Monthly Archives: May 2016
Let’s suppose that one day a chopper flies over your locality and drops 1 crore I.N.R. from the sky which is hastily collected by members of the community. Let’s suppose further that everyone is convinced that this is a singular event which will never be repeated.
Popularized by American economist Milton Friedman in 1969,the basic idea of helicopter money is...
Sports
French Open ’16: With Federer Out Of The League, Let Us Tell You Who Will Take Away The Trophy #EDVerdict
Anurup Saha -
We are on the verge of witnessing history. Should Rafa win the French Open this year, he will be the first player in open era to win a slam 10 times. Novak Djokovic may complete his career slam, whereas Serena Williams can break Steffi Graff’s record of 22 grand slam titles. With French Open approaching, here are my predictions.
Men’s...
Shoes are no longer just fancy clothing for the feet. They are now acting as pandits that will help you find your ‘sole’mate. Han Bojian’s So Sole is designed to help you get in touch with people who share similar personalities and hobbies, as yours.
The Design
Han Bojian has taken great care in ensuring that his complex coding and electronics...
Power outage, insufficient health care, unavailability of even the most basic of the foods- I think these are reasons enough to justify the 60-day national emergency declared in Venezuela on Saturday.
The country has been going through a serious economic crisis due to a drastic fall in the crude oil prices. The most basic functioning of the country has also...
Lifestyle
Bangladesh Says “We’re Sorry Sir”: We Live In A Society Where Teachers Are Insulted & Professors Murdered
Shubham Goswami -
If notoriety was your claim to fame in childhood, holding ears was surely a frequent activity. Most of us have had to go through the much dreaded punishment.
“Gotcha!” The teacher would shout ruthlessly. “Now hold your ears and say sorry”. “Sorry Sir” the teary eyed culprit would whisper. For the fortunate among us mercy would follow.
For the less fortunate...
Social Opinions
SexED: “Guide To Right Sex” for Refugees- Germany Sets Up A Website To Give Sex Lessons To Migrants
Athira Raj -
Vacations to me, are really boring. You hardly have anything to do. Helpless, I open a news application on my phone and scroll up and idly. That’s when this came up..
GERMANY IS TRYING TO TEACH REFUGEES THE RIGHT WAY TO HAVE SEX!
Whoa! My eyes went wide as Joey Tribbiani's would if he were to see a nude. Well, maybe...
Finance
Subramaniam Swamy Is The New KRK & Raghuram Rajan Is Our Dark Knight: Here’s Why
Sarthak Verma -
A Harvard schooled economist and flagbearer of Indian Statistical institute, (Hon.) Subramaniam Swamy has once again made a “mentally not fully sound” argument. No news is complete without Swamy’s customary curse but this time he is up against the “Rockstar” of Indian economy.
Calling for the sack of Raghuram Rajan, I personally think Swamy is no less than KRK, the...
Politics
Over 400 Institutions Are Named After The Gandhi Family: Is This Only A Gandhi/Nehru Nation?
Suryansh Upmanyu -
Rishi Kapoor went on a rampage on twitter yesterday. The cause of his anxiety was this:
Why are so many institutions, buildings, schemes etc. being named after the Nehru- Gandhi family?
Ignoring the fact that Mr. Kapoor likes causing a furore over petty stuff on social media outlets, the question is actually quite thought provoking. Of the top of my head,...
With the election season in some parts of the country, the usual routine of conducting exit polls is also making a place in the news equally. Recently, exit polls of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal were conducted and some already expected results were made public. And I am pretty sure celebrations are already on for the...
Entertainment
Intolerant India: We Get Offended So Easily, Especially When There’s Religion Or Women In It
Navneet Arora -
Once upon a time, a renowned saint, poet and musician, Surdas made a joke about the most beloved God of Hindus i.e. Shri Krishna, saying “Jaat paat tumse kam naahi. Nahin basat tumhari chhaiya. Ati adhikkar janavat yaate. Adhik tumhare hain kachhu gaiyaan” which means that Surdas is telling Krishna that "Neither am I lesser in terms of caste,...
Social Opinions
Marital Rape, Are You Kidding Me? This Is India, It’s Called Intense Love Making Here
Navneet Arora -
Girliyapa associated with The Viral Fever came out with an audacious video about a subject that is very easily shoved under the carpet in India – Marital Rape.
Something which our society assumes, ‘is not possible in our country’. This doesn’t come as a surprise in a country where discussions and debates over ‘rape’ still have people blaming the victim...
Social Opinions
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia And Transphobia: Why Is May 17th So Important?
