Monthly Archives: June 2015
With new apps releasing by the plenty and the smart phone’s presence in our day to day lives more than ever, we at ED are back with the a brand new Liv’ED It, our live testing series.
This time on the agenda is an app that relates to something that is essential to our day to day functioning but sometimes...
Why do students do summer internship? Isn’t summer just about chilling and enjoying the two months of holiday that you get from your tight schedules in colleges?
I would like to use a quote to provide an answer for the above questions. We, the college going students do internships during every vacation because "life is a race, if you don’t...
Childhood is worth reminiscing over. We all have been through that phase when lives were simpler than they are now, when our happiness revolved only around the people that mattered, our parents and friends. And that was the simplicity of early life on Earth. However, as memorable and exciting childhood once was, it is even harder to let it...
The newest entrant to Potterverse is Eddie Redmayne who is all set to play the lead role in the Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The character he portrays, Newt Scamader is quite a mysterious protagonist and not much has been revealed about him. The only thing we know for now is that the movie will be based in the...
What drives us? What makes us cry at the loss of a single opportunity we thought could've changed our world? What makes us smile, even laugh, at every step we take towards betterment? What makes us loose sleep and that too with giddy smiles?
(Not talking about the nights we've stayed up to cram for semester papers, even those if...
Ever wanted an activity that lies at the intersection of fun, adventurous and exciting? But hey, travelling is a bummer. After all, who wants to spend 7 out of 12 hours travelling? River-rafting is a fun filled activity that checks most of these criteria.
This author went ahead, and Liv’Ed It for the readers.
The first thing to do is decide...
Bringing You Up To Date
Even if you live under a rock, you would have heard by now how US has legalized same sex marriage amidst much fanfare and understandably, a few orthodox objections (old habits die hard, you see?)
As we know from Alan Turing’s story and from the recently concluded season of Game of Thrones, homosexuality was deemed as...
The Copa America has been an enjoyable ride so far, with its own fair share of drama. With South American football known for its flare and tenacity, we sure haven’t been disappointed till now. With the tournament approaching the business end of the gala affair, we look at the two semifinals lined up for you in the coming 2...
Ever hesitated while saying your favourite designer’s name because it’s too hard to say? Well, we all have been through this.
Mispronouncing a fashion brand or a designer’s name has become our worst fear ever! Their spellings are pretty ambiguous and delusive. These names often trip off our tongues and make them the most embarrassing fashion faux-pas.
And if you’re wearing...
King of Instagram, Tony Stark without a purpose, Hugh Hefner with a beard and cards—No matter which way you define Dan Bilzerian, his way of life is one fantasized by many and hated by even more people. He continues to be, and will always be a polarizing figure. His unapologetic way of life gives vicarious pleasure to some, hints...
This one is for those who blindly believe in anything and everything. The most perfectly imperfect class of Homo sapiens, the Indians (no, not the Red Indians, the brown ones).
Here we’re going to discuss some very common mistakes that Indians commit.
I’m sure you will be able to relate to most of them.
In relation to women, they'll:
Talk about women...
Back in Time is a newspaper type column that reports an incident from the past as though it has happened just yesterday. It allows the reader to re-live it several years later, on the date it had occurred.
For this incident, we go back in time to 1914.
Sarajevo, Sunday, 28th June: On an official visit to Serbia, Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
There is always some good to some bad… So here are a few things we loved this week and few we wanted to shove.
If you think we missed something, do tell us in the comments!
Trend It
George RR Martin's parody Twitter account. You GoTta follow it!
Obama shuts down an immigrant heckler with a 'You're in my house' speech. So much sass...
1st Indian in space.
Rakesh Sharma.
1st Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest.
Bachendri Pal.
1st Indian to not bring home cooked food for a train journey.
Er…never mind.
Great people, all of them. Each belonging to that curious breed which would rather take the road less travelled than be average. Today, we have a new entrant to this club. He is the indomitable Satnam...
Who is this guy, anyway?
Once upon a time, a little prince was born to a wealthy king. They named him Lalit Kumar Modi. He was to inherit a most precious business of his grandfather’s: The Modi Enterprises, a promising empire already worth USD 5 Billion. As the prince grew up, he was groomed with the finest education in the Bishop Cottons School,...
The sun is so bright and hot. How much energy per second does it actually give out? How many litres of water can it boil? What does it use for fuel? Probably not coal or oil!
Someone has calculated that if the sun uses these kinds of chemical fuel, it can only burn for a few thousands years. Even by...
A language is never static. It is dynamic and rightfully so. In a world hit by globalization, it is not unimaginable that words of one language are present in the other languages. It is very difficult to identify a language which is 'pure'. Perhaps, the ‘impurity’ of a language gives us a sense of togetherness?
However, whatever the reason may...
Every creature that has breath in its lungs has equal right to life. And we, humans, being the 'superior' race must care for this life. This summer, apart from sitting in the Air-Conditioner sipping on a cooler, maybe move your hinds to put out two bowls of water and grain for stray animals and birds...Together, let's beat their heat.
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Well, it’s that time of the year again… when the young Indians, or more specifically, High School Pass outs are beat, traveling around country to find a preferable college seat. Yes, it is the ADMISSION SEASON. We have all been through it. And if you haven’t, be prepared. It’s not a cool summer breeze.
So I have been working towards...
The world had been gripped by the #STOPYULINFESTIVAL2015 campaign.
A festival where dogs and cats are pulled out of houses, physically abused, skinned and burned alive, and finally consumed by people in Southern China. Petitions after petitions had been created on online sites, and forwarded to people in the hope of bringing an end to this “festival”, and protecting our...
As part of the “International Sports Legends on Friendly Fridays” Campaign, ED chats up with 3 biggest names from the sporting world and this week we have with us, Badminton star, Jwala Gutta
Team ED: What motivated you to join Badminton as a professional?
Jwala Gutta: The minute I started playing, I decided in my heart that this is what I want...
Today, in 1983 India lifted the World Cup at the Lord's Cricket Ground. The Indian squad celebrates glorious 32 years and so do we.
Turning point of 1983 – India just managed to stay in the game and…Need I say anymore?
Defending 183 in 1983? It was almost impossible! But miracles do happen.
Vivian Richards the biggest hurdle walked back to the...
"D.E.M O'Cracy beloved husband of T.Ruth, father of L.I.Bertie, brother of Faith, Hope and Justice expired on 26 June"
- Times of India, Bombay Edition, 26th June 1975
For most of the Facebook and Instagram generation of kids today, an Emergency is anything ranging from a Blackberry falling down a toilet to missed flash sale at Marks & Spencer. For some...
What's String Theory? How does it explain the never-ending queries we hold against this universe? More important to us on a selfish level, how does it affect us?
Read on even if you're as interested as that little end of a string, about the string. I made a joke here.
String theory says that the point-like particles of particle we've known...
History is made everyday.
Theoretically it sounds as though I am just stating the obvious. But coming to the point, we are currently experiencing a landmark event in the history of the Earth: The Holocene Extinction Event or the Sixth Mass Extinction phase.
What is the Holocene Extinction?
The Holocene extinction event, also called the Sixth extinction, is the widespread, ongoing mass...
