Monthly Archives: October 2013
BMW has recently unveiled their all new vehicle, the 2-series. The 2-series was initially known as the 1-series coupe. It follows BMW’s traditional naming conventions where all 2-door versions(coupes and convertibles) start with an even number while sedans and SUV’s start with an odd number. The 2-series coupe shares its underpinnings with the recently launched 1-series hatchback and as...
A swipe across the screen and our worlds light up. Without our smart phones, tablets and i-pads, we would be lost in this constantly blogging and tweeting world. Most of us have stronger relationships with our phones than we do with our partners! :D
The technology that makes all this so breathtakingly simple is perhaps one of the biggest breakthroughs...
Harbhajan Singh, after successfully tricking the batsmen with his googlies, is now all-ready to mesmerize the cinema-goers. He is up to act in his first ever movie stint. The 33 year old has donned the 'Khaki vardi' for his debut movie and features is a cameo in the upcoming Punjabi film, 'Bhaji in Problem'. In the trailers, he's seen...
Everyone thinks they can be a smart a*s. Well you know what? It's an art. So if you want to use sarcasm you'd better learn to wield it like a goddamn straight razor if you want it to make an impact. I've made a list of what I consider to be the seven types of sarcasm based on mood and...
The sight of those gloomy faces, inability to make an eye contact with anyone, eyes which close instantly in daylight, mouth covered with handkerchiefs sends chill down the spine and makes us wonder about the truth which we all seem to ignore since we are satisfied and happy with our lives.
Welcome to the dark world which has no escape...
Neil Patrick Harris plays the role of Barney Stinson on the hit show How I Met Your Mother. Barney is a 30-something year old Manhattan womaniser who's trademark is that he is always wearing a suit. Do you know why he always wears a suit? Well suit up and let's find out!
Barney Stinson is a member of the How...
Cinema and Censorship
Films being censored is an everyday phenomenon and at the same time is quite controversial. In the context of our country, it is mandatory for every film to obtain a clearance certificate from the censor board of India. However, there is always a fuss created about the decision of the board editing certain scenes or the television...
A joke had been circulated regarding which one would be the first to reach the hundred mark: the rupee, onions or petrol. I guess that we all have the answer now. It is onions. On 22nd October 2013, the onion prices in Bhopal and Patna touched the Rs. 100 mark bringing tears into the eyes of housewives, both, literally...
Earlier this year the Goa government decided not to give licenses to new floating casinos on the Mandovi river, potentially foregoing millions of rupees in revenue for the exchequer. Goa currently rakes up Rs 100 crores in taxes per year from the gambling industry, and accounts for 95 percent of all legal gambling in the country. Sikkim and Daman...
The MPV segment has seen a large growth rate in the Indian market since monocoque MPV’s like the Maruti Ertiga were launched. In comparison to the traditional ladder frame construction monocoque are cheaper and have more car-like ride and handling. The Innova which was a huge success is unfortunately become quite expensive, so downward of 10lakhs buyers have no...
Instagram is fashion's latest muse. It has now become kind of a visual twitter. Fashion has always been a fast-paced industry. Over the last few years, blogs and social media have kicked the accessibility of the fashion world into high gear. It has become the go-app for fashion's VIP's. It's a great way to generate a buzz.
No surprise, that...
The growth in the number of nutrition safety programs by central and state governments has only resulted in the growth in the number of malnutrition in India. So what if we are second in population, at least we top the malnutrition list!
The need of the hour is to convert the green revolution into an “EVERGREEN REVOLUTION”. To strike the...
The pre-war economy of Japan was a Socialist economy and the country was ruled by an emperor up to WW2. After WW2 it started to lean towards a mixed market economy until what it is today. Although its government is Socialist it is leaning towards a mixed market economy. It is like this because almost all businesses are run by private corporations or...
It's unpleasant to think about, but imagine what would happen if you drove your car into a brick wall at 65 miles per hour (104.6 kilometers per hour). Metal would twist and tear. Glass would shatter. Airbags would burst forth to protect you. But even with all the advancements in safety we have on our modern automobiles, this would...
In 1981 MTV "Music Television" was introduced on cable television and revolutionized rock marketing. Just as FM radio had superseded the hit-oriented AM format, music videos, produced as mini-movie advertisements for songs, became essential to a performer's popularity. Early in the decade, the British group the Police was one of the first to combine a progressive sound with polished...
There is a fascinating point made on the very first page of Howard Goodall's snappily written journey through 40,000 years of music. Until the late 19th century, he writes, even the most devoted music lover might only hear their "favourite" piece three or four times in his or her life. And yet now, it's possible to download a comprehensive...
The fashion and the art world have always gone hand in hand but as Vogue, India said, “Never before has the synergy of art and fashion been as dynamic and dramatic as the present.” Since my passion for art is second only to that for fashion, I have listed down a few of my favourite art movements below. These...
“All my life, I have had a dream of playing cricket for India. I have been living this dream every day for the last 24 years.”
Perhaps there is no record in cricketing (particularly batting) that has been denied the name of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. It is not a joke to be called the God of Cricket. It was not...
Start of topic of discussion. Oprah Winfrey’s last show? Edward or Jacob? Lindsay Lohan’s drinking addiction. How many times do we come across topics which do not make sense? How many times do these topics actually create a difference in the very existence of our being?
Enough times to make us delete them from our mental hard disks.
It’s everybody’s mentality...
"In the winter that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm, and yet not so close as to cause perspiration. In the summer, it's directly in the path of a cross-breeze created by opening windows there and there. It faces the television at an angle that is neither direct, thus discouraging conversation, nor so far wide...
On the afternoon of 2 March 2013, the forest staff of Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary sighted an ailing sub-adult tigress. The tigress was observed to be struggling to walk and was found to be hopping instead of the normal striding motion used by tigers. To determine the problem affecting the tigress and treat the same it...
'Capable and Highly Regarded officers and business leaders cannot be made scapegoats of mere suspicion and misconstrued actions' - Naina Lal Kidwai.
The key to sustaining economic growth and promoting development is good governance and quality decision making.
In the recent past, we have been witness to some very unfortunate developments. We find that cases are being registered against top bureaucrats...
The thing about a good old melody is, it makes you want to be part of that era. I have often seen that the our generation today is totally untouched with the beauty that the songs of 40s, 50s and 60s hold. So here I am, bringing to you a compiled list of my ten of Bollywood’s “Black and...
When Snow White was given her ubiquitous name due to her pearlescent complexion, it was meant to highlight how her pale skin made her “the fairest in all the land.” Her pure complexion caused the evil and vain Queen to try and kill Snow White, and gave her a sweetness that allowed for the huntsman, seven dwarfs, and prince...
New York Fashion Week had a lot to offer this time, as a huge number of designers came up with innovative concepts and put up collections with a large variety of colours, prints, silhouettes and styles. What it did lack was diversity in terms of the models used. With a majority of models being white, very few being black,...
