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  1. ADMIN
    After it was announced that ICSE syllabus would include ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Tintin’, and ‘Asterix’, a nerd euphoria swept readers across the country. Expressing her appreciation of the move, Shilpa Shetty decided to tweet about it.
    "Books like Lord Of The Rings (LOTR) and Harry Potter as part of the syllabus is a great move because it cultivates imagination and creativity at a young age. They should include books like Little Women, as it encourages respect towards women at a young age. Even a book like Animal Farm can teach the little ones to love and care for animals."

    Just in case you are the uninitiated in the world of literature, ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell is a dystopian novella, a political satire on the Russian revolution, particularly, Stalinism. Uh oh. 
    Meanwhile, in real dystopia, Shilpa Shetty thinks Orwell writes books for children... pic.twitter.com/PD1Xc4cx9x
    — Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) November 28, 2016 Please don’t give ‘Fifty Shades’ as a Christmas gift to your child. 
    "Fifty Shades of Grey is an amazing coloring book.Children will love it"#ShilpaShettyReviews
    — Fats (@a_bit_too_much) November 28, 2016 The Hunger Games is a great series on Karwa Chauth. #ShilpaShettyReviews
    — Nirwa Mehta (@nirwamehta) November 28, 2016 @peeteeonyou HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.
    — Anantika Mehra (颜永恒) (@AnantikaMehra) November 28, 2016 Shilpa Shetty: Animal Farm teaches us to love and care for animals.
    Me: One Few Over the Cuckoo's Nest is about learning to fly over a nest. pic.twitter.com/JB8ksRVivJ
    — Neha (@oxymoronic_me) November 28, 2016 Kids must read Kamasutra book. So that they know what is the secret of getting work done. #ShilpaShettyReviews
    — Sagar (@sagarcasm) November 28, 2016 "The Fault In Our Stars" is a book where two tragic lovers can't marry because their kundlis didn't match. #ShilpaShettyReviews
    — Sholay Kid (@Ayamang) November 28, 2016 One thing the kids can learn from this – READ!




  2. ADMIN
    Demonetization is literally breaking the back of the country as people line up outside banks and ATMs, hoping to get a little cash to get by. While the hoarders are trying to save their black money by hook or crook, the common man who struggles to make ends meet has found himself in a difficult situation. And now someone has made a ‘Wednesday’ style spoof of the whole demonetization thing and it is so apt, you might just shed a tear or two!


  3. ADMIN
    The worst thing a rookie can do at a gym is to nosedive into the complex world of isolation training. The desi trainers don’t teach any better and usually push beginners right into isolation training. The truth though is that compound movements establish a strong foundation of even strength development. Things go wrong when beginners try to copy bodybuilder routines available on the internet. Every beginner needs to realize that even the best of the bodybuilders got big and strong doing compound lifts during their initial years. The situation is further worsened when the trainers have no knowledge about compound lifts. These are the two major reasons I’ve personally seen among most of my clients when I inquire about their training history. Here’s what you need to understand.
    1. Compound Lifts Are Fundamental To The Human Anatomy And Strength Training © YouTube
    Compound movements have always been the basis of strength training. Our muscles don’t really move in isolation until we deliberately do so (example, bicep curls). The body is made and meant to move as a multi-joint unit. Every muscle group functions in conjunction with another. The right path is to “train with compound lifts most of the time and bring up the lagging muscle group/body part with isolation work”.
    2. Targets More Muscles As It Saves Time   © rebelperformance
    Because compound lifts target multiple muscle groups in a single exercise, you can get out of the gym in much less time. Let’s take bench press for example—you train your pecs, shoulders and triceps, that’s 3 groups in a single movement. Similarly rowing will train your back, rhomboids, rear deltoids and even the biceps. Now do the math yourself!
    3. Build More Strength And Eventually, More Size © tnation
    Because multiple muscle groups are involved you can lift much heavier loads as compared to isolation work. This means more micro trauma to the muscle fibers hence, more size and strength gains.
    4. More Calories Burned © fitandwrite
    If you run mindlessly to ‘burn calories’ please note that multiple joint lifts result in more caloric expenditure. This means more fat is oxidized as you proceed with your lifts. (Hence, you can get away with more cupcakes if you are a rascal like me!).
    5. Symmetrical Physique © imgur
    Remember that dude who has chicken legs but massive upper body? Yes, you wouldn’t want to be like him. Beginners usually tend to train upper body part more often than the lower which leads to imbalances and eventually, a disproportionate physique.
    Compound lifts naturally allow you to hit multiple muscles, right from the shoulders to the legs. You have to follow the natural movements of the human body in order to develop symmetry.
    6. Joint Health Friendly As a rookie, you are better off by putting the stress on your muscles distributed across multiple joints, rather than smashing individual joints with unguided isolation training. Real strength is better displayed on compound movements such as Deadlift or Squats where the load is distributed across various muscle groups and joints, rather than on moves like the curls.
    Wrapping it up, I would simply say that the Compound lifts should make the bulk, if not all of the training program of a beginner. Isolation moves can be thrown in once a while.
    Singh Daman is an On-Floor and online Personal Trainer and PG diploma holder in fitness and nutrition who believes Physical Fitness is as important in one`s life as Breathing,Sleeping and eating. You connect with him on his YouTube Page


