Hidden Jewel Barot, Himachal Pradesh

Barot is located in Mandi Distt. in Himanchal Pardesh. It is an Anglers paradise. The Barot village is situated on the interaction of two rivers Uhl and Lumberdug, both filled with Himalayan trout fish. The Place is ideal for Angling, fishing, trekking, picnic, camping and other various outdoor activities.

You require a fishing permit, which can be purchased at 100 rs per day from the HP fisheries office situated at the start of the village. The same permit is applicable for angling on both the rivers. Make sure you have the right equipment to catch small trout fishes. A 4 lb, 6 lb, 8 lb line should be good and size 0 spinners. Make sure you have plenty of spinners as you tend to loose many.

There are a few decent places to stay, on average one room would cost you somewhere between 400-600Rs Per day, which is pretty affordable huh.

IF you are not able to catch anything do not worry the HP fisheries trout farm sells trout fish at around 150-180 Rs per Kg and you can take it to any of the local restaurant which would galdly cook them for you.

• PWD Guest house 
• Forest Guest House 
• Sachin Guest House - 09816807627 
• Heera Guest House - 09418260576 
• River View Homestay

How to get there

By Road:



Barot is around 68 Km from Mandi on the Mandi-Pathankot Highway.

From Tikkan it's around 12 Km drive. apart form the last 20 odd kilometers where you would need to drive mostly on first or second gear the road condition is excellent all around

 

 

 

My Ride: Apne Liye, Apno ke Liye - Advertisment Review

Honda Launched the new MUV Mobilio, Along with the advertisement campaign with complete family singing a rap song, It's my ride, It's My ride. As You Can See In the Tv Advertisement Grand Fathers & Mother , Grand Son & Daughter , Mom & Dad all Enjoying and singing the song.

And I always though badvertising was for small and local business. It's got to be one of the worst advertising bliz seen in recent times. Pathetic advertisement campaign, right from Kapil Sharma to the family singing the rap it's my ride, it's my ride.

Honda claims that the Mobilio will appeal to both salaried and business buyers in the country in the age groups of 35-40 years. The seven seater is ideal for larger families. I am really not sure what or how are they reaching out to their target audience with this campaign , and it feels they are trying just too hard to get to hip hip new generation, along with joint families all in one bad package.

God what were they thinking. I really liked the Honda Brio campaign, but this one I just can't figure out

Can't say the same thing about the car, it's a good formidable package, good average, nice looks, plenty of space. It would provide a serious competition to the Maruti Ertiga. It's already bagged 10,000  plus  bookings so far.

Honda Mobilio Price: Rs 6.49 - 10.86 *

• Transmission Type
  
  Manual
• Engine Description
  1.5-litre 98.63bhp 16V i-DTEC Engine
• Engine Displacement(cc)
  
  1498
• Maximum Power
  
  98.63bhp@3600rpm
• Maximum Torque
  
  200Nm@1750rpm
• Mileage-City(kmpl)
  18.3
• Mileage-Highway(kmpl)
  24.2
• Fuel Type
  Diesel
• Fuel Tank Capacity(litres)
  42
• Seating Capacity
  7

Rio 2016 The Third World Olympic - Should Developing Countries be Allowed to Host Major Sporting Events

Initially developed country were awarded the privilege to host these big sporting events, however in recent years the sporting federations are awarding the events to developing regions 

Every time there big sporting events are being staged by any country other than G8, we hear the same story. 

The venues will not be ready, the hotels and the game village accommodation will not meet the acceptable standards and security will be a nightmare visitors will be robbed, raped and murdered

Till the last minute there are speculations, half build stadiums and shown on TV, Questions are asked, will the venue be ready, would the games be cancelled this year, would star player still dare to come amid the chaos.

Then in the end it looks like the venues are ready and food quality is good. The games village standard is uoto the mark and the the games start and they are spectacular,

The focus shifts, now we start questioning the need to spend so much money in a country where so many people live in so much poverty, and how this money could have been used in other social causes.The media would show poverty and the filth and poor people on the streets and would compare the sparkling stadiums, and how the government spent on these majestic stadiums while ignoring the poor people.

This story has been repeated many times, many people still ask did the World Cup Wreck South Africa, Commonwealth games In India was marred with delays and corruption scandals, Caribbean hosting the cricket world cup, African Cup of Nations in Ghana.

No matter where they happen almost a similar story prevailed.  The games have never been financially beneficial to the host nations and costs have ballooned to unprecedented levels. Reading about the the horrible stories tourists usually do not go to the countries to watch the games, India expected approx 1 million tourist from around the world for the Commonwealth games, but less than 10,000 showed up.

Although there might be some benefits in terms of improved infrastructure for the host nations , but it becomes too much for the societies of the developing nations to bear and see the resource that could have been used to elevate current social problems being spent on games village and stadiums.

Which the upcoming events such as Glasgow staging the 2014 CWG and  Brazil both the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, My best wishes to both the countries for successfully hosting the events however the question remains  should the third world countries be allowed to host these events?