There’s one more line in The Fault In Our Stars that probably won’t make it to the Hindi remake. Only then can we go out to drink and truly taste the stars. That we’re so far away from indulging ourselves tells us just how much distance we need to cover before we come back to the world we left before Covid-19 changed everything.

This is why we’re especially sad that many restaurants are shutting down and we wrote our first column on them. Think about it, chances are that some of your most cherished memories have some or the other connection with a restaurant and bar celebration. Whether it’s a team lunch or a romantic dinner, we need the familiarity of our favourite places serving food and drinks that will wow us and make those celebrations even more special. Not just that, restaurants and bars are also places where we celebrate important occasions with those close to us. Neat-Picking: Rents Are Killing Restaurants “He called out to his fellow monks, ‘Come quickly: I am tasting the stars.’” As their champagne arrives, the waiter asks if they know what were the first words of Dom Perignon, the man credited with inventing champagne said? When the replies in the negative, he says, Alcohol and smoking aren’t things that cancer-afflicted patients should consume but they decide to let loose with the rules for one night. Peter’s assistant arranges a dinner for them before their meeting with the author where the duo celebrate by drinking champagne for the first time. Here the characters taste freedom for the first time – not just from their surroundings but also from the reality of their situation. She reluctantly attends a cancer support group where she finds 17-year-old Augustus Walters who is in remission after osteosarcoma, a cancerous bone tumour, causes him to lose his right leg.Įventually, the duo fall in love and Augustus suggests that Hazel visit Amsterdam with him to meet Peter van Houten, the author of An Imperial Affliction that features a cancer-stricken girl much like Hazel.

In the book, 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster suffers from thyroid cancer that’s spread to her lungs. Released in 2012, The Fault In Our Stars tells a simple heart-warming but ultimately heart-breaking love story between its leads.

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