After weeks of excitement building up, the day finally
arrived! Yes the 5th anniversary celebrations of Indiblogger! And what
better way to do it than to have a Nokia App Tasting event, hosted by Vikas
Khanna and Rajiv Makhni the two masters of gastronomy and technology, at the
Taj Lands End Hotel in Mumbai!
More than 200 bloggers from all over Mumbai and neighbouring
cities were assembled to make this evening a very special one.
It was kicked off by a spirited “HURRHURR” war cry by the
dedicated Indiblogger team, pumping their
fists and motivating all at the event
to do the same!
It was then time for the charming Tech Guru Rajiv Makhni and
the ever so humble Michelin starred
Masterchef extraordinaire Vikas Khanna to
hold centre stage and keep the bloggers enthralled for the next couple of hours
with their witty tete-a-tetes and quizzes.
They started off by calling bloggers onstage, based on
varying criteria like the youngest blogger, oldest blogger and so on for
introductions and giving away prizes to the wittiest.
This was followed by a demonstration of ‘How to slice onions
easily’ by Vikas Khanna and 4 food bloggers were invited onstage to participate
in a contest to slice the onions as demonstrated and the best ‘slicer’ was
awarded a prize.
And then Rajiv Khanna charmed all bloggers to express their
love for technology by making them kiss their cellphones! This set the grounds for ‘apptasting’ a term
coined to experience some wonderful applications that can be used in daily life
on one’s Nokia phone. Rajiv Khanna presented a few new apps that are bound to be
very popular! The one that I loved was ‘City
Lens’ which will ensure one is never lost for anything, anywhere! One just has to activate this app and point
the phone in any direction and it will display all the different facilities
available in that direction like restaurants, clubs, hospitals etc., with links
for phone numbers and directions to get there! Nokia also announced that within
a couple of weeks all Nokia users will be able to request for creation of apps
that they feel would be useful and Nokia would work on it to develop and present
the requested apps to the world! If that is not user friendly what is!
By this time all the bloggers were charged up for a quiz
that was announced which would have 4 couples
comprising of foodies and
techies. The quiz was fun with the humour injected into the proceedings by the
wonderful hosts. The questions that could not be answered by the participants
were passed on to the audience which ensured a healthy participation of the
audience at all times!
Like all good things this evening too had to end and it did
with a cake being cut to celebrate the 5th
anniversary of Indiblogger.
Dinner was announced and on the way to the dining area, lovely
Indiblogger Tshirts were given away to all the participants.
The bar was open and so was the buffet! Over drinks and
dinner a lot of new friends and contacts were
established, apart from meeting
up with bloggers that one had interacted in the virtual world. There was a lot of bonhomie, good cheer and
photography sessions with the celebrity anchors who were ever obliging.
Thank you Indiblogger and Nokia for a wonderful apptasting
event!
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Thanks for sharing this wonderful moment here, it must have been a good experience for you all, meeting with the fellow bloggers.
ReplyDeleteEid Mubarak to you and yours Irfanuddin.
DeleteA pleasure to share. Yes it was wonderful meeting up with people whom you had interacted in the cyber world only :)
beau reportage photos sur cette fete
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup Olivier
Deletevery nicely poetically documented with your magic eye ,.. thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you Firozebhai
DeleteReally nice gettogether. Didnt know that these meets were so fun :)
ReplyDeleteDeepak ji, Thank you so much for the post.Great.
ReplyDeleteA pleasure Rupam
DeleteHow fun!!! And thanks so much for sharing the fun with us!! It is great to be able to meet fellow bloggers in person!!
ReplyDeleteA pleasure to share Sylvia! Indeed!
DeleteA wonderful documentation of a fun event! It was such a delight to meet so many bloggers in person!
ReplyDeleteThank you Arti. Indeed a delight!
DeleteLoved this reporting of a wonderful event !
ReplyDeleteThank you Suranga
DeleteWhat a special day for you. Yet the crowd seems quite crazy when all hold up their mobile phones!
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Shows how much Technology rules!
DeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you Rakesh
DeleteWow! Fun indeed!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun.!Thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeletePleasure to share Panchali
DeleteYour lively post made those enjoy who were not present there! Thank you Deepak:)
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it Amit. Pleasure to share always.
Deletean exciting event! a good time to meet fellow bloggers. there are events like this here, too, but i've never been to one.:(
ReplyDeleteYou must Luna!
DeleteI can feel the excitement through your pictures and write up...
ReplyDeleteGreat! Thank you Vineeta!
DeleteGreat set of photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you Joo. Good to see you back!
DeleteWhat fun! Your photos and words made me enjoy the party vicariously!
ReplyDeleteGlad you could!!
DeleteSeems like so much fun. I've never been to a blogger meet :-(
ReplyDeleteYou should have come for this one! There were a few bloggers from Pune at the meet!
DeleteI watch your site before some days past. your site was very informative and helpful to get more Idea about Mumbai Daily.
ReplyDeleteAngul Hotels
By the looks of your faces, this looked to be quite a fun time by all. I'm envious!
ReplyDeleteSure was :)
DeleteWhat a great idea!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteNice report
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing
Pleasure to share Krishna
Deletewhat a lovely update. I so wanted to come and meet everybody. Next time for sure...
ReplyDeleteThank you Vinita. Hope to meet up next time around!
Delete:'( :'(
ReplyDeleteI missed it..
Dint get the reservation!
Wish I could join you people in this mega event.. :'(
BTW wonderfully captured!
:'( :'(
ReplyDeleteI missed it..
Dint get the reservation!
Wish I could join you people in this mega event.. :'(
BTW wonderfully captured!
Thank you Pooja
DeleteNice to hear about the meet.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like fun. I wonder when I'll be able to take part in one such event.
Looks like you guys had fun. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh yes we did Sandeep! Pleasure to share!
Deletenice am sure u guys had a ball ..
ReplyDeleteOh yes we did Alka!
DeleteVery nicely reviewed. You covered almost about everything that happened at the meet. It was great meeting you and so many other bloggers there.
ReplyDeleteThank you Richa. Was lovely meeting you too!! Looking forward to meeting you again at the Mumbai Travel Massive!
DeleteI was waiting for your post :) You always position yourself at place where you can get best of the moments captured :))
ReplyDeleteWish I were there :(
ReplyDeleteenjoyed the meet through you!
ReplyDeleteGlad you did Rachna!
DeleteIndeed very good post! Happy to read and see events like these. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCheers : )
Thank you Firas. Pleasure to share!
DeleteExcellent coverage of this fantastic event Deepak, how fun to meet up with so many of your fellow bloggers. I like the sound of the 'City Links' app, wonder if we have such a thing here, hmmm must remember to ask Aimee.
ReplyDeleteThank you Grace. If you have a Nokia phone you will have that app.
DeleteMost accounts of the meet I have read yet have either great photos or great text. Yours is the first that has both. Kudos! Keep blogging and keep meeting.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much :)
DeleteWow. I hope they arrange a similar kind of indiblogger meet in bangalore also.
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