  4. ADMIN
    This wedding season it’s all about embracing the desi dude in you—by ditching your regular cookie-cutter suits—and wearing standout ethnic ensembles. We recommend you to not hold back, and take inspiration from runway looks of top Indian fashion designers, who’re constantly trying to find new and innovative ways to make you look cool. 
    Here are our favourite combos:
    1. Sherwani With Churidaar  © Instagram
    2. Anarkali Inspired Kurta With A Bandhgala Jacket Paired With A Safa  © Instagram
    3. A Peach Dhoti Paired With A Short Kurta And Layered Under A Bandhgala © Pinterest
    4. A Dhoti With A Velvet Tuxedo Jacket  © Instagram
    5. A Nehru Jacket With A Sporty Kurta With Skinny Churidaar. (Brownie points for the tassled sandals) © Instagram
    6. An Embroidered Bandhgala With Jodhpurs And Matching Embroidered Loafers   © Instagram
    7. A Fitted Bandhgala With A Long Kurta And Skinny Churidaars © Pinterest


  5. ADMIN
    So what is the Grey Sweatpants Challenge? Well, it is a challenge on Twitter where hot guys (maybe) put on grey sweatpants and share their selfie on Twitter. Yes, it is quite stupid but since the weather changed super fast, men have been looking for their great jogging pants to impress the ladies. Not that the ladies are unimpressed, but some guys often try to take it too far. The challenge has been spreading like wildfire, and like everything else we are rolling our eyes with the #GreySweatpantsChallenge.

    A ton of guys wearing grey joggers took advantage of this situation and of course found a way to broadcast their junk to the world. Even, if it was tiny. There have been many, many challenges on social media; some fun and some batshit crazy, but there has never been one where a dude had to showcase their schlongs to other people on the Internet.
    © Imgur
    Well, Until now.
    how does this challenge work? #GreySweatpantsChallenge pic.twitter.com/C3XUAd0Ndy
    — dale ✨ (@plasticdale) November 27, 2016 #GreySweatPantsChallenge pic.twitter.com/KaIq9t3wNS
    — Brandhon (@CallmeBrandhon) November 27, 2016 Let me join right quick  #GreySweatpantsChallenge pic.twitter.com/Ba1Fy617ZZ
    — Kiere (@OfficialKiere) November 27, 2016 I’m sure most of you are already jealous by looking at those huge ‘ding dongs’ but hey, so did the Internet. Here’s what they had to umm… show
    Haters will say it's a snare drum. #GreySweatpantsChallenge pic.twitter.com/8GvCn1LNZ8
    — Ryan Stickel (@RStickel24) November 27, 2016 #GreySweatpantsChallenge haters will say it's a keyboard piano  pic.twitter.com/luYBiBkPJM
    — Jayden Romanchuk (@JaayBruh) November 27, 2016 #GreySweatpantsChallenge only haters will say it's fake. pic.twitter.com/79nW3gmrd1
    — FaZe Agony (@Agony) November 27, 2016 #GreySweatpantsChallenge JACHIN SENT ME THIS O HELL NO SMSBD pic.twitter.com/IalhQY3oEy
    — ARINEXTDOOR (@araselys_harris) November 27, 2016 God bless you, the Internet.



  6. ADMIN
    ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ was the best film ever in the history of films. Period.
    Chances are, you’ve already spent at least 2 years of your life watching this film over and over again just for the ‘galat har’ scenes.
    To copy the hook steps.
    Or just to hear Saif Ali Khan crack the “mere paas do doggie hain”.
    And definitely to watch Kanta ben throw this hilarious fit.
    Much recently, also to make hilarious GIFs that suit every situation in life.
    Alright then. The case has been made.
    It’s been 13 years since the film released. 13 years is a LONG time. And these then and now pictures of the cast of ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ will give you major, major nostalgia. 
    1. Aman Mathur So, this is what Aman would have looked like today if he survived that terminal illness.

    2. Naina Catherine Kapur Spare me for repeating a joke from the internet but, Aman didn’t leave you 13 years ago Naina, so you could marry that American.

    3. Rohit Patel Hand him the award for the most striking makeover ever already, someone.

    4. Jennifer Kapur Nobody else but Jaya Bachchan could have done justice to those high octane emotional scenes. And this is what she looks like now!

    5. Lajjo Sushma Seth has actually grown younger, it seems!

    6. Aman’s Mom Remember Reema Lagoo? The understanding mother everyone wished they had?

    7. Gia Jhanak Shukla is all grown up now and this REALLY makes me feel old.

    8.  Shiv Athit Naik seems way too attached to those glasses even today!

    9. Jaswinder a.k.a. Jazz Still quite the seductress, Lilette Dubey proves age is just a number.

    10. Sweetu The best character in the film, Delnaaz’s Sweetu was all of us as the binge-eating, lazy idiot who falls for the most stupid people!

