Monthly Archives: January 2015
What do you tell your cup of coffee when life gets demanding?
“Step aside Coffee, this is a job for Wine”,
What do you tell your financial securities when Investment gets demanding?
“Step aside Financial Securities, this is a job for Wine”.
Source- Google images
The current investment scenario in the Indian Economy has not only made it apprehensive for the investors, but also...
‘Nothing’s more hateful than failing to protect the one you love.’ The trailer for season 5 of HBO’s magnum opus starts off with this ominous foreshadowing and the strains of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’. I present a summary of what we were shown and what we can expect. Beware, spoilers are coming.
SWORDS AND CREEPS
Jon Snow is introduced doing what he...
On January 3, 2015 Yusuf Sarkin was out on business as usual, in a town named Baga in the North eastern front of Nigeria. He heard a scream, only to be followed by a gunshot. Then there was an explosion and he knew what was happening. Boko Haram 'officially' known as Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad ("People Committed to the...
“I’m not from Delhi. I’m from Kolkata. It’s the best city in the world.”
"Oh nice. Actually, I spent my entire childhood in the Middle East. So I can’t say that I’m from Delhi either, I guess."
*laughs* “So you’re from the place that kills women?”
This is a pretty regular conversation for me. I lived in the Middle East for 15...
Music is an art that transcends boundaries. It is believed to have existed for about 50,000 years, since the first human civilization, and was used as a method of communication long before the modern day languages came into existence. For the ease of educating musicians, it has been divided into a number of categories on the basis of time...
We already knew of President Obama as a strong orator, and he clearly proved the fact once again by keeping the audience, live or all of those who watched him on TV, engrossed in the speech he presented at the Opening Ceremony of the 66th Indian Republic Day. Terrorism, International Trade and Finance, Nuclear Energy Treaties and continued Economic...
Nothing tastes better than a chocolaty, melting Swiss chocolate. But wait, the taste turns bitter when we take a look at its currency. The ski-loving, watch-making, tourism hub stunned the world on January 15, when the SNB (Swiss National Bank) abandoned the fix exchange rate of the Swiss franc vis-à-vis the mighty (not so anymore) Euro. So, why are...
‘Elastic Heart’ by Australian singer-songwriter Siawas originally recorded featuring Canadian PBR&B artist The Weeknd for the soundtrack of the 2013 American film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It peaked at No. 7 on the New Zealand singles and was certified gold. It also appeared on Australian, Belgium and the United Kingdom music charts. A power ballad, it was well-received...
The 'Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan' campaign aims to accomplish the vision of 'Clean India' by 2 October 2019, 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The campaign started with a huge uproar with Mr Modi nominating the glitterati and several organizations to take up brooms and flood our social media feeds with their perfectly posed pictures in shades holding brooms. However,...
The master of irony in idiosyncrasy
(A man of fearless expression and supreme talent. In memory of a legend that the country has lived with and a voice that was symbolic of the unity in diversity.)
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For decades, one man has relentlessly captured the nation’s mood in irony and humor coupled with wit and excellence. As a political journalist,...
Simply because Sometimes Less is More
The world of social media is diverse.
There will be some who just can’t post without prefixing a Hash Tag before each and every word they write;
#Source : https://www.hashtags.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hashtag2.jpg
#OVERUSED
But then, there are exceptions too; who manage to wrap up more thoughts within 140 characters than what a thousand words can ever convey.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/terriblytinytales
From blogs to...
If ratings or awards mean something, Breaking Bad scored a hundred per cent rating by Rotten Tomatoes, and 9.5 out of 10 by IMDb. As for awards: it won the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globe awards, and most recently the Producers Guild Award. By these standards, it happens to be one of the most...
There’s news and then there’s this. On the morning of January 27th (IST), social media sites Facebook and Instagram stopped working (from a period of 30 minutes to an hour, reports vary).When asked about what had happened, God of 1.25 human beings and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerburg asked his worshippers not to worry and that Facebook would be...
Are you a car enthusiast? Do exclusive new launches of the motoring industry invoke the curiosity in you? Well, if yes then you're at the right place because we're up with an exclusive preview of ongoing Washington Motor Show 2015.
The Washington Auto Show started on 23rd January and it is a ten day event this time. This year, thousands...
In the land of Kamasutra, we've come down to treat sex as a “no-let’s talk not about it” or “hush-shame on you” kind of topic and we refrain from talking about it among the people we grow up with, or even the closest in our families, unlike the western society where it might as well serve to be a...
Every year since 2006, literature enthusiasts and book lovers from all around the world gather for the biggest celebration of literature on the planet and to make the society realise its importance not only in their own lives but in others as well. Such celebration takes place at the pink city of India every year, luring a humongous amount...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently announced the final 15-man squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, compositely co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named the Captain as India have won the 2011 World Cup at home under his leadership and he is expected to once again lead the...
EDM, or Electronic Dance Music, is pop music’s funkiest and trendiest acronym! It has already become a rage amongst most of the youth and that is due to the never ending volts of energy it brings with it and the euphoria it creates. You enter a whole new realm when you play it and listen to it. The bass...
With all the fuss about Obama this Republic Day, the other 'big' news didn’t receive its due attention. The news I’m referring to is the advertisement taken out by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of India, with a picture of the preamble, without the words socialist and secular.
I’m a child of the 90s and when I studied civics in...
The Japanese Wife is a collection of twelve short stories written by Kunal Basu who is an Indian writer of English Fiction. Basu has also written four novels – The Opium Clerk, Racists, The Miniaturist and The Yellow Emperor’s Cure. The Japanese Wife deals with varied themes and the stories lay an emphasis on the geography as well for...
Outrageous. Crass. Edgy. Filthy. Abusive. Humiliating. Bold with a capital B. Call it what you may, but I dare you to deny that the All India Bakchod Knockout wasn't laugh-your-ass-off-until-your-lungs-give-out-and-your-eyes-start-to-water funny.
For the uninitiated, a roast is an event in which a specific individual, a guest of “honour”, is subjected to jokes at their expense intended to amuse the event's wider audience....
MY INSPIRATIONS BEHIND RESEARCH
I was going down memory lane and was reminded of all the ‘SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT’ protests and campaigns that I took a part in , as a child, during school day and also against how cars were, and still are, a major contributor to polluting the environment. If only there were some way to reduce this pollution,...
Are you superstitious ? Who’re you kidding ?! We all have that devil on our backs and have umpteen times crossed our fingers before our results get announced while trying to strike a deal with God, making empty promises of working harder next term on-ward. So now read the complete article or you’re doomed for the next 10 years....
Ever thought of mixing jam with ketchup? Unusual combo. Isn’t it? Well, music is just like food my friend.
Mix Hard Rock music with Pop/Hip Hop music and what you get is one kickass Nu-Metal cum Hard Rock band called PAPA ROACH. Applaud. They are not the only band to offer us a cocktail of music worth winning awards but they...
It's official. US-based taxi-hailing service Uber again played with fire on Friday after it restarted operations in New Delhi without waiting for an approval from the transport authority. The company, banned in the national capital a month ago by Delhi’s Transport Department after a woman alleged she was raped by a driver she booked using the Uber app, has...
