Monthly Archives: July 2015
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!
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Minions are everywhere! Baboi! HAHAHAHAHA
Jennifer Lawrence and her singing skills are everything!
https://youtu.be/kRwjr8AxoRY
The way JKR told off a Serena Williams hater. We don't call her the...
The biggest and perhaps, the most costly mistake we have or will make in our lives is taking things, feelings, people around us, even ourselves, for granted. It is because of these unattentive, maybe unintentional gestures that the most precious elements of our lives disappear. As they say, the unexpected hurts the most.
To gain a bit insight into what...
What is Text Speak?
LOL, dnt u knw wht txt spk iz?
The above set of letters strung together, definitely leads you to the definition of ‘Text Speak’. Urban Dictionary describes it as “the process of shortening words and adding numbers to a text message, to make it "cooler". This form of text messaging is highly annoying and can also...
Considering how we, as fellow commuters, have many a times turned a blind eye to those who may be in trouble in our attempt to reach a particular destination on time, it has often come as a sharp prick on the conscience on spotting someone else offering a helping hand to somebody we might have passed just a couple...
These heads you see everyday,
Don’t they go on increasing day by day?
Every nook and corner of India is a clear display of increasing population.
Whether you’re in a bus, road, hospital, airport or railway station.
For the second most populous country of the world is India.
Why it is so? Let’s move to the causes’ trivia.
We people have so much love...
Thanks to the visionary directors with an excellence in the technical side, there were movies in Hollywood since 1980s that took the visual effects and computer graphics ahead by miles. Production houses had second, third and ‘n’ number of sequences to a movie, making one movie into a movie franchise.
It is all appreciable but when the movies reappear with...
Howdy guys!
This week on Friendly Fridays we have with us, none other than, Ms. Upasana Makati!
Yes, you guessed it right she is the mastermind behind India's first English Lifestyle magazine in Braille.
She is the founder and publisher of 'White Print Magazine' who is based in Mumbai. And trust me, you, we had so much fun interacting with her!
So here's...
"The darkest thing about Africa always has been our ignorance of it."
- George Kimbley
This is what the case has always been like. We don't know Africa for what it is, we've known only sides of it. Some of them picturesque, some heart-breaking. None of them depicting what Africa's urban reality is. A more than valid reason for this -...
Back in Time is ED's 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 1877.
Wimbledon, Monday, 09 July: The world’s first lawn tennis championship went underway in Wimbledon, London...
Driving is an art but driving while obeying the traffic rules is paying homage to this great art.
Remember the first theory class in your driving school, where the instructors taught you signs and the general road rules? Well, here, we're on the same lines but just putting out there some quirky driving rules which I'm sure most of you haven't...
"Woh kehte hai yeh tera desh nahi, phir kyun mere desh jaisa lagta hai ... woh kehta hai main us jaisa nahi, phir kyun mujh jaisa woh lagta hai" -Veer Zara
Kaman post is one of the highest military posts in India. It is located at Uri, Kashmir. The beauty of this place is witnessing the Barter system that happens...
The second edition of the Indian Super League is back this October to make the entire nation go ‘Let’s Football’ all over again and the build up to this year’s edition looks promising as ever.
With most clubs making big announcements regarding their marquee coaches and players, it’s time to turn our attention to the Indian heroes as of now...
The constant tug-of-war between those who are “neat and tidy” and those who are “practically living in a jungle” becomes unpleasant for both the parties. And if you are on the cleaner side of the house, then there are a lot of things you may wish to fiddle around with, because, well, living with an untidy person is not...
Be it Salman Khan, net neutrality, Modi's save the girl child campaign or Nepal's earthquake. All of these became popular conversations in every nook and corner given the media hype around it. We all took to the streets protesting for/against Salman Khan, signing petitions and raising funds for the Nepal earthquake relief and talking about how Arvind Kejriwal's wifi...
Its 7 a.m. in the morning and the alarm goes. Ah! I want to go back to sleep. No work please! Many of us get that feeling, don’t we? (For those of you who don’t, believe me you guys are really lucky).
We have everything. A house, a car, food, clothes and plus we earn on an average a whopping 10-30...
Anchor: Heyy hello and welcome to the show FaltuKiNews where we showcase the pretentious news making actions of our country and make them look heroic. Today we have the news making rock star, the CEO of Selfie Solutions with us. Hello sir.
CEO: Namaste.
Anchor: So sir, the nation wants to know what the secret of success of the Selfie Solutions...
Want to learn a new language? For free? At your own pace? And within the confines of the four walls of your cosy dorm?
Well, well, well! Holler no more! DuoLingo is the answer to your queries.
Named ‘iPhone App of the Year 2013’ and ‘Google’s Best of the Best on Google Play ’13 and ‘14’, this app is revolutionizing learning...
Everyone who has ever been to Delhi has never ever gone back without singing praises about its food. From the sky-high priced restaurants of South-Delhi to the local hawkers of West-Delhi, a foodie with any budget can find a plethora ways to satisfy his taste buds. Rightly said, Delhi is a Foodie’s Paradise.
Street Food Cravings:
This city is filled with...
Distribute candles during the scary power cuts. I am sure you must have witnessed many!
After all, only mufflerman can come to our rescue, now that Kamal and Hi 5 are nowhere near the accessible and 'acceptable' area.
Keep the rescue boats and the team ready if there's water logging during the monsoon season. We surely need Kejriwal to save...
“For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.” -Rahul Gandhi
What is on his mind? Does he stand by what he believes in? Read on to know his latest move in favour of his party and the country.
The event
On the...
We are all familiar with the fear of Taxonomical Nomenclature a.k.a. long scientific names… But if you chill and think about it, a lot of these names sound like something from J.K.Rowling’s International Best seller series: Harry Potter. Don’t see it yet? Here is a small demo…
1. Passer Domesticus – House sparrow – Dumbledore found a new way to send...
China is one nation which will never fail to engulf us. Every now and then, we keep hearing about some or the other creative solutions provided to us by the Chinese. But their most rip-roaring tale is in the Technology sector.
Yes, China is a home to one of the biggest tech companies.
One of these includes the colossal company about...
Since the Arjun-Ranveer duo made their crazy appearance on Koffee with Karan, the nation is drooling over them. And when these two handsome hunks took to hosting IIFA, here's what happened in Malaysia, marking yet another of their splendid awesomeness.#1- They said don’t miss the beginning!True to their words the beginning was a typical Bollywood recipe trailer. A trailer...
Move over passwords and PINs for verifying online transactions, it’s time to embrace yourself because the new verification process is here to stay. Selfies!
MasterCard is trying out a new method of paying bills online. One would no longer have to remember pass-codes since a blink of the eye would be enough to do the same.
And given that the move...
The much awaited victory for Chile
After long ninety nine years, Chile finally gets to kiss the Copa America winner’s cup, and it is indeed a time for celebration for all football fans. Though not as crowd pulling and star studded as Argentina and Brazil, Chilean football has carved a niche across the century and the long wait has ended...
