Monthly Archives: February 2016
By Jinelle D'Souza
Emotional Intelligence (EI), is the ability of individuals to identify their own, as well as other people's emotions and to be able to differentiate between emotions. Not only be able to identify but to interpret and understand others emotions as well. By identifying them rightly, one can use that information to guide one's thinking, behaviour and actions....
By Jinelle D'Souza
What is EDM?
Electronic dance Music aka EDM is the kind of music mostly played in nightclubs, raves, and festivals by disc jockeys (DJs). EDM includes genres like techno, house, trance, hardstyle, drum and bass, dubstep, Metal House, trap, Jersey club and their respective subgenres.
The number of EDM events happening in India have been growing tremendously by every...
By Hitee Singh
A movie has so multiple factors which make it a cult or another run-of-the-mill. The director, the actor, the story, the characters, the cinematography, background score and for our Bollywood films, even the songs. Although the main focus for the movie’s success is based on the actor’s performance and the story.
Some may argue that the story is...
By Niharika Ghoshal
Arun Jaitley’s third Budget had a lot for the common man to chew on – some in his favour, some not quite. It incentivises you to buy a dream home, to save a bit more, but if you’re planning to buy a car, eat out and smoke a ciggy or two, Jaitley just put a spanner and...
By Siddharth Sharma
Ivy League is a sports league in North East America, whose participants are the top private colleges of North Eastern America, which also happen to be the top colleges in the world. Ivy League is synonymous to a league of the best colleges in terms of academics, selectivity in admissions and social elitism, the Eton of the...
By Deeksha Aggarwalla
Erotica- where to begin, when there are so many. I do not mean a specific book or series, I mean the genre, which has aroused enough curiosity to make non-readers, go online and store unheard books on their kindle and phone, and actually read them. Oh! And not boast about reading a book.
Literally, erotica means works of art and literature...
By Arpita Mahapatra
Leap Day has been much talked about. Like that annoying door ka rishtedaar who visits once in a blue moon steals your limelight and makes you wonder what you are doing with your life. Some people take it seriously as one more day added to your lifespan which you must make the most of, and with utmost...
By Dashmeet Kaur
Being a low-maintenance person, all I need is my pair of cosy pyjamas and a Who-cares-what-it-looks-like-I-love-this T-shirt that I have no reservations about staining with pizza. Listening to my girl pals talk about any upcoming plans to the mall for shopping is my definition of hell and on a completely different level of NOPE.
Hearing someone talk...
By Suryansh Upmanyu
Hey there Infantino ji!
Over here! We are calling from a tiny country called India (FIFA rank 162 if you can remember it like that). Congratulations on your appointment as the new FIFA president! Celebrations are in order! But we would still like you to go easy on the champagne (the one that you drink, not your fellow...
By Mehak Bahri
Imagine this; take an onion in your hand. It’s a simple round pink ball that seems to have many layers. Start peeling off those layers one by one and you are headed towards the core, and by the end of peeling, you’ll undoubtedly be in tears. This is the best metaphor that is used to describe what...
By Shubham Goswami
In 2008, the world was witness to the greatest catastrophe in economic history. The crash of September 2008 brought about the world’s biggest bankruptcies, pulled over 30 million people to unemployment and pushed many countries to the edge of insolvency. Trillions of dollars of wealth were lost. It was the Financial Crisis of 1929 revisited.
Let us take...
By Parnika Deora
Does the U.S want world peace or was it induced to believe so because of its own plan gone wrong? Did the Cold War give birth to Afghan Mujahideen and the Taliban?
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union went on from approximately 1947-1991. So, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the U.S saw...
By Kshiteeja Tomar
Almost all of us have played video games at some point in our lives and many of us still do. And it’s no shocker that video games and music have been nearly inseparable since a very long time. Music emphasizes the experience of the game. You have to agree: a muted game is not so much fun......
By Ayesha Bashir
Even though the movie- India Untouched- is set in 2007 it does not deviate much from the present scenario of our country when it comes to the CASTE SYSTEM.
However, I will have to admit that until I watched this documentary I couldn’t be sure as to how strongly the institution of religion and caste had its grasp...
By Preeti Kumari
Budget is the policy plan made every financial year, to be implemented. It can be called as the fuel put to run India’s growth story. We all remember 2014 elections and the majestic way in which present government came into power. What was the main catch of the whole electoral process- from campaign to voting? For me...
By Ayesha Bashir
1. Aedificatorophobia: Fear of builders.
Man, this guy will have to live on the streets!
2. Alliumphobia: Abnormal fear of garlic.
Why would you be scared of garlic, it will Julienne you to death? Okay sorry.. bad joke.
3. Antefamaphobia: The fear that people were talking behind you but stopped as you entered the room.
I think deep down, like deep deep...
By Richa Sharma
On 4th October 2015 at the 20th Busan International Film Festival, one movie made it's virgin screening and it received a standing ovation. But it took nearly five months for this movie to reach the commercial cinema, after tirade through the bureaucratic obstacles of politics, censorship, and hushed homophobia. Finally released in cinemas on 26th February 2016, Aligarh is a biographical drama based...
By Siddharth Sharma
Isabel Briggs Myers created 16 personality types based on the following 4 differences in people’s behavior. She wasn’t a psychologist as per se but her personality inventory is used by psychologists everywhere to generalize people’s behavior. I’ll be talking about them in a different way, a way that you can relate to each one of them. Have...
By Kshiteeja Tomar
As the mercury rises, our clothes drop off. With the advent of summers, people move to cotton and other light weight fabrics. And that is how it is supposed to be, right?
But!
What if... we take the unconventional path and start wearing wool in summers?!
Yes, wool. The ultimate warmth provider and a loyal protector from the cold. The fabric that...
By Parnika Deora
Punjabi weddings are known for their grandeur and loudness. It demonstrates what whiskey does when combined with dancing and other delicious delicacies. But a wedding requires a lot of investment, both in financial and mental terms.
Alcohol in Punjabi weddings is like your ex. Even if you don’t like it, you just cannot ignore it and sometimes you...
By Jinelle D'souza
Strong people are as strong because of the trying times they've been put through.
Kesha is an example of such people.
What is the case about?
Pop-party princess Kesha filed a case against her alleged abuser and also her music producer, Dr Luke on October 14, 2014. She claims that she has been abused sexually, physically, verbally, and emotionally for...
By Jinelle D'Souza
Calling in all the Snapchat addicts out there! (including myself)
The ones who feel that they are incomplete if their snap chat doesn't have at least 5 stories or if they've not seen everyone's story on their list, okay, let’s get real, at least, the important ones, 'coz we all know there are way to many people on...
By Jinelle D'souza
Who is Kylie Jenner?
In the beginning, everyone knew Kylie Jenner as Kim Kardashian's little sister, who would have known that the little cute girl who we used to see in "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" would turn into a beauty and makeup guru. This teenage beauty queen started creating a buzz because of her perfect pout. (Anyone...
By Hitee Singh
Yes, my fellow I-don’t-believe-in-conspiracy-theories, secret societies are a thing. The world, THIS world is secretively ruled by these secret societies, pulling strings from the shadows. Many of these secret societies boast of notable alumni like George Washington, George W. Bush, George H.W and many other powerful people. There is a reason why the existence of these societies...
By Kabir Chaudhary
Boston Dynamics, the company which began as a spin-off from MIT, has one of the best technical team of engineers and scientists who are building innovative and advanced robots for more than 3 decades now. Boston Dynamics, which is now a subsidiary of Google, has recently launched a video on YouTube of its new and improved model...
