Monthly Archives: August 2017
QuoraED! This is when we pick up a trending or interesting thread from Quora and spin a story around it.
This is the most intelligent, the most relevant question of our times.
We should definitely not shy away from the fact that Indians differ on so many grounds that it is difficult to find a point of intersections between different communities...
Disclaimer: This is sent to us by a person with family and friends in Sirsa, Haryana. As per request, the anonymity of the author will be maintained due to the volatile situation in North India at the moment following the verdict.
To people who do not know, Dera Sacha Sauda belongs to Sirsa, Haryana.
We know the strain Sirsa would have...
India has been touted by many as the world's next superpower with its excellent economic growth and a host of other factors. But there are many things that make you think quite the opposite, that India cannot be a superpower anytime soon.
Read More at: The British Raj Might Be Over But The Amazon Raj Has Just Started And Here Is...
Delhi private schools are in a rush to return back all the unwarranted fees that they had taken from parents and it is the best thing ever.
The Delhi govt. under CM Arvind Kejriwal had last year made a committee lead by Justice Anil Dev Singh in order to look into the matter of the fee hike done by private...
From the time that I aspired to come to this Maya Nagri for higher studies, one of my wishes was to witness the madness of Ganesh Chaturthi. I always saw it on TV or read articles about it.
This time, I am here! Part of the action.
I see the preparations being made and the enthusiastic faces of the followers or...
When one thinks of nude beaches the first place to come to mind would be the ever free and open Europe. France, Italy and more are extremely famous for their nude beaches, then perhaps Brazil and other such places will come to mind.
India… you would probably laugh at the very concept of India and nude beaches, but what if...
There is a new popular term gaining immense traction these days and it is K-Pop. Literally, every second person is talking about it and its quickly rising popularity. But there are still many that are unaware of it and believe the stereotypes that surround it.
The thing about K-Pop is that your first reaction to it is always memorable. If...
Will Barca pull off a coup by buying Coutinho on the last day? Who knows Perisic might be donning a different coloured jersey come the month of September? One may see Sanchez playing at the Etihad week in week out.
Deadline transfers are a treat to every football maniac. While we hope that the upcoming deadline day brings in surprises...
An underwhelming transfer window for Jurgen Klopp has every chance of becoming even grimmer were Coutinho to make a £100m-plus move to Barcelona. The Catalans have tried their best so far to engineer the move but Liverpool has rejected all the offers till now.
Coutinho has handed his transfer request as well to move to Spain but is he justified...
There has been much hue-and-cry over a video on the Internet which shows a child struggling to study his numbers and the mother/teacher scaring him into learning. The female is so determined about the child's education that she completely disregards the child's repeated pleas crying: "pyaar se padhaiyye."
https://youtu.be/lH3KBtjDnSo
Virat Kohli is shook. Social media is shook. The nation is shook.
While...
I began by saying that these ideas are a root of spoiling relationships in our generation, but some of these ideas are held by people in the previous generation as well. Just look around and analyse the tons of failed marriages you see, you’ll know what I am saying.
Such ideas sometimes end up breaking strong relationships that might have...
It seems as if WhatsApp definitely loves Android more than iOS users seeing as how finally after a long few months, WhatsApp has rolled out some crucial updates that iOS users were excluded from till yet.
In their latest update for iOS users, WhatsApp version 2.17.50 has brought about several really important updates that were only available for Android users...
The recent controversy that has arisen due to Kalki’s supposedly provocative image on her Instagram and the not so long ago slut shaming that was showered on Esha Gupta for her semi-clothed images have made me reflect on the culture of nudism and how our society perceives it. It also made me reflect on how far the meaning behind...
By Shivansh Gupta
Humans are the smartest arse living on this planet, aren't they? Having so many neurons backing their intelligence enough to be able to tell the difference between a banana and a plantain. But the same neurons sometimes turn whimsical and mess up, rendering you to do some stupid and diffident acts.
We are a prisoner of idiotic and...
A few days ago, another blow was dealt in the war between Cyrus Mistry and the Tata Group, when Tata announced that it would cut all ties with the Shapoorji Pallonji group, the company which is run by Cyrus Mistry and his brother Shapoor Mistry and has an 18.5% stake in Tata Sons.
How it all started
This move comes nine...
Oh, Kyrie. My Kyrie. Arguably the best point guard in the NBA, Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers has finally separated from the franchise AND BOY, DID HE DUNK THE EFF ON THIS ONE.
He has decided to take his talents to the city of Boston (forgive me for the terrible LeBron reference) as the Boston Celtics have confirmed a trade...
The Dowry Act was initiated in 1961 with the purview of protecting females from being exploited by their husbands with respect to monetary and materialistic demands. Saddeningly, according to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics, nearly 200,000 people, including 47,951 women, were arrested in regard to dowry offences in 2012, but only 15% of the accused were convicted. The...
#PartnerED
The Finance & Investment Cell, St. Stephen’s College brings to you the 10th edition of
Delhi University’s largest case study tournament, DreaMerger 2017, based exclusively
on Mergers & Acquisitions.
A competition designed to bring contestants from all over the country, it will put to test your problem solving, innovative, creative, technical and presentation skills. The tournament will test your skills over the...
Game Of Thrones is in the news every second day and not necessarily for the right reasons. The HBO Hack, the leaked or untimely premiered episodes and more have certainly kept the show in the trending section. But frankly speaking my dear, I have stopped giving a damn about GoT or at least started to anyway. GoT seems to...
What comes first to your mind when you think of career options after UGC CSIR NET? A Junior Research Fellowship or maybe the Assistant Professorship Jobs, right? Interestingly, you might be missing a lot about the CSIR NET career opportunities.
So, apart from these, CSIR NET Score can fetch you many more career options. Read through the blog to know...
BuzzFeed is no stranger to be labeled as an abomination for the modern generation's internet habits but they hit this one straight out of the park with the BuzzFeed privilege quiz which apparently allows you to assess "How Privileged Are You?".
*cue sad songs in the background to acknowledge the pedestalization of stupidity*
Now, BuzzFeed has made some cringe-worthy quizzes in...
Recently I came across this viral video of a child being reprimanded and scolded or rather harassed to the point of it being called torture. The child in the video is learning basic numbers or 1,2,3’s and the woman, it is unclear whether it is her teacher or mother, keep forcing her to do it again and again and...
By Rahul Dua
For me personally, summer is the perfect time of the year to kick back and indulge in some great shows. As part of an ongoing recommendation series, this post will introduce some of the best comedies coming out of Great Britain.
Personally, I love British shows. While Sherlock and Doctor Who are great mystery and thriller dramas, I...
As part of our, ED Decodes The Indian Millennial series: we bring to you part 5 here. Don’t forget to read the other posts in this series, mentioned in the end.
After discussing what Millennials actually are, what is normal for them, how they live, and the social media lingo that we have created, we now bring to you what have...
If you were to look at the state of media today as compared to a few years ago, the scenario has completely changed.
With the second media revolution coming on the form of digitisation, the playing field has totally changed. The relatively limited audience that media houses once possessed has blown up into proportions that span multiple countries across...