    11. Sarlaben Patel Ketaki Dave’s iconic G U J J U needs to played at clubs, seriously. 

    12. Karsanbhai Patel Satish Shah, the man who made us laugh in almost every family movie back in the day, has now grown really old and we don’t know how to feel about it.

    13. Kantaben With just a couple of scenes, Sulbha Arya literally stole the show in ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ with her homophobic act. Even 13 years later, her scenes never fail to make us laugh our guts out!

    14. Camilia Simone Singh’s surely aged well.

    15. Geeta Now the biggest stylist and costume designer in Bollywood, Anaita Shroff Adjania played a single mom in ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’. Yeah, the same Geeta ‘jiske do gande gande bachche hain’. She sure has found her true calling with time.

    16. Frankie / Ramdayal Who knew the butt of all jokes from the film, Dheepesh Bhatt aka Shivoham would grow up to become a crossfitter?

    Why isn’t it okay to watch films at work, again?


  7. ADMIN
    We are all aware of how sometimes the media doesn’t understand the definition of sensitivity and can go to any limits to get the desired clicks and hits. This time Arjun Kpoor became the victim of an immensely sickening headline that included his deceased mother. Twitterati’s sirens went off and many celebrities, friends and fans came forward in his support after Arjun Himself tweeted out about how distasteful and insensitive the newspaper’s headline was.
    I don't normally react to what's written about me but for a man who's lost his mother I find this headline highly distasteful & insensitive. pic.twitter.com/s3vq9F7PuM
    — Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) November 27, 2016 1. Sad Indeed! @arjunk26 yuk, what the fu*k? Why are such people even allowed to write on a public medium. This is just so sad.
    — BADSHAH (@Its_Badshah) November 27, 2016 2. We totally agree! This is absolutely infuriating. These insensitive idiots have no heart. Stay strong brother. @arjunk26
    — Shekhar Ravjiani (@ShekharRavjiani) November 27, 2016 3. They really should be ashamed @arjunk26 Shame ... very very Insensitive... ?
    — RJ ALOK (@OYERJALOK) November 27, 2016 4. Well deserved reaction- @arjunk26 this goes well to them ? stay positive arjun! It's really bad of them & I am sure they will regret. pic.twitter.com/rhYQ29uXuk
    — aarsh (@ranjunforever_x) November 27, 2016 5. We hope so too- @arjunk26 I'm soo sorry you had to go through this & be a target of their negative journalism..I seriously hope this changes soon..
    — Shilps ❤️ (@shilps86) November 27, 2016 6. Amen! @arjunk26 Agree with you totally.Amidst the race of finding headlines,sensitivity & humanity is totally lost. Journalism needs reforms now.
    — Dr. Swapna Patker (@drswapnapatker) November 28, 2016 7. This should help! @arjunk26 and as your baba @RanveerOfficial says ??? pic.twitter.com/fTgLN30YF6
    — Darshna (@_Darshna_) November 27, 2016 8. All of us are human beings after all- @arjunk26 people forget that actors are also human beings.. very insensitive indeed..
    — Jancie D'Mello (@JancieDMello) November 27, 2016


  8. ADMIN
    The straining chord between India and Pakistan is getting thinner by the day; as the tension is fuelling a lot of aggression on both sides. Amongst the various ‘messages’ being circulated that are fuelling patriotism, a video of a Sikh jawan singing a powerful song in Punjabi, sending a message to Pakistan is doing the rounds.
    The song explains that the jawan is ready to take on the enemy if only the government allows it.  The video is doing the rounds on WhatsApp and is going viral right now. The location of where the video was shot is not very clear. One can only pray for peace to prevail between the two nations right now. Humanity is bigger than any boundaries after all.


  9. ADMIN
    All you coffee lovers should mark your calendars as Coffee Santhe is coming back for a third edition. Happening in Bangalore from 2nd to 4th December, Coffee Santhe is an annual fundraising event organized by the Women’s Coffee Alliance in an initiative to empower women coffee plantation workers. 
    © Facebook
    Coffee Santhe will be packed with exciting activities like unveiling of new blends and brands, showcase of equipment, coffee artistry, some new and interesting brewing trends, and Women’s Barista Championship. Along with handcrafted coffee, games, and prizes, there will also be lots of good music and entertainment by some India's finest like salsa by the famous Lourde Vijay or interactive traditional dances with the expressive Padmini Ravi.
    © Facebook
    Filled with aromatic coffee and an array of fun activities, the Coffee Santh is also for a good cause and will take forward various initiatives such as:
    • Nayan Tara: Education of girl children of women coffee plantation workers in the coffee growing regions of Bababudan, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Biligiris and Sakleshpur.
    • Su Prana: Health Camps conducted in the coffee growing regions of India. These camps help in awareness and health enhancement for Indian women coffee plantation workers and their girl children.
    • Kushal Maya: Medical Health Insurance Scheme for families of the girl children under ‘Nayan Tara’ project.
    • Aa Haar: Distribution of eggs as a protein supplement to families of women coffee plantation workers.
    So don’t miss out on this amazing experience and attend this unique coffee festival at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath on 2nd, 3rd and 4th December.


