Monthly Archives: April 2016
The Panama paper leak certainly deserves the title of “The biggest scam in history”. Too many familiar names have been linked to illegal tax havens after the leak. From politicians to business tycoons to B town celebrities, the leak is a reason for many a mortal to worry.
Things seem to be grim at No. 10, Downing Street too. Reason?...
It’s here! Finally!
The moment we were dreading but still waiting for has secretly arrived!
Taher shah has released another one of his masterpieces after a 3 year sabbatical - The “Angel Song”.
For those of you who do not know what all the hype is about, all you need to do is watch his previous single “Eye To Eye”. Meanwhile, I...
We call a car with a gas engine and an electric motor a hybrid. What do you call a fully enclosed three wheel pedal car with an electric motor?
Good question.
The people at VeloMetro, a Vancouver based start-up call theirs a Velomobile. The Veemo hybrid tricycle prototype uses an aluminium composite sandwich for its composite body with integrated crumple zones.
What...
Fake Friendly Fridays is the section where ED interviews the most trending people, but only in their head. We promise you this is the fakest and the most sarcastic interview of your lifetime!
This Friday, we interviewed the most-talked about, the beautiful and the adorable, the Royal couple- Kate and William.
Here’s what Team ED asked them and what they said....
No matter how old we grow, there is always that small part of us that doesn’t age. It’s the part of us that cheers when the Swat Kats take to the air, hums as the Scooby-doo theme song comes on and laughs when Jerry flings another egg onto Tom’s angry face.
It’s this ‘kiddie’ part of us, that some of...
Car accidents are a part of owning a car. No matter how hard you try or how good your driving skills are, you will likely have an accident at some point. It might not be the twenty car pile-up that you see on the news, but it will still shake your confidence. And, you will need to respond to...
The "Intolerance" Debate
One of the most popular buzzwords in the Indian media is intolerance. Celebrities and politicians have been vehement in their protest against "the growing intolerance in the country". Some netas have been busy trying to deny the presence of intolerance. And the common man has found his share of entertainment in the cavalcade of inflammatory tweets, award wapsis and the...
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when one hears ‘Amitabh Bachchan’? The superstar, another rags to riches story, names of multiple movies flashing through your mind.
I bet none of you even bordered upon his involvement in the Panama Leaks case.
His name appeared, along with other notable celebrities like Aishwarya Rai, on the list of people who had created offshore...
Decisions, decisions...
So, you’re driving away from the dealer with your recently purchased used vehicle. Or, you will be soon. Whether you’ve already bought or are considering buying, a pre-owned vehicle may seem like a less reliable purchase to you. In fact, the exact opposite is true. While a used car may not be as aesthetically pleasing as a new...
Disclaimer: My intention is not to hurt the sentiments of any religious group, the article talks about supposedly true facts from the epic of Mahabharat which have been censored/pacified over the years. These facts are not from a hard or verified source, and hence this article is open to discussions or changes if you can cite a verified source.
In...
This morning HT broke the news:
A cool surprise for heatwave-hit MP: 30 kg of ice falls from the sky
Let’s break the ice about the recent suspicious landings of this blue material in western India.
Because normal life has become skating on thin ice for people, scared that one fine day some blue ice will hit their head and they’ll die....
Watching cricket in India can be a greatly emotional business. Watching a World T20 semi-final in big groups, even more so. Add to it a location with a history of conflict, and the intensity escalates and how!
This was pretty much how the NIT Srinagar row began.
India lost the WT20 clash to West Indies. A group of Kashmiri students indulged...
Back in Time is ED’s newspaper-like 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 1896.
April 6, 1896:
"I hereby proclaim the opening of the first International Olympic Games at...
Anyone who has a car needs to take good care of it. Keeping your car in good condition is important for many reasons. Not least of all is the fact that a car in good repair is less likely to fail on you. Reducing the risk of breakdowns, as well as lessening the chance of being in an accident,...
By Bhavya Malhotra
WhatsApp announced the most important and awaited update today on their Facebook page: end-to-end encryption. Jan Koum, CEO and founder of WhatsApp, made the update of encryption, which they had been working on over two years now, live today.
Here’s all you need to know about the latest and most talked about update from this messaging application.
What is...
By Rohan Bhatia
When it comes to the world of cinema and directors, there are no two names bigger than Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino. Well there might be, but since this is my blog and these are my favourite directors, let’s just go with them.
The list of films leaked last year is huge, and includes, to name a few,...
By Rohan Bhatia
Yes, you heard that right. This is not another self-help blog to make you feel better about yourself or your intellect. This is a reality check for all you genuine geniuses and bright brainiacs who think they are smarter than everybody else.
Ignorance may be bliss sometimes, but definitely, not when your intelligence is in question!
Now this may...
By Bhavya Malhotra
It’s that time of the year again when all the high school kids follow the trend of applying for graduation in cities other than their own.
There has been this fashion of moving out of the city and staying away from family after school since quite a long time now. I was as easily influenced by this western tradition...
Four young girls in a humanitarian cirque troupe are currently the new faces of Gap’s lifestyle brand, but the image used to advertise their troupe is more than a little worrisome.
The group, which consists of Ava, 8; Lucy, 8; Fanny, 12; and Angelina, 12, is known collectively as Le Petit Cirque, “the only all-kid humanitarian cirque troupe in the...
So the tweet by Hema Malini on Pratyusha Banerjee’s suicide goes like:
https://twitter.com/dreamgirlhema/status/717003881486557186
https://twitter.com/dreamgirlhema/status/717004542655619072
Prateek Thinks Her Tone Might Be Insensitive But She Didn’t Say Anything Wrong
Even though Hema Malini’s tweet looks insensitive, it is also sensible at a level which cannot be interpreted by people who don’t have anything to lose. 9 months of labour, two decades of a servant like...
The recently flagged Gatiman express from Delhi Nizamuddin station shows how eager people are to save time, even if it is just fifteen minutes.
What’s with the Name?
Hanuman, Shaktiman and now Gatiman. Name of a train, as such, never matters. But this catchy name phrase is definitely bothering each and every mind. English for Gati is speed and for Maan...
Panama. A tiny country joining Central America to South America. A country that most of the 7 billion people on Earth won’t even think about (if you knew it existed).
(Even now it is hard to locate it.)
And now it is making headlines everywhere.
A year ago, journalists from various news agencies – the prominent one being German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung,...
According to the ancient cultures and ever present patriarchal mindset of the Indian society, sex is something which is pure and uncontaminated and can only be done after a person is married. And people who choose to become a part of pre-marital sex are, well, sinners.
It is believed that waiting to have sex before marriage is a sign of...
Are you the nympho of your group? Constantly chiming in with 'That's what she said!' as your comebacks? Or are you just confused about your sexuality? Or how safe gay sex is for that matter. Want to know about live-in-sex and its repercussions?
Never got to ask, because talking about it is... awkward?
Ever felt that feeling where everyone is eyeing...
Welcome again to my weekly desi take on the top news 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 patient of us.
But...
