Diary Facts

We are nearing the second week of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year. With most of the top players rubbing US Open off their schedule due to various reasons and other top seeds are struggling, This year's US Open draw is yawning open. What are all might be the reason for this struggle?  Final major of the year- US Open Injury: After playing awfully a lot, it is common for the players to feel fatigue. The gruelling three season is making the players tired or leaving them injured for the final season. Top players like Rafa Nadal have already spoken about how tight the schedule is and how difficult it is for the players to stay fit while travelling around the world for the sport. Rafa at a press conference Change in technique: Ever since the heavy wooden racquet was replaced by light graphite racquets, the tennis became a game of strength and power. Rather than hitting a ball with a flat stroke and driving it only forward, Players started to hit the ba

When I was a student, all I knew was that India was a secular country and we have different rights. I also grew up believing it. When I came out and had this exposure called social media, I first was excited to share my thoughts, learn new things, and be an extrovert. Now, I'm afraid of sharing my thoughts because I know I'm going to be questioned, degraded by one or the other. I saw someone expressed their thought about particular actor's movie. she was abused verbally with words, most of which I'm unheard of. I was taken aback. I never knew that the line between "right to speak" and "abuse someone" can be taken easily. I was worried that many don't realize the fact that everybody has their own opinion and it has to be respected even though it is different than ours. I'm spiritual and I believe in God but that doesn't mean I'm a keen follower of the caste system. I'm just neutral. I always admired

India v Australia at the Derby, the second semi finals was delayed by the rain and once the cover was taken off, the match was cut short to 42 overs each with not more than two bowlers bowling 9 overs. India won the toss and without any second thoughts, they chose to bat. Australia's captain and the world no. 1 batter Meg Lanning returned to the team replacing the stand in captain Rachael Haynes.  1. The Toss: Playing in their favorite ground, where they won all their 4 matches , India was running high on confidence coming from an empathic win against the White Ferns. How crucial was the toss? When Meg Lanning had no idea about what she would have chosen if she won the toss, India's skipper Mithali Raj was confident of batting first may be because all the four matches they played in Derby,  they batted first and they won it all. Batting first was the right choice. 2. The Approach: When India lost badly to the Southern Stars in their group stages, they were hug

The increasing rate of homelessness is a major concern for the Los Angeles. The people were struggling to find a solution for it. While everyone was only talking about it, these 12 school girls from the San Fernando high school of California took the effort.  The girls always wanted to do something for the high rising numbers of homelessness which touched almost 36% that year. Belonging to lower middle-class family themselves, financially helping the homeless were ruled out. They wanted to do something different. The girls belong to a Nonprofitable Organisation called DIY girls which aim to inspire girls to pursue careers in engineering, math, science.  After receiving a $10,000 grant from the  Lemelson-MIT Program , the team got to work figuring out how to create a solar-powered tent and what that means exactly. Firstly, They had many ideas finally everyone agreed with the tent. They didn't know coding, printing, sewing or...to cut in short- They knew nothing. 

This Wimbledon wasn't as best as the previous years considering the retirements, injuries all happening, here are the ten things which caught my eyes this year.  1. Major Retirements and Injuries: This Wimbledon saw record retirements with 7 players retiring in the first round and later it was Novak Djokovic who retired in the quarter finals against Tomas Berdych. There were quite a lot of injuries for the players. Andy Murray was down with injury also, the Wimbledon Runner Up Marin Cilic has to go through an injury in the finals.  2. Huge fine implied on two players: The Wimbledon also saw two players, who are the future of the tennis were fined for their on court behavior.  Bernard Tomic who faked an injury against Kei Nishikori was fined heavily and made the headlines for his casual comments and its response. (read the full post here:  https://goo.gl/riaMqK  ) Daniil Medvedev who knocked Stan Wawrinka out of the tournament didn't do all well the