  10. ADMIN
    The news about CNN accidentally airing porn for over 30mins is apparently a hoax. It was reported that instead of airing Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’, CNN aired a porn film starring Riley Quinn, a transexual adult star, by mistake.
    In a statement CNN said: “The RCN cable operator in Boston aired inappropriate content for 30 minutes on CNN last night. CNN has asked for an explanation.”
    However, RCN has issued a statement that the whole incident did not actually take place and it all stemmed from a single person’s tweet. 

    The person to first tweet about the mishap has deleted her account but she tweeted this to CNN.
     
    © Twitter
    Along with this picture. 
    © Twitter
    A CNN spokesperson further added, “Despite media reports to the contrary, RCN assures us there was no interruption of CNN programing in the Boston area last night.”
    So, the lesson is, don’t believe everything you see on the internet.



  11. ADMIN
    We all are suffering due to demonetisation in our own ways. Be it standing in queues for hours or looking up avenues to pay through Paytm, we are trying to simplify our lives in these tough times. Now, to add a bit of flavour to the situation, cricketer Harbhajan Singh has taken to social media to voice his opinions.
    Recently he tweeted about his perfect idea of what an ideal wedding gift should be in these times of cash shortage. He tweeted “Best gift to give nowadays to couples to collect Shagun, what say guys?” and posted a picture of couple sitting on a sofa holding EDC or card swipe machines. 
    Needless to say the image is funny and has been shared on social media a number of times. 
    Best gift to give nowadays to couples to collect Shagun ??what say guys ?? pic.twitter.com/NltseDfPTh
    — Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 23, 2016 In these times when the cold and the sudden demonetisation has disrupted our lifestyles, Harbhajan’s sense of humour has certainly come to the rescue!



  12. ADMIN
    Bani Judge or VJ Bani as she is famously known rose to fame starting with MTV Roadies 4 and there ain’t no stopping her. Her career is really diverse as she is a model, Video Jockey as well as an actress.
    She is a Fitness Freak who has abs to-die for, a killer face, a dynamic personality and there is something pretty bad-ass about her. She has recently entered the Bigg Boss 10 house as a celebrity contestant and has been winning hearts effortlessly ever since. So here are 10 lesser known facts about Bani J-
    1. Bani Judge was born on November 29, 1987 in Chandigarh. Her father is one of the most prominent businessmen of the country and her mother is a housewife.
    © instagram/banij
    2.  Bani holds a degree in Graphic Designing
    © instagram/banij
    3. Bani, at the age of 20, first appeared on TV in the Chandigarh audition for the show Roadies Season 4 on MTV India in 2006. She got selected and ended her Roadies journey as a runner up. Her journey was very emotional and she didn’t get along with most of her fellow roadies.
    © instagram/banij
    4. In 2008-09 Bani appeared in MTV Roadies Season 6 as Rannvijay’s co host. She hosted 5 seasons of Roadies viz. 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 respectively.
    © instagram/banij
    5. During 2009-10, Bani also appeared as a special cast member in a Disney sponsored show ‘Kya Mast Hai Life’. Bani J along with popular TV names such as Shaheer Sheikh and Sana Sheikh all had cameo on the show.
    © instagram/banij
    6. She has undergone a lot of body shaming for her muscular physique. “I have drool-worthy abs and a muscular body by choice, and that has put me at the receiving end of so much body shaming, it’s unbelievable. “said Bani.
    © instagram/banij
    7. Her first movie experience was with Himesh Reshamiya in his film ‘Aap ka Suroor’ in 2007. In 2011, she again appeared in a movie called ‘Sountrack’ as a VJ. In 2016 she appeared in two films namely ‘Zorawar’ (Punjabi) and ‘Thikka’ (Telegu) in a supporting role.
    © instagram/banij
    8. A few years after taking part in the Roadies Season 4, she appeared for two more reality shows, ‘Khatron ke Khiladi’ (Fear Factor) Season 4 in 2011 and ‘I Can Do That’ in 2015.


  13. ADMIN
    For a club that once dominated the Premier League with record 20 titles, Manchester United's mojo seems to have slipped away, post the Alex Ferguson era. The English club tried David Moyes and Louis van Gaal to get them back on track, but the coveted title continued to elude them. 
    The glory days are long gone and the ongoing season seems no different either.
    Currently managed by the experienced Jose Mourinho, the Red Devils are struggling to keep pace with their counterparts. Their home form is unbelievably poor, while losses against the minnows are just too hard a pill to swallow for the fans.
    © Reuters
    From humiliating defeats to the Chris Smalling saga, the Premier League giants continue to sink further this season. They are no longer the champions and, on the football pitch, they are clearly not acting like one either.
    Their recent 1-1 draw against West Ham at Old Trafford is a testimony to the growing frustration, not just for the players, but also for their manager who seems to have reached some sort of a saturation point. 
    Mourinho, who likes to set landmarks, claimed an unwanted record of becoming the first individual to be sent off twice this season. None of the footballers have attracted two red cards in the Premier League this season, but the Man Utd manager has beaten them all to it following his dismissal on 27 November.
    In a show of petulance, Mourinho kicked a water bottle down the touchline infrustration after referee Jon Moss booked Paul Pogba for diving in the first half. With the EPL referees clamping down on dissent, Moss sent the Man Utd manager to the stands.

