Monthly Archives: July 2016
It’s been ages since we’ve been pestering Instagram for all our filter needs. We’ve witnessed so many claiming to be “new” and “organic” photo editing apps but none of them have really cut the mustard. All we got left with was disappointment..
UNTIL NOW
Here swoops in, the utterly mind-boggling app Prisma. It has already started to generate a buzz all...
Filing income tax online can be a harrowing task considering the plethora of options and forms one needs to fill.
If you’re a newbie and are absolutely clueless about the process, well, worry not my friend and just read on.
Criteria:
E-filing of income tax is only available for people with annual income more than 5 lakhs.
Filing income tax return becomes easier...
Why I Don't Want Your Comment Under This Post
As a person whose daily routine has a dedicated few hours for reading stuff on the internet, I have been following quite a few happenings closely – Burhan Wani’s killing, Raghuram Rajan’s exit, NaMo being NaMo (pretty quietly, all over the world), and of course, Salman Khan being the 50-year-old man-child that...
The time has finally come when nudity is not considered a taboo anymore. The liberty that nakedness provides is considered to be natural and earthy. While this natural state has stimulated people around the world to build naked restaurants, artist Spencer Tunick derives inspiration from it for his artwork, which mostly comprises of nude crowds of people.
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Tunick’s art installation...
It’s amazing that we’ve arrived at the middle of 2016, and renewable energy is still a minor topic, relatively speaking. We still talk about renewable energy as if it is a fringe player. And we do so, mostly because we’re looking at the wrong statistics.
But the truth is that renewable energy is shaking up the world’s energy markets. And...
Fake Friendly Fridays is a section where we pick a personality who is a darling of the media (even social media) for a few days and hold a fake interview with them that gives all answers that you wouldn't get to hear in reality! Why? Because it is fake. Duh!
Welcome everyone to another edition of Fake Friendly Fridays....
Zakir Naik is a doctor by education and an Islamic preacher by profession. He has delivered over 4000 lectures and thrives because of his unrealistic examples and his unbeatable knowledge of the Quran, Bible, and even the Hindu scriptures.
A classic example of an excellent orator, Zakir Naik manages to get the crowd to not only listen to him but...
As social media changes constantly with the blink of an eye, it must be hard to believe that it can follow a pattern or have a definite structure where content creation and consumption is concerned.
However, the 1% rule of the internet, less popularly known as the 90-9-1 rule is still applicable roughly, if not accurately to all internet content....
Back in Time is ED’s newspaper type 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 2007.
Los Angeles, 11 July 2007: Harry Potter & Order of the Phoenix, the fifth instalment in the...
DEvil: Satanic, devilish and evil stories from around the world.
A lot has been said and done in the name of tradition and culture, killings, burnings, crucifying and what not. We may talk about peace and tolerance but when it comes to our culture, no change is acceptable.
Several cultures have glorified barbarism for the longest time; so much so, that...
Premature ejaculation is not a problem of a physical nature, but it can leave many psychological consequences per man. Unfortunately, this problem is encountered with a large number of sexually active men. The most common cause is stress or mental issues; previously, doctors considered there are physical causes such as inflammation or contraindication of certain drugs.
Premature ejaculation happens when...
The UN-based World Summit Award has selected the world’s best solutions for content enriched digital development in 2016. The 8 WSA Global Champions have been exclusively selected by an on-site Grand Jury of 40 international ICT experts at the WSA Social Innovation Congress held in Singapore, 29 June -1 July 2016, hosted by the Creative Alliance Group Singapore.
In the...
Forgot to follow news this week? Or found it boring af?
Worry not. WE are here to present to you news in a way you cannot imagine. From puns to sarcasm dungs, each will be entertained. The motto here is: Why should news be served to you in a simple plate when you can get it served with a hamper full...
If Steve Jobs was the greatest international celebrity in tech yesterday, then there is nobody bigger than Elon Musk today.
Nobody, who was not into conquering worlds or showbiz, could become an enduring cult superstar like Steve Jobs did in this millennial. His name is an enduring enigma equated with excellence in design and innovation, which surpassed human expectations.
Steve Jobs...
Eid was just a couple of days ago and the merriment was sure visible. The internet is known to produce a lot of funky and weird stuff that is bound to render us shocked if not chuckle. The festival of Eid or Eid-ul-Fitr celebrates the culmination of the holy month of Ramadan that involves 29-30 days of dawn-to-dusk fasting.
Now...
After the alcohol ban, the southern state of Kerala has introduced a “food tax” on the restaurants or joints that sell pizza, burgers, and donuts.
This first of its kind move is brought into action to stop the consumption of junk food and control one of the biggest problem faces worldwide obesity. The Kerala government plans to charge a whopping...
When the 130th Wimbledon Championship started, tennis world had doubts on whether Roger Federer will enter into the second week of the tournament. Two consecutive semi-final losses in grass court tournaments prior to Wimbledon and the back injury which made him take a three-month break made the legend have the doubt himself.
Roger Federer’s progress to the fourth round was...
If Eid 2015 saw the release of Salman’s heart-wrenching drama ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, Eid 2016 witnessed the showcase of yet another soulful drama by Bhai, called ‘Sultan’.
With direction under director Ali Abbas Zafar, the film doesn’t fail to deliver gentle sports drama with an undertone of romance.
The film kicks off depicting Sultan, an ace amateur wrestler in his prime. Having...
"Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice" opened to polarizing reactions, it seemed that DC had lost its grip in storytelling until Zack Snyder released the director's cut which gave us a hope. And boy, it's a good one!
This movie straightforwardly makes up for all the plot holes and patchy character development compared to the original and sets up...
About a week after 14-year-old Raunak Banerjee jumped to death from his flat’s balcony, his shockingly untimely demise and its causes are still being discussed. There is obviously a heated debate in the picture, except it’s all about getting rid of any possible responsibility. In his suicide note, Raunak alleged bullying by his classmates as the reason behind his...
Anybody who thinks Pokemon is for kids is clearly mistaken. From Its debut in 1995 with the Pokemon blue version for Gameboy in 1995, it has had a fandom of almost all age groups.
I've personally played a whole lot of Pokemon games, from Pokemon blue to Diamond. The gaming constantly evolved from Gameboy to Gameboy Advance to Nintendo Ds....
With the sophisticated lifestyle that each of us is trying to delve into, it is indeed best to say that we are not just close to being messy but far beyond that line. So far that the line looks like a dot to us (Big surprise! I am a FRIENDS fan).
Let us take a moment and look at ourselves...
By Shivansh Gupta
In these days of 'Acche Din' where we are aspiring for smart cities and encouraging Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, the dirty flyers posted on walls are the basic things to start with. They not only destroy the aesthetics of a city but also contribute to pollution.
Two things you will surely see whenever you go out past midnight. First being...
By Spencer Lucas
Rarely are news stories so compelling that they make the leap from front page headlines to the forefront of public imagination. Edward Snowden, the former American CIA employee responsible for leaking thousands of secret government documents, has become an international celebrity and worldwide symbol for cyber-activism. As a dramatic figure and media superstar he has drawn attention...
The media is having a field day, all thanks to one man- LIONEL MESSI.
Just when reports surrounding his retirement were settling down, Messi has now found himself embroiled in another controversy of sorts.
It looks as if his good days have taken a holiday; first his retirement plans and now tax fraud. Nothing is going well for this football superstar.
The...
