Monthly Archives: September 2017
By Kriti Rana
As unlikely as it may seem, a comparison can be drawn between Pennywise the Clown and the Pepsi Aunty.
You know, Pepsi aunty?
The nosy, neighbourhood aunty? The one who is more keen to learn of your academic grades than even your own parents are? The one you're afraid to run into when out with your friends?...
Facebook DPs can make or break a person. For quite a number of millenials, days are good or bad based on the number of likes their display picture gets.
Our DPs have a story of their own to say. Be it the awkward yo-imma-so-cool DPs of high school or the matured, classy ones from office days, they have evolved like...
By Mayank Dixit
It sounds like an unbelievable situation- but many are certain that a mysterious man traveled back in time to 2000 to warn us of a bleak future for mankind.
John Titor mysteriously appeared on an online forum 17 years ago, making predictions regarding a future ravaged by corrupt governments and nuclear war.
After making public certain predictions, advising...
By Sneha Barua
Do you fear any form of commitment as if it’s a big scary monster and run away as soon as you can? Do you abnegate from making promises to people? Do you have a trail of short, casual flings behind you but nothing long-term?
If your answer to my above questions is a loud “yes” then you, my...
Of course, Mumbai has its advantages.
Mumbai literally never stops. You step out at whatever time you wish to, especially if you are a woman, and you will feel that it is easier to breathe here in safety (pun intended) as compared to Delhi.
Mumbai people barely fight. You remember the still from Phir Hera Pheri where Paresh Rawal is screaming...
Fake Friendly Fridays is a section where we pick a famous personality and throw fake questions at him/her and in return, we receive fake answers. Why should you not take it seriously? Because it is fake.
If you still didn’t get it: This is a fake interview written purely on the basis of the author’s imagination of how the actual...
By Riddhi Tyagi
The cricket frenzy in India is something that doesn’t require any explanation. We have watched them play well, watched them stumble, watched them picking up form again, we have witnessed them, becoming stars.
Looking at the new talent that is coming up, it won’t be wrong to say that the future of the Indian Cricket team is in...
By Mayank Dixit
In a country which boasts of producing Nobel laureates such as Tagore and literary works which are no less than masterpieces, we are on the verge of seeing the birth of a new era where clichéd romantic tales are the new iconic but not so iconic couplets from Romeo Juliet.
And the person heralding this new era is...
Yashwant Sinha yesterday did an op-ed in The Indian Express that shook not just the government but the entire political sphere to its very foundation.
In times when almost any word against the government can land one in trouble, be it digital or real, or even sometimes result in a worse situation, Sinha's brave and brutally honest piece has shed light...
Hugh Hefner needs no introduction.
The legendary owner and founder of Playboy Magazine, Hefner is famous for his sexual escapades around the world, which perfectly align with and complement his "live life king size" persona.
On this day of September 28th, 2017, news broke out that Hugh Hefner breathed his last and died of natural causes at the age of 91.
His...
We are back with FlippED! And this time our two Bloggers are fighting (we seem to do that a lot) about whether the Air India directive was misogynistic or just a business move.
Air India Air Hostesses Asked To be Fit and Presentable to Be Allowed to Stay on the Job – What’s Wrong In That?
~Brinda Sen
“Can you believe what they...
Twitter has been at the top of the must use social media apps since its launch in 2006. The 140 character limit, the blue bird, the words ‘tweet’ and ‘twit’ were all immortalized by this app.
But now, Twitter is doing away with one of the biggest features it is known for by increasing their character limit from 140 to...
It is a sad commentary on the financial knowledge of the educated people in India that many of them are still not aware of the many advantages that the finance world has to offer. An individual must make smart investment moves to secure one’s future and have a strong financial backup.
Here are some of the smart investment moves that...
By Mayank Dixit
The main reason for anybody to go festive this season should totally be food, the love for food. Be it feasting or fasting, both of them see an amalgamation of culinary innovation and enterprise. In such a vast and complex country like India, it’s more than necessary that abstention and excess should coexist.
Navratras and the Pujo
If Navratre are...
By Kriti Rana
Rights of children, child trafficking and the issue of equal opportunities for children are often discussed and debated on. Discussion on child trafficking which leads to their inclusion in the sex trade or prostitution in India is very common. However, in all these discussions about child rights, trafficking, and saving them from sexual and physical abuse, the...
QuoraED! This is when we pick up a trending or interesting thread from Quora and spin a story around it.
The Harry Potter movies have been one of the most successful movie adaptations in the history of English literature. Every time that a director has announced a movie adaptation, booklovers have dreaded the outcome. Not with the Harry Potter franchise...
Fake Friendly Fridays is a section where we pick a famous personality and throw fake questions at him/her and in return, we receive fake answers. Why should you not take it seriously? Because it is fake.
If you still didn’t get it: This is a fake interview written purely on the basis of the author’s imagination of how the actual...
There comes a time when we are forced to have a long, hard look at ourselves and examine if we really have come as far as we have. And I believe that time has come.
We pride ourselves on being the torchbearers of progress, of equality of peace, of evolution from the rabid cavemen we were to the civilized...
By Mayank Dixit
The problem of stray cattle is not a new thing to happen in our country. According to a 2012 data from livestock census, nearly 3% of the total cattle population in India is stray. And since then the number has been increasing with each year.
In the last few years, cow vigilante groups have totally disrupted the...
By Sneha Barua
What is life to you?
Is it about hanging around with buddies, partying like crazy without having anything to worry about or is it about working your ass off to earn a meager two square meal everyday, struggling to survive?
Everybody has a different perspective to life which is based solely on their experiences since the day they are...
Going abroad to study is something that practically every Indian student dreams of, whether it is just temporary to explore new lands or with plans to settle there.
But after getting to experience the process of going to study abroad, I can safely say that it is not the ‘admission’ that takes time, but all the running around and completing...
All we know about the Titanic and the emotion we attach to it that has come from James Cameron’s movie about the historic ship.
But what if I tell you, that it never sank?
Before you start thinking about how Rose and Jack could still be alive, let me come to the point.
According to a historian, Robin Gardiner, the collision and...
By Riddhi Tyagi
So I happened to visit this amazing museum while I was tripping around Goa this summer break, and I would definitely label it as a ‘must-see’ place!
Goa Chitra and Chakra- A moving experience is the efforts of a single person Victor Hugo Gomes being initiated for display at one of the coastal villages of Goa called Benaulim...
It is Shorotkaal and that could only mean one thing for Bengalis all over the world: Durga Pujo is here. After one full year of waiting like a starving soul, Maa is here in all her splendour and grandeur bringing along with her five days of absolute bliss.
However, there is this tiny factor of population explosion which makes it...
To paint a better picture, it might be worthwhile to share a bit about me and contextualize this post. Over the past 5 years, I have interned in 6 different companies. I have had a wonderful opportunity to do many things - from working in tech and quality assurance to scientific research and data science, and most recently, in...
