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Wanderlust - In the jungles of Matheran

Have you ever thought of birthday without a party, cake, gifts, friends and relatives? One such birthday I celebrated and my better-half planned a trip, to leave the city (with me of course) for two days and travel to one of the hill station. So here we – Couple- ready for a trip to the presumably haunted and quaint hill station an eco-friendly destination– Matheran. Day 1, August 2 nd , 2017, Wednesday Consecutive holidays are always appreciated by office gores and from this day my week off, followed by 3 public holidays were adjusted. And for Mr. Better Half had plenty of leaves. We started out journey (or our long drive) at 07:00 from Bharuch (BH), RJ27 Wagon R, on NH48. With pleasant morning and speakers on high volume we were getting close to city Surat. We were aware of Schmitten –The Luxury Chocolate , factory outlet before Surat. And on reaching the outlet we were literally got smittened by entering the outlet shop. I knew as soon as I entered the shop that I was ...

SARAHAH – The Anonymous App Trending

In the past week it was noticed one such app soar to the top rankings within the app store as the most downloaded app. ‘ SARAHAH ’ (honesty/candour) – by Saudi Arabia developer ZainAlabdin Tawfiq has become popular with US teenagers and has been gaining popularity with users in other countires such as the UK and Ireland. Sarahah is application for Android and iPhone that allow you to receive honest anonymous feedback for about yourself. The app became popular rather, went viral only for two reasons: One, because it is very simple to use. But the big reason why Sarahah app is popular is because it panders to the narcissist within us. The key idea behind designing the app is to allow people send creative messages to each other. But that’s not what has been happening, instead people are or rather mostly using the application as a means of cyber bulling and trolling other while keeping their identity a secret. The application has raised concerns among parents and t...

Usain Lightning Bolt's Farewell Race

Nobody has been a match for him. An athlete who was never beaten when the skates were greatest. Usain Bolt's final race ends in a cry of pain, and a whimper. Usain Bolt pulling up with an apparent injury in the men's 4X100 - relay final at the track and field championship on Saturday. LONDON - The loudest roar of these world track and field championships came on Saturday night as Usain Bolt lay face down on the track and in a great pain with Great Britain taking Gold just ahead of USA (Silver) and Japan (Bronze). The roar had nothing to do with bolt: It was about a surprise British victory with a time of 37.47 seconds. The man who reshaped the record book and saved his sport is saying goodbye.  His sprints through the 100 meters and men's 4X100 relay at the World Championships ended his career on the track with 11 World Championships Gold Medals. Heart Breaking ending to a legendary career, Bolt received lots of love and standing ovation fr...