Monthly Archives: May 2017
Let's face it.
The only reason half of us still use Facebook is just so we know what's up, with the people we care for, and sometimes, with a bit stronger desire, we don't, at all, so to speak.
Then there's Tumblr, where the media actually is. Be it liners, graphics, memes, photographs, and all the other weird literary/graphic formats people...
Snapchat has not had a good couple of months there, has it?
First Facebook also started applying the Snapchat method, then the whole fiasco with the alleged statement by the Snapchat CEO, Evan Spiegel, where he said that he would not want to expand his business in India or Spain due to them being poor.
This caused a massive outrage all over...
Remember this feeling when that last bell of school before vacations rings?
During the holidays we call customary patterns of behavior "tradition". And like any pattern, once established, they are not easily broken. We formed a list of 10 resolutions that you put on your to do list as soon as school or college is out, but keep on procrastinating it until the...
“God! Why is he so uptight?”
“No! He’s not uptight, he’s just a little reserved and shy around new people.”
Several times each day, we are judging the people around us. Whether we do it knowingly (consciously) or unknowingly (sub/unconsciously), we’re doing it all the time.
We wonder why people act in certain ways. We wonder what personality trait causes someone to...
21st century - the age of Smartphones! Varied Media Platforms! Instant access to almost everything!
You wake up to the umpteen notifications on your news feed or promotional messages on the phones.
So to make a mark on billions of people, marketing is the new genius.
TRAILERS- Four to five minutes’ snapped view of the bigger picture. And we all love watching...
Delhi Metro in a short amount of time has become more precious to a large number of us than anything.
It is because of this metro that the common public has finally been able to rise up against the tyranny of the auto-drivers and have not just an alternative, but faster and cheaper mode of travelling.
Even those who would earlier...
Are you unemployed? Can’t find the right job? We have a job for you...Review Movies!!
Yes, in this social media era, every next person is reviewing films. Some tickle your funny bone, while some are a pain. But the web's flooded with thousands of reviews the day any film is released. Critics are no more the only people who can...
Music although significant in my life, for a long time I remained confined to more mainstream music. I never thought of venturing into music from different cultures.
But I was proven highly wrong when I came across the delightful Disney movie Ratatouille. I completely fell in love with the song 'Le Festine' by Camille which comes in the end of...
A while back, Vienna's streets got a little more gay-friendly.
Confused? This is what happened… ...
I cringed on seeing those memes the first time.
I am all up for politically incorrect, problematic humour (given the proper time and space and people), but this was something that just passed me by. I JUST COULDN'T GET IT.
What was the reference they were making to? Why was it gay, even?
I tried to search for reasons, and guess what?...
We learnt nothing.
5 years down the line since Nirbhaya was raped and died of her injuries and we still learnt nothing. The juvenile rapist involved in the crime is still a free man, despite the other 4 accused in her gang rape being officially sentenced to death by the Supreme Court.
This isn’t an article to condemn rape because...
The world of online food delivery apps just got a famous name to enter its market – Uber.
Yes, the cab hailing platform has launched its first ever food delivery wing in India called the UberEats. Now, there isn’t any shortage of food delivery apps in the country so it’ll be exciting to see how much does Uber’s already established...
The school system in India is severely lacking in many different sectors, be it the education imparted, the faculty, the infrastructure and even the general attitude in most schools.
And it is not like the private schools are any better as they too have their own moments of being quite incompetent.
However, as per reports, while inaugurating the North Eastern Region...
Breakfast Babble: ED’s own little space on the interwebs where we gather to discuss ideas and get pumped up for the day. We judge things too. Sometimes. Always. Whatever, call it catharsis and join in people.
It’s Sunday today. Sunday, a day when the newspaper is thicker than your Physics textbook and a better part of the day is spent...
No Social Life?
Sure there are chances you might just end up becoming a high-functioning sociopath but, well look at you…I mean seriously! You, a high functioning sociopath? What an insult to the phrase!
No! The only thing you end up being is hungover, extremely annoyed, antisocial, music-hating, hair loving (talking about depression beards and long locks), conversation ruining, sometimes creepy,...
Movies. Films. Cinema. Bollywood. The ultimate source of entertainment, especially in a country like India, where cinema is, but an embodiment of celebration that, the cultural blend is!
Hence, show business is one of the most lucrative businesses of the country. Yes, and Bollywood is the cash cow that milks them money beeches!
It’s been a century that we’ve crossed since...
Nirbhaya. The fearless. The girl who was subjected to a horror spanning around an hour which changed a nation’s legislation.
A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern, renamed Nirbhaya after the horrific incident, was beaten, gang raped, had her intestines torn out through her vagina while she was returning in a private bus with her male friend on 16th December 2012.
On the 5th of...
Demystifier: An ED Original where we take a complex topic but the content is written in such a way that it is knowledgeable and easy to comprehend at the same time.
All of us have been stirred by the debate on the authenticity of EVMS.
Arvind Kejriwal brought up the issue of alleged issue of tampering of EVMs after his party...
Boman Irani is a widely-known name mostly due to his amazing comic timing and acting talents that he possesses.
He is the guy we look for in our principals and teachers, hoping we too would have our own Munnabhai or 3 Idiots-isque moment with them.
But mostly, having debuted at the age of 44, Irani has really made a mark for himself...
How would B.R. Ambedkar feel right now, if he were with us? The poor soul and his team spent months, maybe years framing India’s constitution. The longest written constitution of a sovereign state in the world.
Over time though, some laws have been broken so often without any repercussions that we barely acknowledge their existence (or respect them).
Here are seven...
Has it ever happened to you that you got so lost in the white and pale green text bubbles of a Whatsapp window, that when your friend called you, you were snapped back into a dazed reality, like you had been kicked up from a dream? Only to find out that you had been gone for hours?! Well, that...
Life can throw situations at you and either you can prepare for it in advance, or panic when it hits you.
What got me thinking like this was a recent financial crisis in my family.
My family is into real estate and so uncertainty about the business always lurks over our heads. Given how the property rates have crashed with demonetisation,...
The exam season is upon us right now, however, soon it will be over and after a much-needed break, almost all of us will be back to the grind.
Usually, and this applies whether you are in your first year of college or last, but after exams and a vacation, students start to look for jobs and internships.
In my personal...
With Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 just releasing and already making waves throughout the world, the Phase 3 of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is almost 1/3rd done.
However, while the movies by MCU have definitely garnered a new audience, one that might not exactly know deeply about the comics, it has also left a lot of blank spaces for...
Two words. Three vowels. Four consonants. Seven letters and the phrase is:
It’s Over.
If you have heard this in the recent past or if you are single, then you must be thinking of dating, probably online but never mustered the courage.
This gave me an interesting idea to review one of the so called best dating applications that we have in...
