Monthly Archives: May 2016
Women have been demanding equal wages as their male counterparts since the nineteenth century, the time when they finally garnered courage to speak up about it.
The partiality even exists even in Bollywood where a rising actor like Ranbir Kapoor earns about 20-25 crore per film, whereas Anushka Sharma earns only about 6-8 crore.
WOMEN WHO FOUGHT AND SUCCEEDED IN GETTING...
Masturbation is considered to be a 'guilty pleasure'. While we're all up for the pleasure part we don't get the guilt. Even if half the population does not accept to engage in this pleasurable act, it is normal for both men and women to do it.
As a tribute to the world masturbation month, we decided to pose questions to...
Are you a big time music listener? Or do you typically listen to a radio everyday going to and from work? You think you are engaging in self -development by being on the top of every “coldplay” song and eloquent on all of the political talking points and issues going on in the media.
To be honest the news is...
Influencing People:
‘Does media influence public opinion?’- has a rather self-exemplary answer. But the extent to which it has influenced people is what is of real concern. While media and sociology experts can claim (as much as they would like to), that public media can only relay messages and not ‘create’ message, they also have to realise that, media also...
‘Nobody is born perfect’, they said, and still went on to comment on your size, skin, and every other ‘flaw’ they found. We all have our stories of insecurities and battles. While some are subtly left it in the past, some would travel with us to our grave.
In a victim’s world, all we need is for someone to listen...
With the end of every financial year, all of us (income earners) have one major and a common cause of worry and tension- filing Income Tax returns. Standing in the long queues, collecting sheets of important papers from multiple sources, filling up forms you barely understand, getting official signatures and stamps- the process seemed endless.
But now, gone are the...
Fact: Adding too much spice to life, literally, is what fails biopics.
If the memory of Azhar is fresh in one’s mind, the memory of the movie’s disclaimer of fictionality must be fresh too. Of how Navjot Singh Sidhu became just Navjot and Ravi Shastri just Ravi. No last names, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Case in point,...
Ever heard of Gnash, with the g silent? No, I did not misspell Ganesh. Anyway, so he is neither a famous Victoria’s Secret model nor a President of some unknown island and nor a stand-up comedian!
You might have never heard of his name, so does the Wikipedia (https://www.gnash.us).
Earlier Career
Gnash also known as Garrett Charles Nash, is a Los Angeles-based...
2016: The year that DC and Marvel decided they had so much in store that they needed to make money out of it. Marvel succeeded while DC went in reverse (like its name).
And yet both the stories were practically the same.
Here’s why:-
Similarities:
1) Suddenly, there’s discussion all around the world about how no one controls Superheroes, and that they should be...
If you love traveling, booking rooms in hotels could be seriously eating into your budget. There is one way to cut down on all the unnecessary spending on accommodation. Buy your very own holiday home! Sure, it may be expensive at first, but over time, you will save all the money you would normally pay for hotels.
You could...
Recently, news about Narendra Modi visiting Iran have been all over the internet. But who would have known that this visit would turn into something unthinkable with 12 agreements signed and a contract to develop the historic Chabahar port.
Seems like Modi has taken Mirza Galib’s words “Once we make up our mind, the distance between Kaashi and Kaashan is...
By Manu Singh
In a Times of India blog titled ‘Why Tanmay Bhat got feminism wrong’ the author tries to deal with Tanmay’s recent post where he defends the word and the importance of the label. The author, Priyali Prakash, by her own admission does not understand feminism.
Yes. reader, you read that right.
Are you wondering now that why...
Nobody can question NASA's status as the pioneers of space exploration. After managing to get Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon (which the USA will never let the world forget), they've only aimed for the stars.
But ISRO has been taking big strides in the field. Stationed in a country so obsessed with bargaining, it has even managed...
The Indian loan market is expected to reach a size of I.N.R. 21,000 billion by the end of 2016 with a C.A.G.R. of over 19% over the last five years.
However I think that the lending industry hasn’t done enough. Bad loans is a big problem but it isn’t the only impediment that the R.B.I. needs to comment on. Getting...
Who could have guessed in 18th century that horses would be of no use 300 years later? Invention of plough and sword made horse indispensable in agriculture and in the battlefields in the past few centuries. But the discovery of tractor and tank rendered it obsolete. Will our fate be the same as that of the horse? It seems...
“Hold the door. Hold the door. Hold the door.”
“Hodor. Hodor. Hodor.”
If last week’s episode was the closest Game of Thrones can be to being a happy, crowd-pleasing episode, this week is its exact opposite. Beautiful, poetic and tragic in equal measures, ‘The Door’ almost (Yes, I don’t cry) had me in tears by the time it ended. And...
Dear comedians, musicians, artists, writers and EVERY other human being who is going around the town telling the class 12 kids that it is perfectly okay to fail or score low in board exams. It’s not. I beg to differ with all of you here.
Can all of us just wait for a bit and STOP sugar-coating the circumstances of...
As students, we dread examinations, and just wish that they never existed. Thoughts of paper leaks and cancellation of examinations revolve in our heads until reality hits us. And it hits us hard. Now, how about getting rid of the several examinations we prepare for, and bringing it down to just one. Sounds like a fair middle ground?
Well, that...
Have you ever wondered that how foreign investors and fund houses are able to invest money in Indian stocks so easily, given that S.E.B.I. is one of the most draconian capital market regulators. We keep hearing that the Indian stock market is controlled by foreign institutional investment (F.I.I.) but how?
The answer to this lies in what they call Participatory notes...
Scientists have met with success in their removal of HIV-1 genes from living tissues which had never been possible before. The experiment was conducted on mice and rats. And hence, HIV experiments on animals are extremely positive.
Researchers hailing from Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University are responsible for the revolutionary study. The rodents they used as test subjects...
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...
In the 1990s, the coolest thing to do in college was probably to own a rock band. But this is 2016. As Bob Dylan would say, ‘The Times They are a Changin’. So, in 2016, what’s the coolest thing to do in college? It is to own a start-up.
No kidding! There are several instances of ambitious college kids barely...
Have you ever wanted to satiate the craving of your sweet tooth but it was the end of the month and no place suited your wallet?
Do you ever want to just sit in a nice comfortable place on cold a winter morning and enjoy a cup of coffee, with some sandwiches and desserts and, read a book?
Well, you could...
The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is a unique global contest which brings together young developers and digital entrepreneurs - under 30 years of age - who use internet and mobile technology to put the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into action and make a difference.
The WSYA selects and promotes best practice in e-Content. It demonstrates young people's potential to...
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“Bollywood”, a word which ignites dead souls who died unemployed.
Katrina Kaif is one of those actresses who are famous for their acting skills (Not in a positive sense, though). She has won million hearts by her looks...
