Monthly Archives: December 2015
"I don't drink."
And the world came to a standstill. Everybody around me wore quite a tragic face as if I had said, Justin Beiber is my alpha male. I had almost believed I was going to exiled next moment.
It's EXHAUSTING when you are the only non-drinker in your group of friends. It's like you a Martian. Gosh, even that...
2015 is ready to bid goodbye.
2016, on the other hand is all set to bump into our lives.
The clock is ticking faster. Tick. Tock. Tick.
And alas! You have no new year plans...
But don’t worry. Just spread your arms wide in valediction and bid adieu to 2015 in these ‘traditional yet modern’ styles!
1. Watch award shows in ‘Home Theatre’ style- Cuddling up...
If you are going to marry a man, first make him use internet explorer AND drive on U.P. roads.
Here, I have summed up what exactly are the #feels of driving in India: U.P.
1. The day begins with coming out of your house and finding your vehicle covered in a thick layer of dust. By the sheer thickness of it,...
Cricket and Cinema- the 2 C’s which is embedded in the blood of Indians. They are born with this indefinite love for both of them. For years one has seen the way they turn mad and sentimental for anything related to it. And amidst this, noticing the ever-changing trends of Bollywood is not that difficult.
What goes comes back again!
Like...
Social Opinions
Reasons Why Reunions Are The Best Thing To Happen To Outstationers
Vageesha Bainwala -
December is about holidays. A long vacation with everyone returning to their family places. It’s about meeting those school buddies, colony buddies, family, relatives and much more. It’s about spending time with people who have known you before you became the robotic machine running in the rat race.
With this vacation coming to an end and a long time before those get-togethers are planned again,...
It’s been a gripping year of football in 2015, with a long list of major records broken in the Premier League and abroad.
2016 promises to be a cracker as well, with one of the closest title races in years surely on the cards, but it would still do well to live up to the high standards set in the...
Technology
Is It Really The Social Media/Technology’s Fault Or Rather Ours For The Madness Around Us?
Parul Agarwal -
Social media has affected our lives in a huge way, there is no denying that. We have started looking at the world from a different perspective than we used to. This difference in perspective though, is not considered good by the society.
But sometimes we put too much blame on social media for things it hasn't even led to.
So let’s...
Lifestyle
Because It Is 2015: If This Was 2015, What Will The Next Year Be Like? I’m Scared
Anna George -
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was appreciated a lot for naming a gender equal cabinet which represented every ethnicity present in Canada.
And the reason Trudeau gave for picking the cabinet was simple- Because It Is 2015.
The statement went viral and we would like to put in some more things that we refuse to change though it is 2015...
Subcontinent India – land of diversities is the first thing that rings in your mind on hearing the word INDIA.
With 29 states and 7 union territories, each distinctive in its tradition, culture and most importantly food. it’s out of imagination how well these are connected.
The common thread running with regard to food is the love and passion for it....
Entertainment
If Directors Were Chocolates Which One Would They Be? Sanjay Leela Bhansali = Gems?
Vageesha Bainwala -
Every chocolate is unique. So are our Bollywood Directors. A common thread runs through all of the films of a particular director.
So we at ED decided to look at the chocolate equivalents of Bollywood Directors.
There are high chances that your favourite chocolate turns out the equivalent of your favourite director.
1. Sanjay Leela Bhansali = Cadbury Gems
Year after year,...
Social Opinions
Misuse, Misconception & Double Standards in Feminism: Stop Being Dumb & Interpret Feminism Correctly
Anshika Sabhani -
For a movement as threadbare as feminism, I won't drill the whole shebang about what it is.
But the contemporary feminism has blown out of proportions. So let me first tell everything I think it isn't.
Feminism isn't about not having to shave your legs, or not having the girls section dominantly pink in a toy store, or not wearing high...
When at home, it’s important to be fully stocked on all the necessities in life. Things like groceries, toiletries, and cleaning supplies are commonly kept tabs on.
But do you have a complete medicine kit?
Having a multitude of different drugs and supplies in the house in case of an emergency is an absolute must. From a random viral infection to...
Mughal history is fascinating not just in political terms.
Though we learn off by heart the stories of Mughal Kings, we often forget the royal Mughal women of the court.
Though they did not come out in the open, the Mughal women held a crucial role in regal decision, delegations, designing of cities and of course, carrying the lineage and guiding...
Lifestyle
ED VoxPop: Which Celebrities Should Have ‘I Will Shut Up in 2016’ As Their New Year Resolution?
