Monthly Archives: January 2017
The January protests in the state of Tamil Nadu highlighted the agitation of locals over Jallikattu ban. Apparently, they felt their freedom was being violated and felt insecure over not being able to practise their age-old custom.
Back in 2014, Supreme Court had given a full fledged judgment over Jallikattu's ban and the protests were to force the Tamil Nadu...
Cleveland Cavaliers endured yet another loss in January as they played Dallas Mavericks to a final score of 104-97, losing the game to mark a 7-8 win/loss ratio in the start of the new year.
The Cavaliers were without star center Kevin Love, who underwent an MRI scan for a lower back injury and it was down to the dynamic...
By Shreya Jha
The President of United States of America, unfortunately Donald Trump, banned immigrant from 7 Muslim majority countries. How will this prove to be detrimental to the ongoing refugee crisis? Let’s take a look....
DONALD TRUMP was very enthusiastic about banning the immigrants from Muslim majority countries giving the reason for the ban being that they were the cause...
While the north Indian media still fails to report the issue of jallikattu in its entirety, not many up north really know what the game stands for.
Why did so many Tamilians really demand for banning PETA? What significance does jallikattu hold in the lives of Tamilians?
Now that the noises have died down a bit, it is time that we...
By Shreya Jha
National anthem padhte hi article khol liya na?
If you thought this was true and opened the article just to find another reason to thump your chest my dear internet patriot, then I suggest, read the full article!
Sirf National Anthem gaa ke patriotism dikhaane walon! Janta maaf nahi karegi!
The recent supreme court ruling makes it mandatory...
It was a week of rejoice for Real Madrid as they flew to the top of La Liga with a game in hand to spare, with further good news following as bitter title rivals Barcelona and Sevilla drew their fixtures.
The week started off with all the top teams facing stiff competition and yet second placed Barcelona were still tipped...
Liv’ED It: It is an ED original style where we write about our personal experiences on experiencing and reviewing any app/place/website which gives us a feeling of coming back for more.
So this time, we narrate our experience at ChiChi's brand new café/lounge/restaurant: Hero No. 1.
Hero No. 1
Located in Rajouri, Hero No. 1 is a "one month old", spacious restaurant/lounge/café/bar. The...
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 1948.
New Delhi, 30th January 1948: Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation was...
Trump might pass more shocking new orders, his government seems to have a quirk for it. This time it is going to be about evaluating the possibility of asking foreign visitors all their social media info, like which sites they visit, what their regular activity is like, etc. Along with the whole of their contact lists.
Yes, everyone. All...
Buying and selling babies is currently illegal in almost every corner of the world due to arguments like violation of basic human rights and fear of child abuse.
But what if a legalized framework of rules is put into place so that this transaction of human babies becomes safe? Would you still oppose it, thus denying the freedom of choice...
Manchester United went into full throttle in the FA Cup 4th round fixture vs Wigan Athletic to emerge as winners with a dominant score line of 4-0. Now, that's The Red Devils squad that we all live to see!
The match didn't start off positively for Manchester United as they gave away the ball cheaply on a few occasions via...
LivED It: An ED original style where our bloggers write about their personal experience of an application, a place, a website, an event, or a recipe which left them craving for more.
The ninth edition of Queer Azaadi Mumbai, the city’s annual LGBT+ pride parade was carried out brilliantly on 28 Jan 2017. Luckily, I was there to witness and participate...
The world never gets tired of being bizarre. And with people like Trump stomping around in the face of this planet, I tell you, we are never going to be living in peace again.
Here's everything sarcastic that happened in news this week.
Serena Williams Has Her Head In The Game And She is Not Going To Stop At 23!
Serena Williams...
When we say school, we usually imagine it filled with young children, ranging from ages of as young as 5 to barely on the cusp of adulthood at 18 year old.
However, when you have as large a population as India, with its almost reaching 1.3 billion people, paired with low income population, large spread illiteracy and gender discrimination when...
FlippED is An ED Original style wherein two bloggers come together to share their opposing or orthogonal perspectives on an interesting subject.
After Chennai boiled over Jallikattu ban and protests ensued, the Tamil Nadu government passed an ordinance to allow Jallikattu under the garb of "preserving and promoting tradition.
But is it really JUSTIFIED?
Here read on, as our bloggers fight it...
Bobby Deol might be many things, an actor, a businessman and more, however the thing that he is most known for these days is giving us all fodder for memes, jokes and stand-up comic acts.
His last public appearance, backfired on him horribly, and though it did bring his name to the limelight once again, it probably wasn’t in the...
Meeting your favorite movie star can sometimes be hazardous to your health or even cause death, be it Jackie Chan or Rajnikanth or in THIS PARTICULAR CASE, Shah Rukh Khan.
Yes, you heard me. A fan of Shah Rukh Khan lost his life in his bid to meet the superstar.
Now, the case here is a rather tricky one. Let's...
It has been suggested that 2017 will be the year of driverless cars. With Tesla’s new mid-range model releasing this year and a general improvement in driving technology overall, very people would doubt that prediction. However, that doesn’t mean the typical and humble family car has been phased out. Far from it, actually.
Many people don’t really trust the idea...
Given the controversial nature of his campaign and the subsequent US presidential elections, by now we all know everything about Donald Trump. But what do you really know about the two new main women of the White House?
Donal Trump has five children – Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr from his first wife Ivana, Tiffany from his second wife Marla,...
Demystifier: ED Original where the content is written in such a way that it is knowledgeable and easy to comprehend at the same time.
Another train derailment in Andhra Pradesh, almost 4th or 5th of it's kind in the last 4-5 months. And this is me talking in approximation!
For some reason, trains keep derailing in India and such accidents are...
I’m 23 and I follow World Wrestling Entertainment religiously. Yes, that may sound juvenile to most of you lot but, I grew up with Austin harassing McMahon, the Undertaker (No, not the one in International Khiladi) and Kane burying people in caskets and the Rock giving eyebrow-raising lessons to young kids like me so, damn you.
San Antonio, Texas will...
Bill Gates could well be on his way to becoming the world's first ever Trillionaire, a word that does not even exist at the moment, since no one has ever been able to amass that much wealth in their life time.
Microsoft is known all over the world, and no one has been able to dethrone Gates from the richest...
Wolverine has definitely been the most iconic X-Men character in the superhero movie world. Portrayed by none other than the charismatic Hugh Jackman, the role indeed has been immortalized for his rugged charm and bad boy antics to being a father figure and a mentor to many.
But well, it's hard to see how the audience will take time to...
As if working out was not grimy and sweaty and not at all pleasant in the least, now a trainer in Britain has started the first ever full nude workout classes.
Yup, I am not joking in the slightest as there actually is a naturism trainer in Southampton, who is perhaps the first trainer to offer full nude exercise routines.
There...
Oscar season is upon us. And by us, I mean not only those who are willing to wake up red-eyed to watch the parade of Ralph Laurens and Pradas on the Red Carpet on Star World but also, those who want to sound cool in college with lazily obtained knowledge of the Oscars.
As a self-titled film aficionado/film critic/film Nazi,...
