Life of Pi

The only reason to have this as my first post is, the Name of this blog, Life of data!

Life of Pi, I watched it long time back. Probably when I was in Mumbai. With my colleagues at the Oberoi mall. Yes! It was a tough one to remember where I watched it.

It's a good movie...one time watch. It was interesting to see how the tiger and the boy could get along! Story of survival, of Life!

Will be back with Life of Data soon!

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