Small Talk

Cappuchino counter strike
Ready to give existing coffee chains and gaming parlors a run for their money are Coffee N U and Oovaa respectively,with their first outlets in Pune on Dhole Patil Road. While Coffee N U is a coffee shop,Oovaa is a PC gaming zone promoted by Valiant Automations,a Nagpur-based company. Shashank Jha,managing director,Valiant Automations said,”Value additions included in the Coffee N U outlet are music,a small library,15 flavors of hookah,free wi-fi as well as charging points.” Regarding Oovah,Jha mentioned special team-ups with international gaming companies like Electronic Arts,Activision and Microsoft Ubisoft to bring the latest games to game junkies,playable at outlets on the same day the games release nationally in India. “Each gaming station is equipped with a 32-inch LCD monitor,high configuration computers with special gaming chairs with force feedback to enhance the action adventure experience,” added Jha.

Rhythmic moves
Pune students put on their dancing shoes recently as over 12 national and international schools participated in Eventocraft’s venture – School Idol: The Ultimate Dance Contest. With more than 1000 students taking part in the school level auditions,post multiple eliminations rounds,30 contestants were trained by famous choreographer Rocky Poonawala. The finale was held on Sunday at Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS),where the Final 10 battled against each other for the School Idol title. Eventually,only three emerged victorious — Shreya Ghosalkar from MIT School,Clayton Menezes of St Vincent’s School and Vibgyor High School’s Neil Gandhi,in that order of ranking.