    Surprisingly, Moss had also sent Mourinho - then at Chelsea - to the stands last season in yet another West Ham tie. Late in October this season, he was sent off by referee Mark Clattenburg in a draw against Burnley, also at home.
    United's poor showing in both of those matches could have triggered Mourinho's frustration, but his antics are undoubtedly becoming an expensive affair for his side. He was fined 50,000 pounds by the FA last month following his attack on referee Anthony Taylor ahead of of United's clash against Liverpool.
    His rant against Burnley after Man Utd was denied a penalty in the October fixture had earned him a one-match touchline ban and an 8000-pound fine. Given his latest exploits, the FA will be rallying against Mourinho with another ban or fine.
    © Reuters
    For a manager whose expensively-assembled team stands 11 points off the the top with the fans calling for his head, Mourinho's antics are somewhat understandable. But, rather than being animated, the manager should rally behind his players and boost their morale in these testing times.
    The touchline bans and fines for their manager are not going to do any good for Man Utd, moreover, it will only malign their reputation. And, that's not something which is expected of Mourinho, and being an experienced campaigner, he should know that.


  14. ADMIN
    Football might not just be about scoring goals, but the matches are undoubtedly decided by them. Goals wow fans, help secure trophies and make for an entertaining highlights package.
    But, as important as the goals, the misses themselves have carved their own niche in football entertainment packages. I mean, who doesn’t like a footballer making a complete fool of himself from a close range.
    And, that is exactly what we’ve got for you today.
    © YouTube
    We have all seen penalty misses and the open goal disasters, but this epic blunder surely appears to be a top of contender for one of the most terrible misses in the sport.
    During a clash in Serbia’s fourth-tier league, a footballer somehow managed to miss a scoring opportunity from an open goal situation.

    From creating a chance after the mix-up to snatching the ball from the opposition goalkeeper, the number 15 did all the hard work only to throw it all away in the end. 
    All he had to do was tap the ball in, but it turned out to be a tad too difficult for the player who just couldn’t believe what had happened. It wasn’t just a sitter, but probably one of the easiest goal-scoring chances you’ll ever come across in football.
    Thankfully, the fourth-tier league match meant that there was probably a low turnout in the stands, else the situation could have been quite embarrassing for the Serbian footballer. Too bad the internet got a hold of this!


  15. ADMIN
    No one is spared from the wrath of demonetisation and standing in long queues has been the norm this month for most of us, regardless of what bracket of society you belong. The long queues are a sight of constant banter and ranting about the mismanagement of the banks, the sudden repercussions of the demonetisations and so on.

     
    Amidst the common remarks being hurled at each other, one common comment circulating around is the callous comparison of people standing the line to our brave soldiers who stand for hours and sometimes days on the borders. Recently, even Virender Sehwag got trolled for his tweet that stirred controversy after he decided to go with the ‘army’ comparison. In a recent incident, something similar happened with Darshan Dhillon, a brave Army man who served the 
    nation for over 20 years. He was in a queue to withdraw his pension, when a Modi bhakt tried to pass a moral lecture about why he was perturbed standing in the line while Indian Army stands for hours together. The ignorant man had no clue that Dhillon was an army man himself.

    People should be wary of passing insensitive, half baked remarks to others. The hard work and sacrifice of an army man can seldom be compared to that of a civilian.



  16. ADMIN
    Facebook is really desperate to enter the Internet game in India and they are trying to bring back their ‘Free Basics’ program again and it seems like they are not going to give up anytime soon. There was a raging debate the moment Facebook announced their plans for ‘Free Basics’ as net neutrality has always been a complex and blood boiling topic. 
    Facebook’s latest efforts include getting people in rural India to sign up on Facebook and the only way they can achieve that is with ‘Express WiFi’.  It will basically let smartphone users buy data plans from local ISPs where Facebook will offer their software so that local ISPs and businessmen can sell data, which will be accessible via hotspots. 
    However the only difference from ‘Free Basics’ is that Internet access will not be given away for free. Express Wi-Fi is Facebook’s second attempt at reaching out to densely populated areas in India and they plan to do the same in other countries that have fast growing Internet users. 
    Facebook wanted to offer free Internet in rural areas through their ‘Free Basics’ program that would let users have access to only certain websites, i.e. mainly Facebook for free. This, in turn, backfired since the scheme seriously violated net-neutrality norms. 
    Offering free Internet meant that other social media websites like Twitter, Reddit and YouTube would be blocked and they would never get a chance to make their mark in the Indian internet sphere. In fact, the only way people would be able to access it if they paid extra which again is a direct violation of net-neutrality. 
    Since the uproar, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India banned ‘Free Basics’ in February 2016 due to the public referendum and outrage.
     
