Monthly Archives: November 2015
This week on Friendly Fridays we have with us Pernia Qureshi, Founder of http://PerniasPopUpShop.Com .
She is one of India's leading style icons and fashion entrepreneurs. She has worked as a stylist with Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Conde Nast in New York and New Delhi. She is also a trained dancer and an actor.
We met Pernia at the Femina Power Awards 2015 where she...
From a rough day at work to acing the interview that gives you chills, from first date night to trolling the first ‘rishta’ at home, from “I can’t do engineering, Dad” to “She’s a Christian, Mom”, proposing to breaking-up, pre-exam rejuvenation to last exam celebration, beer has condoned more than one could ask for.
However, Beer and Engineers have a...
It’s all over the news that processed meat can potentially cause cancer in your future years. And my vegetarian friends can’t help but point this out to me since I’m a non-vegetarian.
But, according to studies, there are many so called “100% vegetarian” food items which DO contain some traces of non vegetarian stuff.
They may not cause cancer but the...
Today is World Toilet Day. It is an international UN day
According to UN, 1 billion people still defecate in the open. Open defecation is one of the main reasons why India reports the highest number of diarrhoeal deaths among children under the age of 5.
Indians, mainly men, do not think even once before pissing in the public. It’s like the...
Jason Statham, a.k.a. Transporter, is one of the best action heroes out there. He exemplifies a bada** person. He is someone with whom you don’t want to mess. His stare, alone might be enough for your b**** to curl up your sack and never see another light of day.
Here are 5 movies of Jason Statham you simply cannot miss:
Revolver
With...
CHANGING SOCIETIES
Everyone agrees, India is changing. Globalization has slowly begun to dissolve and reshape Indian society, especially in the metros. The joint family could only survive so long.
On one hand we have the lucky few- people who are financially secure with grown up children settled elsewhere who still visit regularly. They can afford to take care of themselves, with...
My life, My jeans.
When it comes to fashion, there are usually two widely differing stances (no, I’m not talking about the movie). One set of people will love fashion and the culture surrounding it, while the others will turn their nose up at it, calling it frivolous or unnecessary. These people often forget that even while they say they...
Ola Cabs has shown its altruistic attitude by running ferries to rescue stranded in the flooded areas of Chennai free of cost.
It all started with a tweet. Everything these days start with a tweet.
Someone, and definitely not a zimmedar-naagrik, on twitter joked about the Chennai floods. (Yes, people are that stupid; to joke on a disaster which has killed...
Slumber party action fading?
Let's play UNO.
Cousins reunion?
Let's play UNO.
He cheated on me with his ex.
We'll play her with draw-four.
Blankets? Check. Beer? Check. Ice cream? Check.
War? UNO!
No matter how scarred a childhood we've had, Uno has been that one constant companion who stood by us through thick and thin.
Here are a few things that playing Uno has silently enlightened us...
This World Toilet Day, November 19, join WaterAid India and Indian Ocean for the Sa Re Ga Ma Poo Concert at Nehru Park, New Delhi.
The evening will consist of some mind blowing performances by Indian Ocean and an opening performance by popular stand up comic Vikramjit Singh too.
WaterAid is an international charity established in 1981 which began it's work...
As a specie, us humans have come far and displayed our intelligence, establishing a dominant empire, proving that we are the superior creatures on the planet.
Yay us.
But there are some unexpected events, which can neither be predicted nor controlled by us.
Hostile aliens, zombies, super volcano, nuclear bomb, genetic super humans, etc. to name a few.
I know they sound highly...
The second attack on the Fashion Capital in less than a year. First Charlie Hebdo, now haphazard attacks. First because of "Mohammed" and now "Allahu Akbar". Something's definitely wrong when the "Jihadists" say that.
The word Jihad actually means struggle. Needless to say that it is being wrongly interpreted or maybe interpreted in a way they like to make the...
Welcome again to my weekly desi take on the top trends and news of this 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 most...
By: Priyansu Ganguly
November 2014 rolled in with newer hopes for Indian Football. With all the paparazzi, glam, glitz and money involved in the Indian Super League panning over a month, you can't help but restrict yourself for thoughts of a brighter, shinier Indian football.
With a nation where cricket is the godfather of all sports, in walks ISL, loaded...
I'm a Srivastava by birth and that makes me a Kayastha by caste.
Kayastha's are basically the descents of Lord Chitragupta.
The second day after Diwali is celebrated as Chitragupta Pooja. One day before we restrict ourselves from any form of writing and collect our pens and put them in our Mandir for pooja. After the Chitragupta pooja one finally starts...
This week on Friendly Fridays we have Akshar Pathak from Minimal Bollywood Posters & Tweetard fame.
With that, he needs no other introduction.
Let's begin this rendezvous with him on ED's Friendly Fridays.
Team ED: How would you describe the work you do to a stranger?
Akshar Pathak: I make fun stuff and put it up on the internet so that people can laugh about...
I'll be upfront. I have never really like Sooraj Barjatya's films. No, not even Hum Aapke Hain Kaun. And no, not even pretended to like them in case someone asked me at a wedding. This is why I entered the cinema hall with understandable trepidation, prepared to be either dulled out by Barjatya’s trademark Doordarshan-era Sanskaar or by some...
With the festive season having set in with all its zest and gaiety, gifts are an indispensable part of the celebration.
Besides the lousy gift ideas and unscrupulously recycling last year's gifts, we need to do away with the really drab packing styles.
Here, we have some insanely creative, simple and cheap packing ideas to complement each personality type in your...
Diwali is a time for celebration and joy. But it can be a very traumatic time for all the animals! Pets and strays are frightened by the fireworks and are highly sensitive and allergic to the accompanying smoke.
In a lot of cases, scared pet animals run out of their homes, never to be reunited with their owners.
This Diwali we...
After nearly 35 years of the most radical experiments in the field of social engineering, the woes of China seem nowhere close to dissipation. Only if they had learnt from India *phew*! As China reverts to the two-child policy, experts claim that this move may have come in a little too late for the third largest country in the...
I CAN’T BREATHE.
It was a week before Diwali. The lights weren’t even up yet. The mad rush to buy firecrackers had only just entered people’s minds. At 2 in the afternoon I had just deboarded the metro at Mohan Estate. I walked to the railings and squinted my eyes. It was so blurry. *cough*
I removed my glasses and wiped...
Using a celebrity to promote a car is a crapshoot.
Pick the right person and it can boost sales, create a buzz and bolster a brand.
Choose the wrong star and an automaker might throw away millions of dollars while alienating customers.
TV personality Mike Rowe for Ford is a match made in heaven, but singer Celine Dion for Chrysler proved to be...
We all want a financially secure future that sustains our lifestyle and helps us meet our financial commitments with confidence.
How else will we ensure constant up-gradations to the latest smart phone, laptop, fashion trends, gifts for girlfriends-boyfriends, that first new car et al?
A secure financial future, however, requires careful planning throughout and most of the experts agree that simple...
POLYGLOT: KNOWING OR SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
I think learning languages is fun.
I can’t say I’ve been very good at it though, the only languages I speak are English, Hindi, Swearing and Sarcasm.
Yes, there were 4 years of French in school. I even lived in Saudi Arabia without ever learning Arabic. My Urdu speaking grandmothers have given up on me. Then my failed...
Welcome again to my weekly desi take on the top trends and news of this 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 most...
