Sen Cal Kapimi - Eda and Serken love story

This series has nothing new to offer..Nothing new. It is the same story which has been done numerous times in various romance novels where 2 people who truly hate each other enter into a fake engagement to make their exes/fiancée jealous in the hope of winning them back.

What it has to offer are the emotions shown on screen. If you are a fan of old school/ candyfloss romance then both season 1 and 2 have to offer something. Eda Yildiz is probably the most fiery/ strong character I have seen. She conveys everything with her eyes and the tone of her voice. Be it pure hate, love., jealousy …it is all conveyed perfectly. She is the perfect storm in the sea of Serkan Bolat. Although there comes a times when viewers can get tired of their on screen on and off love and hate relationship with such ease that we really wonder if falling in and out of love is that easy in real life.

Serkan Bolat is the kind of hard rock who probably has no emotions initially as there was just no eda to challenge him. How the fake game transpired to real conditions is somewhat believable. Happens with a lot of men who have not experienced love ever before in the way she challenges him. He can be portrayed as heartless having pushed Eda away from himself and making her hate him but the men who fall in love so madly with someone can push them away if they sense something wrong can happen.

Where the magic shines is when both of them become really possessive about each other in season 1. The phase of season 2 is probably the best emotion wise. Really lucky are those who get their love back even after all these years. The determination of Serkan to win Eda back no matter what – I am glad the writers did that. The specific instances which I remember were the best romance and emotion wise was the love for them before the crash, the fight in the bar which brought the memory back. The video where he sees Kiraz grow up and what Eda went through really brought tears to the tears, seconded to see him wearing a astronaut suit before he goes to the birthday party.

Later he becomes possessive about her, rightly as a king should be regarding his queen. Some of the best romantic dialogues which I have heard in quite sometime are there in this series. The memory flashbacks are the best when it comes to love.

Its aptly called “Love is in the Air” . If you believe even .01% in the emotion called love, watch it and fall in love. It maybe clichéd in places but accept the fact that we really want our Eda/Serken in our individual lives.

Heroes: Shakeel Ahmad - The tourist guide from Kashmir

For 28-year-old tour guide Shakeel Ahmad, life was adventure and adventure was life. An inhabitant of Hariganiwan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal, Shakeel, who drowned in Tarsar lake in Anantnag district , had quite literally been hand-holding tourists for the last several years to ensure that their Kashmir visit was an enriching one. 

Shakeel, a professional hiking guide, set out for an expedition along with a group of trekkers from various states and three other local guides. They started their journey to high altitude Tarsar Lake in Anantnag district of South Kashmir.

As the heavy rains swept Kashmir Valley from June 19, water level started to rise dangerously in all the water bodies. As the trekking group led by Shakeel descended from the Tarsar area on Wednesday, the team had to pass through a makeshift bridge at Hamvas made of just two logs.

“Shakeel helped the entire team of 13 to cross this bridge one-by-one while Dr Mahesh from Uttarakhand, was the last one to cross with him. “Dr Mahesh while trying to cross the wooden bridge lost his balance and fell into the roaring river while Shakeel in order to save him jumped instantly after him without caring for his life,” an eyewitness said.

The eye witness said Shakeel would have easily swam to shore initially but he kept trying his best to save Dr Mahesh by keeping hold of him for upto 300 meters amid fast current in the river. “However the roaring water separated them both near a waterfall and they disappeared,” he added.

His brother said that he did right by jumping in the river in an attempt to save the life of a tourist, who was part of our group and guest but unfortunately Shakeel lost his life. " It was our right to try and save the life of our guest,” said Shakeel. “ Without thinking twice my brother jumped into the river, " he added.

He said it had to be him only to attempt such a daring act of rescuing his fellow trekker.

“Shakeel was compassionate, loving, friendly and a brave man, be it any situation. He was crazy about river water rafting and trekking and would assist his fellow trekkers every time he would accompany them,” he said.

"In the death of Shakeel, we have lost a friend and a brave heart tour guide but he left an example for all of us that how as a host he gave priority to the safety of his guests over his life,".