    UPDATE
     
    Facebook got in touch with us to give us a better picture as to what they are up to. 
     
    A Facebook spokesperson said- 
     
    ·         Currently we are working with ISP and operator partners to test Express Wi-Fi with public Wi-Fi deployments in multiple pilot sites. This solution empowers ISPs, operators, and local entrepreneur retailers to offer quality internet access to their village, town or region.
    ·         Express Wi-Fi customers can purchase fast, reliable and affordable data packs via digital vouchers to access the Internet on the Express Wi-Fi network.
    ·         We focus on building a sustainable economic model for all stakeholders involved, so that local retailer entrepreneurs, ISPs, operators, and Facebook can continue to invest in and operate lasting connectivity.
    ·         We believe a sustainable economic model is the one which can scale to bring all of India online.


  17. ADMIN
    We all come across kids as young as 4 or 5 years old, begging on the streets or showing some gymnastic skills to earn money but what do we do to help them? Sometimes we give them money, but most of the time we prefer ignoring them and move on with our daily activities. Some people say that “money can’t buy happiness”, we bet even you might have used this sentence at least once or heard people say it quite often. Well, guess what, money does buy happiness and you don’t need to be super rich to make that happen – even a small gesture can make a difference. 

    The joy of making someone happy is priceless and no one can possibly understand this better than the Mumbai based, Amod Sarang. Amod met a little boy named Deepak who lives on the streets of Colaba, and took him to Starbucks. Deepak was initially apprehensive and hesitated in opening up to Sarang but his warmth and love really touched him and within no time he got comfortable with Sarang.
    Deepak was so fascinated by the restaurant’s interiors, especially washroom, that he couldn’t stop splashing water on his face. We can already imagine this cute bundle of joy having the time of his life.  
    “No concert can give you so much joy. No fancy car or dress would make you feel so good about yourself. We all have a gift apart from the things we want to achieve in life, my gift is healing,” Sarang wrote in his post. Good deeds never go in vain and one must take lessons from this guy and try to make a difference and bring joy in at least one kid’s life.



  18. ADMIN
    If you have never spotted a Bentley, or a Rolls Royce, or a Ferrari on Indian roads, you don’t know your country well. We love luxury, and we love showing it off even more. Even as the country struggled to survive under demonetization, there was a Rs 500-crore wedding. The crack on black money was not enough to prevent people from flaunting their wealth. An MLA gifted his teenage son a Mercedes Benz on the kid’s birthday. Dattatray Phuge, who was shot dead a few months ago, was a 44-year-old businessman from Pune. His claim to fame was his eccentric dressing style: he wore a shirt made of gold.
    © BCCL
    It is very clear now, India is not a poor country. Reports suggest there are almost 185,000 millionaires in the country. We have the ultra rich and we have the ultra poor—we house both ends of the spectrum. On one hand, we are the kings of jugaad, reusing everything from plastic bags to old newspapers.  On the other, we have the painfully rich. Plush houses and luxury cars are a marker of wealth and are a necessary status symbol. You are not rich until you have driven your luxury car (even if it means inching it at 5 km/hr through the narrow lanes of your colony) strutted around in designer wear, checked in to high-end places on Facebook, been to a couple of exotic foreign locations, had a destination wedding with probably a Bollywood star in attendance and talked about your ebony table in front of dinner guests invited for the sole purpose of showcasing it. You are not rich until you’ve flaunted your wealth ostentatiously and unapologetically. 
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    Being rich equals being successful. As soon as you begin climbing up the social ladder, it is imperative that you exhibit a corresponding rise in status and lifestyle. Call it the trait of the noveau rich, it is spreading fast. A case in point was Vijay Mallya. The man did everything king-size. Nothing wrong with living it up, but when you are spiralling downwards in debt, you surely have muddled your priorities. 
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    In stark contrast to this exhibitionism, there are also entrepreneurs/successful businessmen who don’t even mind wearing the same type of clothes every day. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has identical sets of t-shirts and sweatshirts, all greys and blues, in his wardrobe so that there’s no time wasted in thinking about what to wear every day. Does that mean better business, more success? Back home, Ratan Tata is a man of simple living and high thinking. Our former president Late APJ Kalam was yet another example of a man of simple taste and exceptional brilliance. 
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    Plutocrat – the dictionary describes it as someone who exercises power by virtue of his wealth. We are a class- and power-driven society. Money is important not only because it can buy you things, it’s important because it means power. The ‘Tu janta nahi hai main kaun hoon’ syndrome is still deep rooted in the Indian psyche, even if it’s more widespread in North India. A high-power SUV is one sure-shot way of telling the world to make way when you arrive. 
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    In a country where corruption is rampant, showing off power and wealth goes beyond just vanity. It is a way to ensure you get by in life smoothly. Love of luxury is a trait that is common here and in the West too. While it is but natural that in a developing country like ours where the struggle to survive is very real, a self-preservatory attitude comes naturally, it is also a choice to let things go a little, especially when you have millions in the bank account. Would this love of flaunting wealth as a symbol of power take a back seat if corruption were controlled? Would it slow down after the demonetization drive, after black money has been weeded out from the economy? We doubt; old habits die hard! 
    Disclaimer: The intention of this piece is not to shame or malign anyone or their tastes. This is a mere comparison and analysis of a trend.


