Comic Con Express Hyderabad

The Travelling Version of the Indian Comic Con

Comic book/graphic novel/Animated Series/Movie/Manga/Anime/
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Gaming and Cosplay (Costume Contest) of your favorite characters under one roof.

This is one event i've been waiting to happen here in my city and finally here it is,
Workshops, merchandise, Contests and so many illustrations by various artists to inspire me.
I guess this is the coolest event i have ever attended in my city.

You would'nt want to miss these Cool Tees

The idea is to bring the community together to explore the really diverse realm to support and boost the comics industry by local interaction and participation.

Post cards and posters of superheroes and some famous sitcom's

The superheroes are here

Busy Clicking their favorite characters

So much to shop that you could personalise your bedroom with your favorite character's toys, pillow covers, mugs, t-shirts, illustrations and badges..

Paintings, Pillow covers, Mugs, Mousepads

some more toys and badges..

This guy was happily posing and sketching these famous characters all day long from his phone.. i could'nt get to talk to him much as the place was crowded, 

It was like the whole city moved in here to enjoy the city's first comic con event...

A young artist happily posing with his work

People were dressed in their favorite characters and were seen posing with the fans, taking pictures

Joker in making

Zombie 

Pretty girls, one of them dressed as hermoine granger from the famous harry potter series

Graphicurry an Art store from Bengaluru had some amazing digital illustrations, they specialize in hand-drawn digital caricatures.Their art has found its own niche in both buyers and the growing digital era.

Few of their works at a very reasonable price.

Badges, Colorful wallets, Multicolor art pencils..

 " Mario de Mirinda " 

As i walked through the crowd along with my friends, this is the only store that made me wanna get back to and grab as many as i can, unfortunately i was already broke and could buy only one single book from this store.. i was totally in love with his illustrations on travel, especially Mario's Bombay and Goa..

Books and framed illustrations of mario

A few Prints from Mario's collection

One of his paintings on sale

Inspired and happy 

What a day it was... 

My wish was granted.

The Blue Door

Authentic Mediterranean Cuisine in an elegant ambiance 

What better place can it be for a lovely start 
A new Greek Cuisine in the city 

The very entrance of the place, the use of colors in interiors, painted blue doors, white textured walls, turquoise cushions and beautiful sit out area with bar counter in one corner makes it look like a perfect place close to the mediterranean culture.

Beautiful blue cushions in the Lobby area

A pleasant place to spend on a sunny afternoon or a rainy evening...

Sit out area 

A less known fact about the mediterranean (greek) culture is that they paint their doors, windows, furniture and church domes in turquoise as they believe that this shade of blue keeps evil away ... 
Hence the Blue Door.

Sit out area near the main entrance.

Inside the Blue door

Talking abt the food ... im not much of a foodie but then my friends are, so they explored the menu and enjoyed the delicacies of this cuisine.., it seems like a good place to know about the authentic mediterranean (greek) food, the chefs have come all the way from athens which was quite intresting to know.

Sutzukakia .. Mutton kebabs cooked in tomato sauce and served with basmati rice.

Stuffed Chicken is one of the popular dishes served here, and for the veggies, there's Zucchini kefte

Eggplant shoes (veg or mutton), Moussaka (veg or prawn) and Mastiha Pannacotta in desserts  are few other popular dishes server here in Blue door.

And we have Baklava for desserts.

A few other corners of this exotic place that i loved clicking...

Bright and Beautiful..

Later in the evening as it was getting dark..

Blog's name

First things first, I needed a name for the blog and believe me i'm very bad at content writing
and i'm here trying to share my thoughts..

My friends came down to meet me on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, i had nothing
better to do than make them sit and write down names for my blog, plan failed..

Eco-friendly Ganesha @home, Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all :)

Sat up late till night chatting with a dear friend of mine discussing the same,
where she asked me many questions about my likes and dislikes, which helped me think
of a name that resembles more of me and no flashy names.

Friends helping me with names @home

So this is me Mandakini - Turquoise journal and yes Turquoise is my favorite color and accessory.