Monthly Archives: February 2015
Fantasy appeals to us; simply because of the relationship between magic and morality.
Harry Potter now is not just a name, not just a mere collection of 7 fictional novels but a masterpiece that has turned the world of its readers upside down.
But being a Potterhead has its own cons!
So if you’re a Potter fan yourself, let’s go through some...
Gone are the days that Noah Calhoun, the rustic charming country boy from the most overrated romance of the past decade, The Notebook, was Ryan Gosling’s prime identifier. By the way, those were terrible days. Over the years, Gosling has delivered potent performances demonstrating a flair for the dramatic (Blue Valentine, The Ides of March)as well as the darkly...
Gone are the days when marketers adopt the same old conventional marketing tactics in order to promote their brands. Fairness creams are no longer sold on ads that propagate the notion that your skin tone determines your success, Tech-giants like Google now aim to build an emotional connect and personal rapport with its users, etc. Consumers switching from Radio...
Ever wondered that why we are so religiously loyal to some brands? Or why one brand is always preferred over the other, even if both are perfect substitutes of each other? A sensational breakthrough in the field of marketing coined as ‘Neuro-marketing’ has all the answers to unlock the mysterious brain of the consumers for the marketers. With the...
Aren't you curious about the Dark underbelly of our society? Don't you want to wander into the dim lit alleys of human mind in search for truth? Don't you want to know the unknown? Then welcome to the Deep Web, part of web that you cannot access. What is the Deep Web?
Internet is divided into two parts : the...
Steven Spielberg once said, “The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” And this is an apt explanation for what makes a perfect mentor.
Mentoring is often confused with the sole responsibility of giving advise on the questions your mentee seeks an answer to. Instead, mentoring...
From Chandani Chowk’s paranthewali galli to Janpath’s momos joint to Le Meridian’s upscale dineout experience- Delhi has got it all.
Be it Sitaram Diwanchand’s spicy treat of Chhole Bhature, or Bangla Sweets’ sweet attempt to tickle your sweet tooth, or an exquisite gourmet meal at The Imperial- Delhi has triumphantly earned the status of the ‘Indian food hub’. The capital...
“Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing at creating human victims. An end must be put to this .As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror”
-Vladimir Putin.
True that it creates human victims. But there should be proper forces acting against these militant groups to end....
Crossing my living room to grab the morning paper, I see a familiar face flash across the television. Is it really her ? After all this time? And then my doubts are confirmed as I see her name ‘Lindsay’ emblazoned in a bright gold, with a dark, almost black background. Maybe that’s how her future will be.
It takes me...
Among the animated shorts that have won the Academy Award, there are a few that stand out. They are different because they are sociological or philosophical in nature and seek to enlighten the adult mind as much (or more) as that of children. But because of the general trend of fantastical shorts made to entertain children, such films get...
Hindi novels have now become the endemic species in the world of literature. Neither are they seen in the bookstores, nor are they available in the libraries nowadays. India is a country with a rich culture and Hindi is an integral part of it. Being Indians we should never ignore it. But the present scenario is entirely different. Today...
Let’s face it, clothes can make you or break you in this very, very judgemental world.
Moreover, with half of us learning courses that require us giving presentations every week or so, or be it the endless chain of interviews for internships or job placements, there ought to be more choices than shirts and pants when it comes to what...
Disclaimer: This article is based on a bunch of statistics that have been picked up from reliable sources (Hey! Google is reliable!). This is not meant to defame any babaji and give their devotees any idea that might compel them to reconsider their faith in the respective babajis. This is a light hearted article meant for the entertainment of...
It’s like people are in the news just because they want to keep on stirring the pot of controversy. Modi’s 10 lakh suit with his name literally stitched on. The entire nation speculating where Rahul Gandhi’s disappeared off to.
And the pretty common, yet still pretty shocking/surprising, malicious jabs at other figures of prominence. But this time, it’s a whole new level....
One day after reading an article, about the social upheavals in Britain after the sinking of Titanic, I tried Google for more information but what I got instead was a big poster of Downton Abbey. Curious I started to read about the show and I came to know that it was one of the most watched shows all around the world....
“Is it a fact – or have I dreamt it – that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?”― Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Not everyone in India is experiencing this magic. 33% of all Indian households (about 80 million households, or over 300 million people) and...
We follow different books to lead a life in a perfect way. We hesitate to do wrong things as we believe there is a person who is going to punish us. But how far is it correct that a person kills another only because he hates their religion. Is religion over ruling humanity?
From their engagement, to wedding, to heaven…together....
The Management Thought has seen a major breakthrough in the previous century. Be it Fayol’s principles of administrative management or Taylor’s principles of scientific management; there have been new discoveries of leadership styles and authorial hierarchy. But the ways of management today were not such in the earlier times. The modern Management Thought has evolved over the centuries all...
The Earth did not choose Chocolate. Chocolate chose the Earth. That probably is the only reason why chocolate is impossible to get away from.
The taste of chocolate is a joy forever. This universal truth doesn’t require a derivative proof for its relevance. However, being a fervent chocolate-is-my-true-bae, I put forward these exotic realities to substantiate the validity of chocolate...
The last couple of decades have seen the advent of some truly amazing television series. Some of these shows seem to have been around since… well, forever. Bart Simpson has been the same annoying brat for about 25 years now and South Park has been entertaining us from the very beginning of time.
Unlike these animated wonders, some of their...
As a sequel to the article on Handwriting Analysis, we bring to you a list of famous personalities and what graphology tells us about them.
We have all been told that every individual is unique and different. The way you act, think or talk can never be a replica of someone else. But like our previous article discussed, can handwriting...
“Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
November 18, 2000: It’s Diwali. My brother and I are opening our presents. I tore open the glittering pink paper, only to find a kitchen set hidden in there,...
With the eighth season running successfully, The Big Bang Theory, an old-fashioned multi-camera comedy about quirky, nerdy geniuses is clearly one of the highest-rated sitcoms since Rachel got off the plane in 2004. The show has garnered applause for making geek culture mainstream, where instead of making the brainy, intellectual and the different an outcast, we are celebrating them....
Dropping out of Dublin’s Trinity College in 2012 to record demos and mostly playing on Dublin’s open mic nights, Andrew Hozier-Byrne, a recording artist from Bray, County Wicklow, has known humble beginnings. After two years; a “disheartening…slow, quiet time”, in his own sombre and careful words, Hozier recorded a rough demo of the song ‘Take Me to Church’ in...
Adam Smith gave the world the Paradox of Value wherein he explained that despite water being essential for human survival, we value diamonds more than it. So to speak, we pay manifold times the amount of money for diamonds than for water even though we very well know the importance of water. But what if we were to forget...
