Ghost tales  In keeping with the times, a street play titled Ejak Bhootar Kolahol was enacted by the students of Aroma, a school of chemistry based at Dispur, Guwahati, in different places of the city the other day. The play was staged at Panbazar (in front of Cotton College), Jalukbari (in front of Gauhati University), Beltola Tiniali, Narangi Tiniali and Ganeshguri Chariali that day amidst enthusiastic viewers. Written and directed by Dhrubajyoti Duwarah, the drama is a discussion among different ghosts of terrorist, doctor, journalist, politician, swamiji, dancer, poet, Devdas, police and student residing together in the country of ghosts. They discuss their problems and analyze the causes of their transformation into ghosts. The ghost of the teacher gives them advice to reform their thoughts, actions and attitudes and asks the human race not to produce more ghosts by killing innocent people. ‘Live and let live’ is the main message that chemistry teacher Dhrubajyoti Duwarah wants to convey through this drama for peace to prevail in the society.

Feast hub  Here’s a new destination for food aficionados — Florentine Fine Dining that opened shop last Saturday. This multi-cuisine restaurant is a part of the forthcoming 4-star Hotel Gateway Grandeur at GS Road, Guwahati under the banner of Prerona Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. In an evening marked by gaiety and enthusiasm, actress Zerifa Wahid opened the restaurant in presence of the media and well wishers. Mriganka Hazarika, director, Prerona Infrastucture Pvt Ltd said that the whole venture into the hospitality industry is like a dream come true and it had taken a lot of hard work and patience. Florentine refers to food that are cooked in the style of Florence, a city in the heart of central Italy’s Tuscany region, he said, adding, “ours is an endeavour to emulate the rich magical mix of the Florentine cuisines, a culinary tradition admired all over the world.” In Italy, cookery is considered an art and “we at the Florentine Fine Dining precisely try to do that,” Hazarika said. “All exotic vegetables that we use in our cooking are from our own organic garden at Chandrapur,” he added. Hotel Gateway Grandeur will be ready within three months time having all the facilities of a 5-star hotel. It will have 50 residential rooms, suites, swimming pool, five banquet halls, coffee shop, gymnasium, steam, sauna, spa, and a club with electronic games, beauty parlour, among all other facilities. The impression that we got during the inauguration of Florentine made us believe that the entepreneurs are leaving no stone unturned to make the mother hotel — Gateway Grandeur — a truly global hotel with a feeling of grandeur all around.

Wild guide  Ranu Baruwa, who has been working keenly in the field of travel and tourism since quite some time now, has come up with a glossy and attractive handbook on Kaziranga, the home to the world famous one-horned rhinoceros. Titled Kaziranga National Park: A Visitor’s Guide Book, the handy pocketbook under Discover North East India Series incorporates all the necessary information about the national park so that a tourist can visit it with ease and feel at home in the wild environs. Published by the Association of Tour Operators of North East India, c/o Rhino Travels at Panbazar, Guwahati, the book would surely benefit the tourists immensly.

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