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The transformative journey of theatre's ventilation

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In 2022 would you watch a movie in the theatre that doesn't have an AC? To answer that question I would like to share my experience with theatres and how this AC, the transformative technology got into theatres. My Theater experience: It is fair to say that south Indians go crazy about movies and celebrate their actors as superstars if not Demigods, this tradition has been going on for years now. One can witness the festive celebrations at theatres on the first day of release, with fans bursting crackers, humongous cut-outs of stars decorated with huge garlands and fans pouring milk over the cut-outs, such is the craze for actors and cinema. We love watching movies in the theatres. Of all the transformative technologies that factored in to make theatres “an escape the reality” experience, I find the story of AC and how it got its way into theatres intriguing. I had my fair share of unique experiences watching a movie in the theatre. When I was a kid my dad used to take me to the th

Midnight Library book review

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The concept The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a heartwarming story about a woman who finds a unique library that allows her to revisit moments from her past. The story is told with humour and warmth, and the characters are incredibly relatable. It offers readers the chance to explore alternate lives they could have lived. It's a chance to see how your life could have been, and to learn from your regrets. My personal takeaway We all have regrets in life - from career choices to personal choices. We all stand at some pivotal point where we have to choose, and moving forward, we all think about the other opinion we left behind. I never proposed to my first love, the girl I liked in my first year of engineering thinking that our friendship would no longer exist if I expressed my feelings. I did not prefer to do one more year long term coaching for GATE, thinking that it would slow down my career by one year. I'm almost 30 now and I've lived long enough to have my own “book