Monthly Archives: January 2014
By Smriti Joinwal
Jawaharlal Nehru had a vision for independent India. He wanted to raise the standards of living and wanted to overcome all the hurdles that would have come in the way of economic growth of the nation. But today, as we enter 2014, and for a moment look behind, we see that the past few years were characterized by corruption,...
She tried to flap her wings over and over and over again, but in vain. The little bird glanced once more at her sticky wings, black with the muck the humans had dumped into the sea. A few more attempts to lift off, once more in vain.Two hours later, she gave in to her futile efforts and just sat still, fully...
By Smriti Joinwal
Riding on the heightened interest around the digital cryptocurrecy, “bitcoin”, its obsessive followers made it to surge to a record of $1075 on 28th Nov 2013 on the Mt Gox exchange. There is this craziness about the currency among the Gen Y. A quick glance at the Bitcoin portal like bitcoin.org proves this. Many analysts equate this phenomenon to a digital...
By Ashna Satyajit
"I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?'"
Watching Marty McFly rock his guitar in...
Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strips by Bill Watterson present a heart-warming, beautiful and befuddled stage of childhood that we all have been through. He is in a phase where life’s preposterous rules make no sense at all, everything in the world is unfair, there is not enough time to play and to watch TV, studies are equivalent to suffocation...
By Rhea Grover
As I laid my hands on the first book of the much exalting Shiva Trilogy, my eyes straight away went to a quote that was on it, ‘Amish is… the Paulo Coelho of the East.’ Now, I’m not one to judge a book by it’s cover, and this was literally on a cover and that too on...
By Divya Kamboj
Below I have provided a list of top 4 festivals of the world- How & when they are celebrated:
• Mardi Gras, USA
While Mardi Gras in the United States is not observed nationally across the country, a number of cities and regions in the U.S. have notable Carnival celebrations, because of the French, Spanish, and other colonial influences...
By Shivangi Handa
2013… A year full of DHAMAKAS and PATAKAS. Bondings, controversies, abuses all were a part of this great fun filled and adventurous year. We saw some couples bonding, some separating, some new talks and and even more gossips about the “new formations” in the industry. From Ranbir-Katrina’s Spain holiday to Armaan-Tanisha’s Bigg Boss 7 chemistry; from Hrithik-Suzanne...
Porsche has unveiled the iconic 911 Targa at the Detroit Motor Show. The 911 Targa was initially launched by Porsche way back in 1965, when the government had set up strict laws against convertibles, and were planning to ban them. The Targa top, which is basically a half open top but with glass towards the end was a very...
By- Nidhi Nagpal
“Dhoom pichak” literally happened at IIT Bombay fest,“MOOD INDIGO” this year. Many people enthusiastically attended Mood Indigo to revive their fond memories of the early 2000’s when Maeri & Dhoom Pichak Dhoom by Dr. Palash Sen echoed in the minds of every individual.
Nobody anticipated that years later “ROTI” would be in more controversial for him than his...
By Lakshay Kumar Chowdhury
Seeing the headline, one can't help but wonder “Was England too bad or Australia too good?” Well, the answer is –it was a combination of both. The Australian team was relentless and fearless and on the other hand, the England team was forced to shift to the defensive mood due to the aggression shown by the...
By Danyal Razi
He has been one of the most searched personalities online along with Shahrukh Khan and Katina Kaif in 2013 and also occupies two of the top ten trending videos of YouTube for the year that has gone by. He has been lauded as a youth icon on numerous public platforms and has senior politicians like Ms. Sheila...
By Isha Sharma
This article seeks to explore the nature of socially constructed sexuality and the role of 'power' in that construction. Before elucidating this, I would like to draw attention to the STEREOTYPES prevalent in our society. Theoretically 'stereotypes' are the norms laid down by the society regarding gender, race etc. Gender stereotypes offer an upper hand to males...
By Aishwarya Kumar
Do you find yourself being impressed by people with a good command over their language? Does your mind blow a fuse when you see someone using an ‘a’ in place of a ‘the’? Do you find yourself picking people’s grammar now and then, on the Internet or otherwise? Does it seem hard for you to befriend a...
By Gauri Rajput
The year 2013 witnessed huge number of launches in the automobile industry. Market in India has grown so enormously that every year is subjected and predicted with some new launches. People, due to so many choices in their particular brackets of income, end up getting confused on what is worth buying. Here the SUV (sports Utility Vehicle)...
By Shreya Bajaj
Recently Sonia Gandhi’s dream bill, the Food Security Bill (FSB) was passed in the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha, which guarantees 5 kg of rice, wheat and coarse cereals per month per individual at a fixed price of Rs 3, 2, 1, respectively, to nearly 67% of the population and also ensures benefits to pregnant women, lactating...
By Sanuj Shah
The recent economic crisis due to the rapid depreciation of the Indian Rupee and persistent inflation had drawn parallels to the economic crisis our country had faced in 1991. The reforms suggested by various prominent economists and the ones implemented by the RBI were being compared to the big bang reforms of the early 1990s. Just like our former finance...
By Sanuj Shah
The World Bank is the world’s largest multilateral development lending institution. Its aim, as Bank literature claims, is poverty reduction in the third world countries. Governments look to the World Bank as they grapple with the most basic, yet daunting, challenge of our time: poverty. It is scarcely an exaggeration to assert that whether the millions who live or die...
By Divya Sharma
2013 saw another addition to the “27 club” with Guitarist (for Yellow Dogs) Soroush “ Looloosh” Farazmand joining in on November 11 at the age of 27 years and 11 days.
The 27 club is a notional group of popular musicians who died at the age of 27, often at the peak of their careers, and often as...
By Harsh Raj
Its been six years since the burst of the housing bubble that the financial world has had a taste of another “IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE”. Well there might be one around the corner. The stage is set and the new superstar (or villain I honestly don’t know) is BITCOIN , a cryptocurrency. It's the hottest trading so called asset in the market...
By Amy Rachiele, M. Ed.
Whether it is an uppercut to the jaw or a blast to the stomach, life throws punches. They can suck the life out of you or knock basic functioning skills right out of your brain, leaving you crippled. Punches more brutal than a literal one.
My husband was diagnosed with cancer a year ago. It took...
By Akmal Farooq
So yes CES “14 Las Vegas is a big event. But is it too early to draw any picture out of the first big Technology Fair of 2014. Well I will answer that with another question, "Do we need any more reasons? ". We can’t control our enthusiasm, period!
Although there were not many top companies displaying their...
By Amartya Prasad
Now, this may sound strange. You may say that the whole world is moving towards Android and it is absurd that I talk you into buying a Windows Phone instead, with the small number of apps and blah blah. I hope this article is able to convince at least a few of you to make the...
I remember being not more than 14 years old when I first heard about an e-book reader. I've wanted one since then. Even now, when tablets and the iPad seem like a much more practical alternative, I sometimes wish I had an e-book reader. E-book readers became popular with the release of the Amazon Kindle in 2007. These readers...
Now, I guess after a light article on the instruments used in Indian music, everyone now is ready to learn something more about swaras and ragas. Ragas as told before are different permutations and combinations of different swaras which are used in the Indian classical music. As told before in my first article (http://edtimes.in/2013/09/origins-7-swaras-indian-classical-music.html) there are 7 swaras, namely-...
