#Conclave15 on the first day had its best moments with Sachin Tendulkar and Katrina Kaif, while Day 2 started with talks from Ambassadors of seven countries. The talk had a good number of points to note down, especially with the man from the United Kingdom. Still, it wasn’t really an interesting thing for me in totality. The conversation with Mehbooba Mufti brought a few things about Kashmir into focus, and it was another thing which was rather new to me – I shall stick to not writing about what is unknown territory for me.
The talk about “Make in India” had some charm, but was repetitive at times for me. Actually, I did find the talk about dissenters rather interesting despite having not much love for politics. And then there were Moni Mohsin and Shobhaa De with “Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee” – this is a very good segment which you need to watch to enjoy the real splendour as it won’t do justice when brought about in third person. There is a clue, and it is once again the Malayalam movie Picket 43 which provides that.
Meanwhile, Viswanathan Anand managed to keep us interested with some memories about his games and a few nice Chess moves. It was once again and honour to see him and watch him play, even though I stopped playing Chess long ago – it was him who inspired me to try it for the first time. The talk about the Chess moves were getting a little bit too much for me, but with him around, things were to remain interesting.
The talk about terrorism from survivors who escaped from captivity was engaging. It is still not something that I would like to keep talking about though. Then there was AIB who came up with ideas on free speech and comedy. I haven’t watched their episode which caused trouble, but it was quite funny with them on the stage, even as there were some jokes which I didn’t really follow. Well, I have had my lack of knowledge on Bollywood related entertainment and the Hindi television channels.
The food related program was not something of my interest, but I did realize that the speaker surely got some nice ideas. Then came the moment of the day, and surely one of the best of this Conclave – or a collection of moments which were provided by Ranveer Singh who made an amazing appearance. It did make me wonder what he was going to talk about, and then he started talking, and performing – from that point of time, I forgot to tweet and post Facebook updates.
He was dealing with coming of age in Bollywood. It is like going through the history of Bollywood in one of the best ways possible. I have been a Bollywood watcher for quite a long time, even though not that much of a fan now. I had recorded a lot of Hindi songs on tape and watched movies on the VCR during my childhood. I can say that some ultimate movies like Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani played very significant role in making me diverge away from Bollywood.
Ranveer’s story was more like how he grew up with Bollywood throughout his life and how he came up triumphant in fulfilling his acting dreams, and he presented the same with such an energy that we don’t see often. Well, this has actually inspired me to write a post about how I grew up with Malayalam movies, even though I have always been watching movies in more than one language. You can expect another post related to this soon enough.
Finally, there was that debate which ended things. With Chief Ministers from a number of states (this is surely going to help me in my PSC exams), the final conclusion was made that all states have to work hard in collaboration with the centre to achieve progress, and it is not a lone journey. There were many points made in between, as I ended up knowing a few more ministers, and this was a good choice of leaders they had there, I have to admit.
I was blessed with a nice group of bloggers who gave me company at the Conclave. Shoma Abhyankar, Arvind Passey, Yogita Aggarwal and Shreya Das – I haven’t known them before the event, but I am glad to have had them with me for the Conclave. It was a pleasure to meet the four of them. I have never been to a blogger meet before, and may be this was one! Once again thanking BlogAdda! – http://www.blogadda.com for this wonderful experience, and thanks to Mayank and Sumit from India Today for the support. Now this journey of mine is also a certified Delhi trip 😀 I shall leave you with a link to the blog posts which we five had written on the topic “The World Remade”.
- Mine: https://theteacerebration.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/the-vision/
Yogita: http://www.letuspublish.com/the-world-of-humanity/
Shoma: https://shomabhagwat.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/a-world-remade/
Shreya: https://shreyadas1.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/if-i-were-i-would/
Arvind: http://passey.info/2015/02/yelling-doesnt-get-your-point-across/
TeNy
Wow..this is cool 🙂
Great bro..!!
You seem more like a professional blogger 😀
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Thanks bro 🙂 😀
Just reached home now; its been tiring 🙂
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Great man 🙂
Now I am ur fan officially 😀
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Thanks 😀 You can actually like the FB page of the blog which you see on the right side under the blogroll 😉
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Oh ho 😀
Done !!
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Just being the opportunist 😀 😀
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*Applause* Adipoli!!! I hate you for having watched Ranveer’s performance 😛
And yeah! Finally a Keralite got to go to a Blogger’s meet. I once asked IB why they never held one in Kochi and they said that they did try but never looked back due to the taxes. 😀
Well compiled set of experiences. So you still play chess? 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 🙂
Hatred gladly accepted! 😀
When you give me THE GAME, we can call it THE MEET 😛
Not any longer – not even Carrom or any indoor game 🙂
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Yes 🙂
Finally a Keralite into action 😀
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🙂 😀
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Woah! You at the Conclave!!!! Ranveer *drool* *drool* !!!!
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🙂 😀
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Excellent, Teny! After meeting such energetic people, one had to forget to tweet! 🙂
Nice that you shared the details so quickly.
Best wishes for your exams 🙂
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Thanks 🙂 Most of my exam quests will arrive in May 😀
I surely need to watch more of Ranveer’s movies 🙂
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I quite like him… Ranveer… 😀 Have you watched ‘Lootera”? It’s kinda a based on ‘The Last Leaf’…
It seemed that you’ve enjoyed the Conclave,,,that was the most important part of the tour and also, that you’ve managed to visit a few places in Delhi… 😀
Meeting fellow bloggers is always a great experience. 🙂
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Yes 🙂 I loved Lootera – it is the movie that I want to remember him for. The only other movie of him that I have watched is Gunday which is not fair 😀
Yes, three at once – the conclave, tourist places and bloggers 🙂
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Gunday! 😛 I refrain myself from commenting… only that I’ve watched it too 😥
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I am already prepared to label Gunday as his worst movie without watching the others; the movie gives you that kind of confidence 😀 😀
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That’s indeed his worst film 😀 His other movies like Bombay Talkies, Finding Fanny, Band Baaja Baraat…. are quite enjoyable as far as Bollywood movies are concerned….
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So the worst movie question is easily answered 😀
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Great Teny.
Meeting the icons, listening their stories, tales, is an experience of a lifetime.
But yes, many more such wins are on way………..
Warm wishes.
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Yes 🙂 I hope something life-changing in a positive manner is on the way; this was great, but I am still seeking the directions in life 🙂
Thank you 🙂
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