The Indian coastal town of Alang, the world’s largest ship breaking shipyard, where half of the world’s retired ships go to die.

El pueblo costero Hindú de Alang, el mayor astillero de desarme de barcos en a nivel mundial, donde la mitad de los barcos retirados del mundo van a morir. 

This is the Mohabbat Maqbara Palace in India.

Photo: Shruti Chakraborty

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India is remaking Game of Thrones!!!

When you play Rani Mahal, you win or you die. I think. Actually, all I really know is that “Rani Mahal" is the title of an upcoming Indian TV drama — which is reportedly "inspired by" George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones.

Before you freak out, you should know the show is actually set on Earth, in India, in 1857. However, there will be characters based on Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow and Cersei Lannister, so while there may or may not be dragons, there will probably be plenty of drama. One thing the show almost certainly won’t have is the giant budget HBO gives it, even though Rani Mahal is being produced by Sony Pictures Television.

Sakshi Thanvar has been cast as the Daenerys character, while Anita Hassanandani will play Cersei, and Parth Samthaan will presumably know nothing as Jon Snow. Works for me.

[Via Winter Is Coming]

Now, before anyone gets excited, “inspired by” covers a multitude of sins. I have seen the bollywood film “inspired by” Fight Club, and there was a dance fight to preserve someone’s uncle’s Tex-Mex bar.

there is everything right and perfect with this and I must find this movie now.

1860s :: Government House ( Now Raj Bhavan ) , Calcutta (Photographer - Samuel Bourne )