and was followed by another show named 3G Magic in 2012. “The amount of love and appreciation I have received till now is very heart whelming, and it encourages me to devote myself towards the art of magic and finding my

In Conversation with a man with golden voice :Padmanav Bordoloi

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  Transcontinental marvel from Assam  Kaustab Chakraborty speaks to singer Padmanav Bordoloi about his new Hindi music video to become the very first one from Assam to be shot abroad Born in a culturally rich family in Guwahati Assam, Padmanav Bordoloi charmed music lovers all over the nation. After making a mesmerizing appearance in INDIAN IDOL 3 in 2007 (where he was the first Assamese singer to have participated in the talent hunt show) with his fabulous performance of popular numbers like ‘Vande Mataram’, ‘Lagan Lagi’, being spotted as the Top 8th Finalist in Zee TV’s HERO Sa Re Ga Ma Pa In 2012 and several musical achievements, Padmanav is now going places, literally. The recent music video, fearturing him, is for the song ‘Teri Jo Baatein’ from his album ‘Rastey-Ali Baat’ which became the first Hindi music video from Assam to be filmed abroad. Talking about it, Padmanav says, “This song ‘Teri Jo Baatein’ was the most loved song from my album ‘Rastey-Ali Baat’. It’s a r