Vageesha Bainwala -
We all have been making new year resolutions since childhood. Following some to the core or breaking some as soon as the clock strikes a second over 12 midnight. Even then we choose to keep on setting a resolution to ring in the next year with joy.
So as 2016 is about to start, we at ED thought to ease...
Lifestyle
Could Taj Majal Actually Be a Shiva Temple? Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalay?
Aniket Pendharkar -
Could Taj Mahal actually be a Shiva Temple? Shocked right?
Here are a few reasons why the speculation might be actually true!
1. The four marble pillars at the plinth corners and central domb are of Hindu style. They are used as lamp towers during the night and as watch towers during the day.
2. We were taught in school that...
Lifestyle
List Of Reasons On What We Miss From Our School Life, That Is Nothing Compared To College
Ashima Jain -
Remember those days when your mum would wake you up early in the morning to get ready for school? Those long relentless mornings of scrambling around for the second sock and gobbling up breakfast. Of course you do!
Two years in college, and I still want to go back and live that careless life again.
Who doesn’t?
The list of reasons why...
Entertainment
Stupid Things That Indians Do And Then Want The World To Like Them & Think They Are Great
Manjari Yadav -
India, ahem ahem, is the land of mystery and it's inhabitants are even more mysterious and enigmatic. They are victims of the sheep syndrome and that is sad. It is true that the number of stupid things these people are doing is just skyrocketing and then, they want the world to like them.
Here’s a compilation of the stupid things...
Finance
Manufactured Intolerance of BJP Might Hit The Party & PM Modi Very Hard In Times To Come
Manjari Yadav -
A lot has been going on in our country, India, since BJP assumed power in 2014. The country has constantly been debating the rising radicalism and the shrinking liberal space. The BJP was elected to power by a historic mandate by popularizing the slogan of development.
Yes, investment rose (credits to Make in India) and Modi went hysterical trying to...
WHEN WE DEBATE AT IIMs
Recently, while (trying to) decide on an innovative topic for a debate, one of my friends came across a pretty interesting one: ‘There is a potion which can stop you from falling in love. This house, as an 18 year old, would take the potion.’
Unfortunately, the severely limited intellectual abilities of my colleagues and the...
Entertainment
Got Bullied On Facebook? Valid Reason To Suicide? Get a Life Instead. #StopSuicide
Neharika Jindal -
DO YOU HAVE A PARTY COMING UP? READ THIS BEFORE YOU LEAVE
“Ohh God I will kill myself. I am just one disaster away from saying goodbye to this earth?”
This is what I heard from outside my neighbour’s room when I entered my hostel a few days ago. We were returning from the Christmas DJ party and it was past...
Lifestyle
Mumbai Gets A Taste Of Delhi Ki Sardi: Practical Winter Problems We Face
Vageesha Bainwala -
With the lowest temperature in Mumbai touching 11 degrees and chill being possibly more than a hill station, it's time Mumbai understands what Delhi faces.
The day to day issues which come along with the love for pakoras, halwas and hot beverages during winters are special to North India.
7 winter problems Delhites experience:
Typing Tyranny!
Frozen hands are sure to give you...
Digital art is a modern art form involving use of computers that could give even Van Gogh or Da Vinci a run for their money! This series of pictures we have dug up are made by an artist who goes by the name Sheharzad-Arshad on DevianArt. The principal concept is Super-Evolution. According to the creator, (and we quote)…
“Unlike Mega...
Technology
Facebook’s Free Basics- Are You Signing Up Without Knowing What It Is? Stop Being Dumb
Anshika Sabhani -
Facebook’s Free Basics program which allows people in 36 countries to access preferential websites for free, has drawn great criticism in its largest target market, India.
Let us understand the flurry of flak drawn by this program which is, after all, FREE.
WHAT IS FREE BASICS?
Facebook is selling its idea of internet.org as Free Basics like old wine in a new...
It’s been a year since India’s first roast was shot in Mumbai starring Ranvir Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Karan Johar as host on 28th December 2014. The roast created a train of controversies just to show that India isn’t the right place for the birth of comedians. India saw its first roast and it was actually very funny.
Interestingly, in...
Lifestyle
Does Bigg Boss Have Any Science Behind It Or Is It Just About Staged Cat Fights?
Nishita Karun -
The very title of this blog shows that yes I'm a scienc-y person but still I love Bigg Boss.
Judge all you want but you too know about it, unless you have been living under a rock with fingers in your ears singing "DJ wale babu mere gana bajado".
This is the 9th season of Bigg Boss and I was not...