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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

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

  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

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

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

  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

  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

Kick, Punch & Knockout Kaustab Chakraborty speaks to  Bhabajeet Choudhury, Assam’s only professional MMA Fighter to  in SFL & Currently ranked 4th in SFL rankings. A fighter fights his way through all odds and that's what Bhabajeet Choudhury did to give his best shot in the field of Martial Arts and came out strong and sprited. Born and brought up in Bajali, - a small town in Assam's barpeta district, Bhabajeet Choudhury was drawn to into martial arts and fitness since he was a child. This passion made him learn all forms of martial arts and bulid a strong base as well.He have learnt and  expertise in Kungfu, Taewondo, Muay Thai, Kick Boxing, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , Wushu  & Mixed Martial Art (MMA).  In 2008 he brought National gold medal for wushu to the state and his performance was very much appreciated in the national level. He have won enormous no of medals in various competitions held in North east and all over India. In 2009 he got governmen

Kaustab Chakraborty speaks to the general secretary of Assam Baseball Association, Dr Ashma Begum about promoting the sport in the state, the association’s achievement so far and its future endeavours The heart and soul of the USA and one of the oldest and most popular games in the world, Baseball has pitched hard to make its presence felt in several corners of the world including Assam , India . The national sport of the United States of America which is under speculations to be re-included in the Summer Olympics next year, Baseball has had some significant following in the cricket-crazy nation, India where the Indian Baseball team has been ranked 74 th internationally. Baseball was introduced in India by the Amateur Baseball Federation of India in 1983 with an objective to promote the game and Indian stalwarts of the sports further agreed that the federation should become a member of Asian Baseball Federation and International Baseball Federation (IBF). But the big swi

Kaustab chakraborty finds out about North East’s 1st Ngo Named Cyber Crime Awareness and Victim Counseling Assam practicing Cyber Crime Awareness campaign, training  and  Victim counseling for the victim of cyber crime. The cyber Crime also known as Computer crime and Cyber Activists and Hacktivist are now no more a new subject for the people in India. In Assam, there has been 450% rise in cyber crime in the year 2013. In the year 2015, the rise and impact of Cyber Crime may increase to double that of 2014 about 300,000. In the end of 2014, 15 numbers of websites of Assam were defaced by anonymous Hacktivist. In the terms of percentage increase of cyber crime cases, Assam is ranked second, after Uttrakhand among the states in the country. The rising popularity of social networking sites, e-commerce and e-marketing, there has been a phenomenon rise in defamation, threats and personal attacks made through social media, financial frauds and online cheating. The majorities of financi

Creating visual brilliance in mainstream Kaustab Chakraborty speaks to Abhijit Gogoi , an independent Cinematographer about his journey from scratch towards achieving success in the mainstream Quite aptly put, an actor by birth and cinematographer by choice, Abhijit Gogoi have always had a dream to perfect the skill of artistically moving the camera to capture action in films. An independent cinematographer and a member of WICA (Western India Cinematographer Association), Mumbai, Abhijit has the experience of over a dozen films as assistant cinematographer under his belt and, currently, has his hands full of projects to create imagery delights for various films. Born in the historical Sivasagar town and a local of town’s Kalibari area, Abhijit completed his graduation from B Borooah College, Guwahati before moving out to Delhi in search of a technical course. There he took up Cinematography in Asian Academy of Film & Television (AAFT) Noida. Although acting came natura

Kaustab Chakraborty appeases his food indulgences at a popular food joint of Shillong called Munchies Passing by Don Bosco square in Laitumkhrah, this is one such place that is surely going to grab your attention before working up your appetite. Constructed in a unique manner, this food joint of Shillong named Munchies bears resemblance to a bamboo house. The exceptional setting, the awesome ambience, a self customised playlist, warm hospitality of the staff and of course the yummy delicacies to devour are the core factors that keeps this place buzzing with people from all walks of life. Anand Lobo, manager of Munchies says, “We have been getting such a warm response from the visitors since the time we opened the restaurant four years back. We offer a very homely environment to the visitors. People come and have a good time with delicious food and music of their own choice. Arnab Karmakar, a Student of English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Shillong talks about why

Kaustab Chakraborty speaks to Assam’s fervent and resolute State Cricketer, Tarjinder Singh and the interesting course of events that made him a hard hitting sportsman of the state team. He’s a Punjab da puttar having roots in Assam and after completing his 10 th standard exams, his inextricable bond with North East brought Tarjinder back to Guwahati city. His father had established business here which made him come to the city to spend his vacations. But who would have thought that young lad would one day turn out to be one of the most consistent players for the Assam Cricket team? Performing unyieldingly well on behalf of the State team, Tarjinder today is a force to be reckoned with. Recalling his initial days in Guwahati, Tarjinder says, “I would come to Guwahati to meet my parents and spend the holidays out here. But my Dad used to be busy in his business related work and I didn’t know anybody out here as all my friends were in Punjab. One day, I saw few kid