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Mi Band Tiny Useful Gadget or Just a Shiny Toy? Fitness trackers have been around a while now; may not be so in the Indian market but the market in general. Whenever you hear the word fitness tracker you instantly have a few phrases in your mind. Yes, right, they are how much I run or how much I walk etc. This nifty little band does that and more. Some might say it misses a few punches and I would say ‘Yes, even the best of us do’. Now enough of catchy phrases, let’s get down to the Has and Has Not. Under the shiny surface: Battery type: lithium-polymer battery Synchronization: Bluetooth 4.0 Water resistance level: ІР67 i.e. protection against dust and water immersion up to 1m and for up to 30 minutes. (Yeah, it can hear you sing in the shower without bothering you) The total weight: 5.0g Battery capacity: 41mAh Operating temperature range: -10С – 50С Surface Length of the bracelet: 225mm Material of the fastener: aluminium alloy Adjustable length: 157mm-...
 Friends, Ships and Life As Google would tell you ‘Friendship” is the state of being friends or a relationship between friends. Now that would lead would what is/are Friends. I can write the definition from a dictionary or Google and be done with it but that would not be the point now would it. I don’t know why but I feel lost while writing this. It feels like I don’t know where to start or whom to start with. Or its just the last few months that has rattled me and I have gone blank. I rather will start with the questions that are plaguing my mind. Who are your friends? What is friendship? What are they for? What do they want from you? What are you to them? Are you dispensable or indispensable to them? Why do they have double standards when it comes to friendship? Are there rules to everything in life? Does friendship also come with a conditions apply tag? Is there nothing in life that comes without conditions? Friends, some have many most have a few and very few have n...
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‘Holy S***! What the hell am I doing here?’ These were the exact words of mine which I inadvertently blurted out, loud enough for a large section of people to turn their heads around. The trek to Parashar was supposed to be an easy one. Well, it was easy alright! Especially when we were all back safe and sound at our homes moaning and grunting when we had to twitch an inch. Goddamn it! These stairs to my room don’t seem to end.  Anyone heard of Murphy’s Law? Well, if you consider yourself a movie buff or have at least the slightest sense of Nolan’s movies, you might as well know about it. For all the others out there, it’s a simple fact.  "Anything that can go wrong, Will go wrong."  It can be loosely termed as Karma. Before I go any further, I would like to go in the reverse direction and back in time. (How I wish it would have been possible literally!) Being a simple and a very reserved person, I was never a very outgoing person. I would prefer to keep m...