Monthly Archives: October 2016
Corn flakes are considered to be the most family-friendly way to start the day - but it's been revealed that Mr. Kellogg invented corn flakes for something more than breakfast.
It turns out it was all about SEX.
Yes, you read it right.
According to Mr. Kellogg's books and write-ups, corn flakes were basically invented as a cure for masturbation. It was John Harvey Kellogg's desperate...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YehwjcUNx48
PM Narendra Modi Sits Down With Letterman To Talk About Climate Change And A Green India
India has been taking many steps towards a brighter, clean energy future and PM Modi voiced his opinions and concerns with an interview with David Letterman. In the world of comedy and late night talk shows, David Letterman’s style has been unparalleled. The charming...
With the induction of INS Arihant, India has officially become a nuclear triad. The indigenously constructed nuclear submarine will be starting its operations shortly, now that all the extensive tests have been completed. Armed with INS Arihant, India is now capable of launching nuclear missiles from land, air, and sea.
The official announcement was made with sources from the Indian...
Ratan Tata while attending the 119th foundation day function of Scindia School in Gwalior, Rajasthan gave a short speech to the students there.
A quote in that speech was "I think everybody knows where the intolerance is coming from, what it is. Like many thousands, millions of Indians, one wants to see a country without intolerance."
Adding he said “The Maharaja...
Forget about having a Stray Cat Patrol, we never really give a serious second thought to stray animals in India. It’s brilliant to see some people, some good-hearted organizations trying to do something for them here, but a clear majority of us clearly ignore their presence and have simply adapted to it.
Dog sleeping on the road? Walk around him.
At...
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Awkward situations are something we all have to go through. No matter what you do you can't ignore it. Also, you may have read many articles on "How To Handle Awkward Situations With Grace?"
But if I ask you...
So long sitting on the driver’s seat, changing gears and worrying about cars passing us by! Let us finally welcome self-driving cars into our world. Because they are on their way!
News about driverless cars being tested on the roads of UK caught attention back in spring of ’16 but they have now officially been tested on the roads of...
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 2001.
United States, October 23, 2001: The CEO of Apple Inc. was finally seen...
Lots of news happened this week. Some were funny and some were more than funny.
Here is a compilation of all the news piece I found funny and why I found it funny.
Rita Bahuguna Joshi left Congress and joined BJP ahead of UP elections 2017.
In 2014, BJP won the Lok Sabha election o the basis of the campaign "Congress Mukt...
I read this saying somewhere in relation to greedy people and it went something like 'even if you give them everything that they ask for, it will never be enough.'
Forgive me, I am unable to remember the entire line or where it was from, but I believe the recent case of Rak Thackeray and his insipid demand that every...
Wondering why you cannot connect to a number through your Jio sim on the first go? Well, it turns out it isn’t Reliance’s fault after all. Rather, this will remind you of Mean Girls.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday prescribed reformatory activity against the nation's main three telecoms, to the degree of Rs50 crore per circle,...
Aren't you just tired of sharing a public place with a bunch of unappealing people? You will soon find the opportunity to blend just with your own particular kind at another bar that dismisses appalling individuals.
Did that sound bizarre and pathetic? Oh, well, tragically, it's true.
One such club is being opened by BeautifulPeople.com, a selective online networking stage...
Domino's is one of the favourite brands for pizza lovers. And for the majority, a pizza from Domino's is only a phone call away. But until recently, those living along the rivers had no such luck.
But Domino's have shown their concern for those starving folks and announced pizza delivery through canoes?! Yes, I'm just as surprised as you.
The new means...
Reliance Jio, led by Mukesh Ambani, is offering some of the most outrageous services to its customers until the 31st of December under its 'welcome offer'. A free sim, free voice calls, free 4G unlimited data with a relatively high cap of 4GB a day, could you ask for anything more?
Such services have irked the rival networks due to...
Ever wondered how you passed exams in school even though you did not know anything? You probably thanked heavens for it, but it was probably because of India’s judiciary.
There is a “no-detention policy” as a part of the Right to Education Act that has made it mandatory for schools to pass students in any case, even if they are...
If the Uniform Civil Code is enacted in India, it would truly be a radical, pro-choice step towards secularization of the personal spaces in our democracy. No matter how important culture is to our everyday living, their many exploitative measures have indeed hindered our development.
But how righteous would the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code be in a multicultural...
This week on Friendly Fridays we got a chance to interview Nupur Sharma, who is more than just a politician from BJP and former President of Delhi University Students Union. She is passionate about her work, ambitious for her political career and all for encouraging a higher participation rate of the youth in the politics of India.
Let’s hear what she has...
To what extent should we listen to our parents?
School taught us to respect our elders, and listen to our parents. They are always (?) right and even if they seem wrong, you would eventually find it right. Like really?
We live in a country where living with parents even when one is over 18 isn't frowned upon. Also up...
It’s the 21st century, women are emerging victors in every field, reaching new heights etc. –just things we hear every day and pay attention only when we want to but the grim reality is that women are more or less at the junction where they were years back.
No real development and no real support have been rendered out to...
WhatsApp has taken over the world and is one of the most preferred way of communication. It is fast, it is instant and it has given way to a whole new way of talking to each other.
Now one does not need to spend their balance on calls or messages and can instead just use WhatsApp to send any message...
By all accounts, last season was a banner year for West Ham United, who finished the league with 62 points—a record for the team in Premier League competition. Dimitri Payet played brilliantly and was named to the PFA Team of the Year in addition to being the leading scorer for West Ham United in all competitions with 12 goals....
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Ever wonder why humans are hypocrites when it comes to eating non-vegetarian food?
Chicken? Yum
Goat? Tasty
Pigs? Nice
Dogs? WTF! How the hell did you say that..
This Quora user (Lauren Campbell), whose bio says "Vegan and advocate for animal rights", has explained this...
Karva Chauth is coming to an end, and again I see a line of women outside my colony gates, just waiting to get a glimpse of that elusive moon and finally, finally end their fast.
Well, I don’t think I need to say how regressive and frankly outdated I find this ritual.
Don’t get me wrong, if someone is doing it...
The results from a survey conducted by the investment bank Piper Jaffray revealed that teens and young adults are 12 times more likely to use Netflix than the other popular media streaming services including Hulu and Amazon Prime.
We Watch A lot of TV
Interestingly, the results showed that 37% of teens used Netflix daily, compared to a minuscule 3% that enjoy using Amazon...
Irom Sharmila is no stranger to India, who with just her grit, strength and determination managed to accomplish what is known as the world's longest hunger strike.
Sharmila began her fast in the year 2000 in protest of the draconian law of AFSPA or the Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958, which essentially allowed all armed forces to search...
