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                                              St. John in the Wilderness, Mcleodganj St. John in the Wilderness is an Anglican church dedicated to John the Baptist built in 1852, located near Dharamshala, India, on the way to McLeodGanj, at Forsyth Gunj. Set amidst deodar forest, and built in neo-Gothic architecture, the church is known for its Belgian stained-glass windows donated by Lady Elgin (Mary Louisa Lambton), wife of Lord Elgin.  
Premium Tatkal: A step by Railways. I have been through this blog writing about dynamic pricing in Indian Railways. My logic is simple. Someone who can plan a journey 60 days in advance and someone who needs to travel on an urgent basis - both have a right to travel on Indian Railways. To have a transportation system in the country which says that you can use it only if you can plan 60 days in advance is downright rotten. Further, that those who can plan 60 days in advance should be given so much subsidy to thank them for their ability to plan that there is no money left to expand the transportation system is absolutely regressive. We then build a system wherein the benefit of this subsidy often goes to touts and other middlemen, and not to the traveling public. Furthermore, while one can perhaps argue in favor of subsidy in non-AC classes of travel on the basis that they are used a lot by the poor (though this can be argued only if you define 98% of Indians as poor), no such a
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DOG Playing football
Intersteller : The best Science fiction movie of the Decade. A must watch. Interstellar  is a 2014  epic   science fiction film  directed by  Christopher Nolan . Starring  Matthew McConaughey ,  Anne Hathaway , Jessica Chastain , and  Michael Caine , the film features a team of space travelers who travel through a  wormhole  in search of a new habitable planet. It was written by  Jonathan Nolan  and Christopher Nolan; Christopher combined his idea with a script developed by his brother in 2007 for  Paramount Pictures  and producer  Lynda Obst . He produced the film with Obst and his wife,  Emma Thomas . Theoretical physicist  Kip Thorne , whose work inspired the film, acted as scientific consultant and executive producer. Warner Bros. , which produced and distributed some of Nolan's previous films, negotiated with Paramount for a financial stake in Interstellar .  Legendary Pictures , which formerly partnered with Warner Bros., also sought a stake. The three companies co-fin
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Pulse Oxyimeter A good device to have when travelling to hill stations.

Interesting You tube videos.

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Gold Cooker. See the video to belive.