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    Virender Sehwag often brings out the unknown aspects of the Indian dressing room in his commentary stints and that is why he’s one of the best in business in the com-box too. Take, for example, his latest reveal which will shock many of Kohli’s fans. 
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    This is what the opener revealed during lunch on day three of the third test between India and England. 
    “Selectors wanted to play Rohit Sharma instead of Virat Kohli at Perth in 2012,” Virender Sehwag said. “I was vice-captain and MS Dhoni was leading the team, and we decided that we have to back Virat Kohli, and the rest is history.” 
    Rohit Sharma, who was more comfortable and experienced in facing the aussie attack was the alternate choice. But Kohli restored the faith shown in him by performing well in the test match and scored 75 and 44 in the game.
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    But would his career path have been any different if he was dropped for that test match? Maybe not because the kind of hunger he has for the game goes on to show that he would have still come out stronger out of the series and made a better career all for himself!


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    Manohar Parrikar is easily one of the best Defence Ministers India has ever had. He is also in the elite company of few men who have taken hard actionable military decisions during their tenure. This, however, doesn’t mean that Parrikar was always so assured of the job he was entrusted with. 
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    In a recent interaction, the Raksha Mantri said he was shivering when he first took office. "When I went to Delhi, I took experience of that city. I became Defence Minister with the blessings of you all. I was not knowing anything," Parrikar said, during the 'Vijay Sankalp' rally at Sanvordem constituency on Sunday. 
    “Let me admit, I was shivering on the first day. I put up a brave face banking on my experience, but in reality I didn't even have knowledge about the rank of military officers," he said. But this was no blindside for the experienced politician. He quickly learnt the ropes and has been one of the most high performing ministers in the Modi cabinet. 
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    Parrikar was the chief minister of Goa and recounted how coming from there, he was relatively unknown to military conflicts. "Goa's brush with the military was during 1961 when Indian Army liberated the state from Portuguese rule. After that we saw 1965 and 1971 wars. During the Kargil war, I have given slogans but in reality I was unaware about what is war and what is the preparedness required for that," he said. 
    Parrikar has been instrumental in giving a free hand to the army to retaliate to Pakistani aggression and this in turn has reaped results, even if for the short term. "You have noticed the impact of this liberty. Whenever there was attack on us, our brave soldiers have retaliated strongly. May be the surgical strike (in PoK) or firing at the line of border, Army has responded strongly, forcing the enemy to plead for peace. During last four days, there is no firing on the border," Parrikar said. 
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    Considering the times that we live in, Manohar Parrikar is and will remain the right hand man for Modi’s action plan in south-east Asia, especially against Pakistan.


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    If you have been playing Watchdogs 2 you must have come across a familiar plot, however, this time it is not in a video game as the hacking incident is actually true. The nightmare has finally taken over as the Silicon Valley and San Francisco’s rapid transit system called the ‘Muni Metro’ was hacked last Friday.
     The city’s transportation system was broken in with the hackers leaving a message ‘You Hacked, All Data Encrypted’ across all the transport computer screens around the city.  The message also included email addresses of Muni officials where people can “contact for the encryption key’.
    Due to this hacking incident, all transit fare gates malfunctioned and remained in the ‘open’ position, which resulted in fares that could not be charged. Since the problem has been persisting, the city started offering free rides to customers over the weekend until they could resolve the problem.
    Most of the ticketing machines displayed the message in bright red letters ‘Out of service’ and many of them had hand written notes stating ‘free entry’.
    All @sfmta_muni #Muni train machines are down. Investing the problem. All rides are free for now! pic.twitter.com/G2hfCZoT2T
    — Lisa Amin Gulezian (@LisaAminABC7) November 27, 2016 Muni’s email system was also greatly affected by the hack and employees were not sure whether they would be paid this week due to the hack.  We mostly get to see these kinds of hacking crimes depicted in movies and video games but the fact that it can be done in reality suggests that other public resources such as electricity and water that are controlled by computers can also be hacked.
    Scary world we live in, huh?
     


