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| Zip zap zoom: Youths on a fun ride at Gaighat diara in Patna City on Wednesday. Picture by Sachin |
People were in festive mood on the opening day of 2014. Fun, food and film took the New Year cake. While youngsters enjoyed long drives, women for a change played cricket and kids as usual were ever busy on swings and enclosures of wild animals in zoos. The Telegraph sums up the mood at different places:
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Do as you like
Place: Rajdhani Vatika (Eco Park)
Mood: Picnic
Food: Mostly homemade. There were 50 stalls of ice cream, chaat, popcorn and pav-bhaji
Style statement: Jacket and long coat
Crowd colour: Red
Fun factor: Underpass tunnel connecting two flanks
Footfall: Over 1 lakh
Animal planet
Place: Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park (Patna zoo)
Mood: Wildlife fun
Food: South Indian
Style statement: Varying from jackets to pullovers
Crowd colour: White
Fun Factor: Toy train
Footfall: Around 33,700
On the banks
Place: Sabbalpur Diara
Mood: Riverside fun
Food: Street food
Style statement: Nothing in particular
Crowd colour: Red
Fun factor: Boat rides and water sports
Footfall: Around 1 lakh
Just chill
Place: Maurya Lok
Mood: Freak out
Food: Chinese and ice creams
Style statement: Girls in tunic and overcoats. Guys were for checked shirts and straight-fitted jeans
Crowd colour: Black
Fun factor: Food and the balloon stalls
Footfall: Over 50,000
Shop hop
Place: P&M Mall
Mood: Shopping
Food: Multi-cuisine
Style statement: Several girls turned up in shorts teamed up with stocking and ankle-length boots. Hat was boys’ favourite
Crowd colour: White
Fun Factor: Food court
Footfall: Around 50,000
Total filmy
Place: Regent Fun Cinema
Mood: Filmy
Food: KFC chicken
Style statement: Bikers’ jacket for boys and girls’ long boots
Crowd colour: Black
Fun Factor: Youngsters’ bike stunts
Footfall: Around 10,000
Food for thought
Place: Bollywood Treats, Maurya
Mood: Bollywood
Food: Multi-cuisine
Style statement: Sky-high heels, sling bags
Crowd colour: Red
Fun factor: Video games for kids, snooker for grown-ups
Footfall: Around 10,000
Religious touch
Place: Mahavir Mandir
Mood: Devotional
Food: Naivedyam laddoo
Crowd colour: Saffron
Fun factor: Ringing bells for kids
Footfall: (Approx.) Around 2.5 lakh
