Monthly Archives: November 2015
The ‘I travel a lot’ girl
Since you’re always on the go, you must wear clothes that are appropriate for streets, security check-ins, flights and road travel.
Pair a trendy coat with a pair of jeans and a comfortable top of your choice. The perfect footwear for you would be mules, which are backless loafers and perfect for traveling purpose.
The ‘I’ll...
Welcome again to my weekly desi take on the top trends and news of this week.
Yes, people say stupid stuff, and some go ahead and DO even more ire inviting stuff. My goal is to be unbiased to their degree of stupidness and bring to you the top 3 mentions of the week that can induce a migraine even in the most...
Hervé Falciani, was convicted to five years in prison for what is termed as the biggest leak in banking history- the Swiss Leaks. In 2008, the Franco-Italian systems engineer and whistleblower began collaborating with numerous European nations by providing allegedly illegal stolen information relating to more than 130,000 suspected tax evaders with Swiss bank accounts - specifically those with accounts in...
BORN BILINGUAL
India is home to 25 official languages and more than 150 regional languages. Some people may argue that there are several thousand languages in India! Despite this, it isn’t unusual to find a Hindi speaker able to understand some Gujrati or Bengali.
When we talk about learning a new language, we usually think of foreign languages like French, German...
By Vedant Kabra
He ate at X, he chilled at Y, he went clubbing to Z.
He was their frequent patron, but more often than not – love isn’t a two way traffic.
He felt cheated that his favourite places didn’t reward him enough (beyond the gastronomic journey). So, he decided to take matters in his hand.
It was about time.
His idea took...
Jimi! Jimi! Jimi! Aja! Aja! Aja! We all have heard this catchy tune playing during the wedding season. (I hope you guys have)
Anyway, we are not going to talk about that song but rather the one and only, Jimi Hendrix. For today is this gentlemen’s birthday! Also, we cannot forget his contribution to our world.
Winner of Seven Grammy Awards...
Dry days are coming for Bihar.
Nitish Kumar announced today that Bihar will go dry with alcohol being banned there from April 1, 2016.
Yes. Yes. From April fool’s day.
This is not the first time that the state is going dry. In 1977-78 the state government tried to impose prohibition but it was not effective.
This is the first major announcement by...
Delhi University students from the ED Team got lucky this week to have grabbed a chance to interview their alumnus Imtiaz Ali, along with the lead cast of his film, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone!
We met the team during their Delhi schedule of Tamasha promotions! Exhausted with the series of movie based interviews since morning, the trio met us...
Well the Comedian is back with a new Avatar!
In a major embarrassment, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's question on whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious "Clean India" campaign is working or not was met with a resounding 'yes'.
During an interaction with students of Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru, the Congress vice-president took an instant poll asking the young audience about the...
By Vedant Kabra
From Rushdie’s Satanic Verses to Taslima Nasreen’s Lajja, everything in India has been a subject of useless and baseless conjecture and subsequent ban (or non-guarantee of security leading to the writer fleeing from the country.) Da Vinci Code, Vishwaroopam and Aarakshan have been some films which were banned because of reasons too obscure to be true. And...
Let's talk about the core problem girlfriends face with their boyfriends.
Gaming!
Now if you aren't into gaming you will probably find the rest of the post boring.
But for those of you who are, let's look at the Top 6 PS4 games you cannot simply miss out on:
WITCHER 3 WILD HUNT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr-DKyAVU34
One of the best RPG experience offered on the PS4, the...
I’ll be the first to say, that I love winters. Being a winter child myself, I just… absolutely adore winters.
At the same time though, I can also see the difficulties that we all go through during the winter season. The frozen fingers and feet, not being able to wake up in the morning and leave your cozy bed.
Believe me...
I am a big music fan. And that is pretty evident by my many posts about music. So, of course I have arrived again to talk about a genre that I have recently started to love. That is folk music.
Yes, recently I discovered this genre and have realized that I absolutely love it.
And since I am forever looking for...
There are certain things or events in life that have the power to completely change your life. One of such things is joining a fandom…. Bet you thought I was going to spout some philosophical BS right?
But it is true, that joining a fandom has the ability to just turn your life around and make you do things you...
Okay. Try to calm down. Take a deep breath now, 1…2…3…. Nope. Doesn’t work.
Unless you live on the planet Mars, all of you on the internet must have heard or seen the promotional poster for Season 6 of Game of Thrones that just dropped last night. Game of Thrones, arguably one of the world’s most watched, pirated and polarizing...
Last week witnessed the 76th birthday of Samajwadi party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav a-k-a MSY a-k-a Netaji.
Location
The birthday celebration kicked off on Saturday in his native village Saifai. Why is it still a village?
Nostalgic Cake
Unlike last year this year the cake was not 75 feet long. However, this time it was of 76 kgs (Because 76 candles is too...
To get the nation talking about toilets, WaterAid India organised a ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Poo’ music concert by popular folk-rock band Indian Ocean band on November 19 in Nehru Park, New Delhi, this World Toilet Day.
ED was proud to partner with them for this amazing cause.
We were present there, and not only was the purpose of this concert...
"Mitchell Johnson retires from all forms of cricket!"
When I first heard the news, I was just like Woah! What's gonna happen with the Aussie bowling now? How is the Aussie batting tail gonna flourish without him? Am sure it has come as a big blow to all Aussie fans all around the world.
The ICC Cricketer of the Year Award...
EMERGENCY
Imagine you or your loved one is hurt. You need to get to the hospital right away. The operator on the phone tells you help will be there in 20 minutes. Twenty minutes? Each second passes like a lifetime. The ambulance finally arrives and the staff helps you inside. You pull away with red lights flashing and the siren...
Oxford dictionary constantly keeps updating itself and adds new words as and when they come up to reflect the changes in culture and communication. It also adds some internet slangs that go viral. And we all know how difficult it is to keep up with the internet slangs, which come up from almost anywhere, anytime.
You cannot predict when a...
Welcome again to my weekly desi take on the top trends and news of this week.
Yes, people say stupid stuff, and some go ahead and DO even more ire inviting stuff. My goal is to be unbiased to their degree of stupidness and bring to you the top 3 mentions of the week that can induce a migraine even in the most...
Everyone knows that BMW is a popular premium vehicle brand. The company has a plethora of models sold in various markets around the world. One of the hottest models in their current lineup is the BMW 1 Series hatchback.
There were some mixed reactions when the first generation of 1 Series hatches got sold. The good news is BMW has...
Bond. James Bond is back this week with the franchise’s 24th feature ‘Spectre,’ directed by Sam Mendes.
As the latest film in this occasionally great, often middling franchise, ‘Spectre’ comes with some sizeable shoes to fill. The previous feature, ‘Skyfall’ was pretty good (Great even, if you disregard the third act), Quantum was okay and Casino Royale was awesome, with...
The El Clasico is tonight at 2245 IST where Barcelona goes to the Bernabeu!
The game every football fan waits for, each and every season.
The game between the two Spanish Football giants, Barcelona and Real Madrid, is the second most watched game in Football now obviously after the UEFA Champions league Finals.
The game has received more attention in the modern...
Two years ago, a friend had insisted on me joining Snapchat. I thought that it would be fun.
Back then, you could just send snaps, with a caption to your friends that lasted anywhere from one to ten seconds. It was all-good because you could send a funny snap to anyone and it would disappear forever after a maximum of...