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    ‘Pink’, the movie which touched the hearts of everyone and sparked a sort of societal awakening, is crossing borders and making waves every where. The critically acclaimed movie has been selected for a special screening at the UN headquarters in New York and the film fraternity cannot stop gushing over this achievement. In fact, Big B took to Twitter himself to break the amazing news.
    T 2453 - 'PINK' invited for a special screening of the film at UN Head Quarters, in New York .. by Assitant Secretary General .. honoured ! pic.twitter.com/aWHOYt1RIS
    — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 25, 2016 Humbled. https://t.co/vBjhDGGW1t
    — Shoojit Sircar (@ShoojitSircar) November 26, 2016 A strong subject…a powerful message that needs to be spread! Congratulations Team @TheFilmPink https://t.co/ZaYmDSg176
    — Ronnie Screwvala (@RonnieScrewvala) November 27, 2016 The movie made a huge impact in the country as it pressed a major point about accepting ‘no’ as an answer from a woman, and respecting the meaning of what ‘consent’ actually meant. B-town needs to churn more movies like these which not only have left an impact, but have also educated the society for our own sanity. The movie starred Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead roles and was produced by ace filmmaker Shoojit Sircar.



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    Sometimes a blessing can turn into a dangerous curse, thanks to some people who tend to take offence at almost anything and everything under the sun. We live in a society where many women are discriminated against and often mistreated, so it’s only natural to make them feel safe and protected; but things turn awry when some women misuse those rights. These days it has become a trend to blame men and even society feels that whenever anything goes wrong, it’s the man’s fault. 
    This is exactly what happened with an Uber cab driver who was wrongly accused of misbehaving with a woman passenger, and the matter could have turned worse had this girl not come forward to support the guy. Himani Jain, a resident of Mumbai took an Uber cab after office. She was sharing the cab with another woman who suddenly started abusing and yelling at the innocent driver for no good reason. 
     
    Himani feels that there was some miscommunication between the two, but the woman’s reaction was totally uncalled for. The driver on the other hand, sat calmly and did not say anything disrespectful to the woman. Himani even went to the police station that night to give her statement in support of the cab driver. These days when most of us try to save ourselves first and prefer to stay away from anything that’s controversial, this girl showed a great deal of courage and thanks to her, that man’s career and life was saved. She even thanked the Mumbai police for understanding the situation. 
    Off late, we have heard stories of women being raped or assaulted at the hands of cab drivers, hence it’s easy for people to believe that it’s always the driver’s fault. While some men do indulge in wrong activities, not every guy is bad and falsely accusing someone is just not done. Please a note ladies, don’t misuse the rights given to you!



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    Japan is a crazy yet magnificent place. From eating everything that walks or breathes to cutting edge technology, Japan never ceases to surprise. As Christmas nears, Dominos Japan has done away with the traditional delivery boys and brought in some reindeers. Yes, reindeers who pull Santa’s buggy will now be delivering hot pizzas.
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    The reindeers will of course be trained and will most probably be accompanied by a delivery boy or a tamer. The animal will be GPS fitted too, so that the customers can track their orders in real time. Japan’s expecting harsh winters this year and this move makes sense as the reindeers are the fastest snow walkers. The trials are on and it’ll be fun to follow this news.


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    “Ranbir and Ranveer together, can you handle it?” goes Ranveer Singh in the beginning of the episode and that kinda gives you a good idea on what’s to follow. Trust Karan Johar to get the right people on that couch. Ranveer Singh and Ranbir Kapoor were like a house on fire and it would be unfair to not compile this list of best moments from the episode! 
    1.The show started with Karan Johar rehearsing his lines in the studio and Ranbir Kapoor & Ranveer Singh tearing him apart in the green room. Ranveer Singh took a million dollar dig at ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ and Ranbir followed it up by picking up a shoe and threatening to throw it at Karan Johar.
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    2.When the tables turned and the two left Karan Johar speechless by shamelessly hitting on him. “You’re like a Ken doll,” said Ranveer. “Let’s change his clothes”, he added.
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    3.While most celebrities prefer giving out politically correct statements about their personal life, it was a refreshing change to hear Ranbir Kapoor admit that being single sucks and that it can get boring and sad.
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    4.Ranbir Kapoor went on to say he disapproves of porn because it messes up one’s *** life but ended up revealing he watched it just last night!
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    5.The kissing round was a laugh riot. Ranbir and Ranveer kissed, well almost assaulted, Arjun Kapoor in this segment over some very explosive revelations. Just FYI, Ranbir has slept with his friend’s girlfriend, and Ranveer Singh has been a part of a threesome. The funniest part was Arjun Kapoor having to choose which one out of the two was the better kisser.
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    6.Of course, Shah Rukh Khan’s comment on Ranveer’s underwear being padded in ‘Befikre’ was mentioned. Let’s just say, Ranveer Singh owned the coffee hamper just with that one answer. 
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    7.Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh kinda lost it while copying Hrithik’s steps from ‘Ek Pal Ka Jeena’. Katrina Kaif’s ‘Chikni Chameli’ was also revisited. But what really stole the show was their dance on Sunny Deol’s ‘Yaara Oh Yaara’.
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    8.We’re great fans of double meaning Bollywood songs so it’s a given that Ranveer Singh telling us a new one makes it to the list of best moments from the episode. Here’s the song, in case you’ve never heard it already!
    Ranveer and Ranbir really set the bar too high with this one! 


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