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Potterheads…. Unite! Written under a nom de plume, J.K Rowling Robert Galbraith is back with another tale in the lives of detective duo Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott after bestsellers ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ and ‘The Silkworm.’ Galbraith’s ‘Career of Evil’ hit the Indian bookshelves last week and yours truly, true Potterhead that he is, rushed to order one online...
Hi, folks! ED is back with a new chapter of Friendly Fridays. This week we have with us our quintessential bachelor, very popular, wittily hilarious, not so serious, Cyrus Sahukar. An actor, a VJ  and also a stand-up comedian, on talking to Cyrus, we realized how spontaneous and fun he is. His take on life is admirable and keeps him at his tactful...
By Priyansu Ganguly DreamLab  is an app like no other. Its stuns me to realize that idle processing power under fully charged conditions of your smartphone could be used for something as humbling as cancer research!! Wait, what?? You heard me right, this beauty crunches phone data when fully charged and feeds them to The Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia, where...
Why have we differentiated ourselves on the basis of caste and religion? We at ED felt the need to raise the topic and thus initiated to celebrate the Brotherhood Week. We did a poster series to mark ED's Brotherhood Week. Have a look! 1. Let's celebrate festivals together and spread more joy: Let us all uplift the veil between Hindus and Muslims and celebrate...
By Vedant Kabra ‘Crazy’ is purely a relative term. What YOU find crazy, I may not, and vice versa. Well, for starters, I’m Hrithik Roshan’s (self proclaimed) biggest fan ever. The first film I ever watched was Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, when I was 3 years old. And it was then that my tryst with Hrithik began. As a 3 year...
DISCLAIMER: This is a stereotypical post. Any offense, if inflicted, was entirely unintended. Mother India shelters people of all sorts. The subcontinent is literally the most colorful cocktail of humans you will find. And each of her daughters (the political states) are unique in their own way. For all our diversity, we stand united - no matter how much we say...
  In Sports, history is made every day. Here are the top stories of the past week: » South Africa win ODI series as well » Goa on top of Indian Super League table » Manchester City top of EPL table » WTA Finals Singapore starts today   Cricket: The Proteas beat India in the 5 match ODI series. Four and a half years ago,...
  The Gandhi-Mandela Freedom cricket series between South Africa and India is underway, with the T20 and ODI series all wrapped up already. To the utter disappointment of Indian fans, the Proteas have won both the series.     Here is a look at the ODI series:   The First Match The start of the ODI series brought with it a new hope. It was a chance...
We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood. -Lyndon B. Johnson   Be it the Syrian refugee tragedy, Israel - Palestine standoff or countries competing to nuke each other out, there is a pressing need for the world to be united as one big international brotherhood. Borders and nations were devised for better...
Remember the time when you were travelling to someplace new and you had given in to the powers of Google Maps, but this being who claims to know everything led you somewhere else, instead of the place you wanted to? Haw Google! You clever little being who just knows how to show-off! Can you guess the knight in shining armour who...
Continuing from Part 1, let us now see the following aspects of the proposed GST regime - 7)     Proposed GST Model in India – http://picoolio.net/images/2015/10/25/image013bbb19.png Dual GST with two concurrent components – Central GST to be levied and collected by the Centre and State GST to be levied and collected by the States. On intra-State supplies of goods or services in India –...
Welcome again to my weekly desi take on the top news and trends of this past week. Yes, people say stupid stuff, and some go ahead and DO even more ire inviting stuff. My goal is to be unbiased to their degree of stupidness and bring to you the top 3 mentions of the week that can induce a migraine even in the...
Merely weeks after unveiling iOS 9, on October 21, Wednesday, Apple rolled out its first substantial update to it, iOS 9.1. The update comes with a handful of enhancements and bug fixes seeding to the users, anxiously anticipating this update since the beta version has been out. So, here is why you should quickly grab this latest iUpdate. The iOS 9.1...
India is going through a phase of cynicism. While the Government wants to showcase the latent force of India’s economic might, it has not been fully able to translate its intention into visible reality. A complete overhaul of the present indirect taxation structure would surely display this resolve. Let me present you how the Goods and Services Tax (GST) can change...
Lord Ayyappa Vavar mosque and Sabarimala Temple Do scriptures, myths or histories back up religious violence and riots? Of course not. Actually they show how interconnected Indian religions are. Here is the story of Lord Ayyappa (also known as Shastha, Manikanthan or Sastavu) residing in Sabarimala (mount of Sabari), Pathanamthitta district in Kerala. What makes this deity special is that, before visiting Lord Ayyappa...
Today’s motion: THBT Parents should have the right to impose their religious identities upon their children. Parents should indeed have the right to impose their religious identities on their children, i.e. those of age below 18. By “parents” we refer to sane people and not those deemed mentally unfit by global judicial and medical standards. Why? For one, it is their parents...
Question: What do Goddess Durga, Winnie the Pooh and Jacky Shroff have in common? Answer: A Tiger. Personally, I love tigers. Their mesmerizing eyes, their majestic gait, their beautifully patterned stripes, and the striking poise of their face – no matter what their mood, the ferocity, strength and grace of their feline body – especially when they prey, the love with...
নমস্কার!!! It's Bengali season, loved ones! With the auspicious days of Durgotsava having ended with a gorgeous Durga Pooja ceremony whose magnificence only heightens every year all over the country, we at ED are super-excited! Bengali Durgotsava is a fine example of internal brotherhood. Where I come from, all the people of a community - irrespective of origins - organize/attend/dance in...
This week on Friendly Fridays we have with us the very talented and bubbly Sana Khan. She is a known and very popular actor, model and dancer. Talking to Sana, we realised how cheerful, friendly and full of life she is. We found out about her likes and asked her some quirky questions. We truly believe she lives up to her nickname 'Sardar'...
Meet Madan Lal Lohiya. He lives in Titarpur village, near Tagore Garden. He is 58 and has been making Raavan effigies for more than 40 years now. He is proud of what he does and he proudly told me that his shop ‘New India Raavan waale’ even imports Raavan effigies to Australia. Do you see that tiny Raavan effigy there? That is crafted...
What do you expect from a movie which has the Haider superstar "Shahid Kapoor", the Highway beauty "Alia Bhatt" and the queen director "Vikas Bhal"? Fun for sure, lasting impact of course and a story, like obviously? Shandaar is a fun-fun and more fun movie, it has so much fun that they themselves forgot to write a story. The movie starts with...
Dussehra is marked as a festival in which we celebrate the victory of good over evil. Lord Rama slayed the devil Raavan and proved that evil forges a tornado but goodness battles in a straight line and wins for sure! We at ED went around asking people about a point in their life where good defeated evil. The responses we got...
On 19th October, 2015; The Department of Commerce, Hans Raj College hosted its annual panel discussion, E-Talk: where revolutionaries plot the future. The panelists, Mr Alok Vaish (CFO, Yatra.com), Mr. Rohit Chawla (Founder, iLabs and shopsberry.com) and Mr. Umang Kumar (President, Cardekho.com and Co-Founder, Gaadi.com) talked about the current start-up ecosystems in India. I found this to be an inspiring spectacle for the...
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals of India. Apart from being a religious festival for the Hindus, it is also an occasion for reunion and rejuvenation, and a celebration of traditional culture and customs. While the rituals entails ten days of fast, feast and worship, the last four days - Saptami,...
Steven Spielberg is one of the world’s most decorated film directors. With films like Jaws, E.T, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park and Lincoln in his impressive resume, any Spielberg film is a must on a film-buff’s weekend plans. Bridge of Spies, Spielberg’s latest takes one of the most famous stories of the Cold War and reimagines it...

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