Shridha Dugar -
May 17th is the International day AGAINST Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. Way too many Indians suffer from most, if not all of these extremely saddening “disorders”. Hence, this.
It is a day to create awareness about the phobia that we all hold against those who may differ in their sexual orientation and/or may have a different gender identity. These individuals,...
Social Opinions
Farmers Consider Suicide Over Fighting For Better Provisions As Resolution: Matter Of National Shame
Arijit Bose -
The Conundrum:
Indian political belligerence has for the longer run of the century influenced the flux of Indian economy. The rather problematic (predominantly due to negligence) situations of Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka or Gujarat is not only a unidirectional trade-off between politicians and farmers; it also consummates itself into a megalith- that of a decaying agrarian economy and a decadence in...
"I'll do it myself, if I have to."
I’ll be honest; the preview of this week’s episode was the least exciting of all this season’s previews. It had Littlefinger yes, but it didn’t have much to indicate any wild movement in the paths and destinies of the characters on the show. And boy, what a surprise this week was. So,...
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...
Social Opinions
An Open Letter To Kangana Ranaut: India’s Icon Of Misplaced Feminism
Tanya Malaiya -
Dear Queen,
I’m writing this open letter to you because I would like to humbly apologize for something really bad that I did.
I doubted you.
The fact of the matter is that I used to think that if someone sends over 3000 emails to someone, some of them with obnoxiously explicit content, it’s called being an obsessed stalker. Though until before your...
Social Opinions
UPSC Rank Holder Ansar Shaikh Changed Name For Accommodation. Why Are We Painting All Muslims With The Same Brush?
Shridha Dugar -
The release of the UPSC exam results has had a dual effect. On one side we celebrate Tina Dabi, the Delhi girl who topped the UPSC exams, and on the other, our eyes open to the social stereotyping that still persist in our society, and how we really haven’t grown in 69 years.
The struggle of UPSC rank holder, Ansar...
Ambivert
Do you ever feel like you are not an extrovert but at the same time you aren’t an introvert either?
Most people are confused regarding their sexuality, but I am confused at my personality. I’m an introvert. NO! NO! I’m an extrovert. Okay, I’m an introvert. But wait…..
Image via Google Images.
Life is tough when you don’t know which road to...
We have had bulls .We have had bears(pigs were slaughtered).But if you analyse the market trend of the last 1-2 years, it is basically going nowhere. And we have a name for this “silly” market behaviour. Unlike an enthusiastic bull or a scary bear, a bunny market hops about a bit but really doesn't go anywhere.
WHERE DOES IT COME...
(Fake) Friendly Fridays is our way of interviewing our dearest celebrities. The opinions presented in the article are solely of the author's (which are correct most of the time) and the only place that the interview has taken place is our head and is not real (though we are sure that the celebrities wish it were otherwise) and any...
If you’re not sure what game to occupy yourself with next, here are some ideas. The games discussed below are all great games that have not been released for that long. They are are all pretty different from one another too, so there should be something that interests you. Read on to find out more.
Cities: Skylines
This is a game...
Technology
WhatsApp Finally Introduces Desktop Application aka WhatsApp Application For The Messenger
Bhavya Malhotra -
After the end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp has yet again raised the online standards. The company has finally announced the functioning of its official desktop application- WhatsApp application for both Windows and Mac yesterday.
How does the application work?
The functioning of WhatsApp application is more or less same like that of WhatsApp Web. The application is available for download on https://www.whatsapp.com/download. Once...
Campus
Graduate Unemployment: Here’s Why Young, Fresh Minds Find It Hard To Land A Job?
Sarthak Verma -
Have you ever wondered why 75% of our academic assessment is allocated to theory and the left quarter is for practicals?
It doesn’t matter if you are in school, college or P.G., that breakup generally remains the same with our elite education management institutions focusing on the written part.
If you are from D.U., then God (recruiters) help you.
An...
Social Opinions
FlippED: Our Bloggers Fight It Out On The Purple Flower Reaction On Facebook
Bhavya Malhotra -
By Siddharth Sharma & Bhavya Malhotra
Facebook introduced a purple flower in its category of reactions to a post. And as it turns out, a flower reaction on a post actually meant, that you’re ‘thankful for it.’ Facebook introduced this ‘Mother’s Day Special’ reaction. This purple color flower lasted for just the second Sunday of May aka mother’s day.
Many of...
By Gaurav Gandhi
I entered this place as a 3-year-old but I’d have to be infinitely old and dead for it to leave me. Bengal is filled with people who've made this nation swell up their 56” chest. Be it Dada, whose heroics have always been praised and the sight of whose chest hair seems to be embedded in almost...