Monthly Archives: January 2016
Fatehpur Sikri was founded and built by Akbar in 1569 and served as the capital for the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. After winning a war over Chittor he decided to shift capital from Agra to Fatehpur, in honor of the great saint Salim Chishti.
When Akbar and his wife couldn't conceive a child they went to this...
The word Taj Mahal makes every Indian proud as today it is something that places us on the world map. The white beauty is truly one of the most magnificent monuments which amazes everybody around the world.
Here I've tried to capture the essence of Taj through the different views in which a tourist looks at it.
1. Through the Gateway:
The...
A couple of nights ago (on Thursday, to be precise) a huge mass was washed up on Juhu beach. The late night joggers got curious and went over to explore… It was a whale – 40 feet long.
Since mid 2015, such whale beaching incidents have become alarmingly common. Not ten days ago, around 50 Olive Ridley turtles’ carcasses were...
Selfies today have become a very important part of smartphones and our lives.
But what really are the things that make your Selfie perfect?
1. Screen Flash:
Bright sun kissed selfies always comes out nice but what about late night clubbing selfies, where you hardly have a light source to depend on. Light shouldn't come between you and your selfie, absolutely no!...
We showed our readers the following picture and asked them to guess the clothing line.
Thereafter, the actual picture was revealed. Read on to find what they feel about it.
From ostracization to winning people’s admiration, Laxmi Saa, an acid attack survivor has had a long graceful walk.
While self-victimization has become a survival instinct for most, she has become the ‘face of...
First cigarettes, then alcohol and now weed. The trend amongst youth changes faster than India’s foreign policies. Much to my dismay, the latest fad among youth is smoking pot.
Earlier getting high meant to drink a lot, but nowadays, drinking alcohol is so old fashioned.
Marijuana smoke contains 50% to 70% more cancer-causing substances than tobacco smoke. One major research study...
A friend of mine recently shared this picture on Facebook.
Post which, I suggested quite a few TV series to him, but he’d mostly watched all of them and said he was bored of the same TV series- crime, drama and romance. I asked him if he’d watched Reign, or Sleepy Hollow and he hadn’t even heard of them. he...
AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organization with its vision being to promote leadership amongst the youth. The organization also sends students on exchange. AIESEC in Delhi University is an initiative taken by the same organization for the students of Delhi University and associated colleges. With its each step towards promoting and developing global leadership, AIESEC in Delhi University...
Amongst the Indian mesh of rituals and practices where dowry, honour killing, child marriage, exorcism etc. are seen as abhorrent, how would you react to the bestial practise of Cannibalism being prevalent in a holy nook of India?
Sure, India nurtures a vast plurality of rituals and practices but it is also the grounds for one of the most loathed,...
Everybody believes that being smart gives way to an easy lifestyle, but stop right there! Sciency nerds surely do have their own issues. It's really hard to fit in okay when your brain calculates and analyzes every minute of every day!
After being a Sciency till class 12th, instead of joining mainstream engineering I chose a completely different field of...
While you were busy missing your favorite 90's high-on-nostalgia sitcom Friends, one guy created a program to pen the new episodes. Andy Herd, a software developer from Dundee and creator of the Pandyland web comic, used a recurrent neural network - a form of artificial intelligence that has proven to be relatively adapted at understanding and forming language -...
Environment conservation became a concern for the modern society only after humankind did collateral damage to nature.
But when we look back, we can find a lot of people across the world, who showed us the importance of conserving nature with their words and actions.
Though modern civilization proclaimed that man is the dominant species on the planet and we rule...
Ted talks has featured some of the most influential speakers across the planet. Most of the people who browse YouTube in order to see a motivational video end up watching a TEDx video.
ED brings you a list of Ted Talks which will change your perception of India.
Here are some must watch speeches:
Anand Kumar. Superman of the Super 30
The man...
Because soda and snickers are too mainstream, a French start-up has come up with a vending machine that dispenses short stories for free.
The city of Grenoble in south-eastern France has been installed with 8 of these machines.
KILLING TIME INGENIOUSLY
As much as reading allures the French, this is the coolest invention in town. Now, whether you are waiting for a...
A RECENT INCIDENT
Last week, Induvalu Suresh, a Congress supporter cut off his finger and donated it at Tirupati for the prosperity of Indian National Congress. It was a sacrifice willingly made so that Congress will be cleared of all allegations will get back in power. This raised questions on what power and democracy means, how crazy fanfare would get,...
Almost everyone has heard of the Tihar Jail and no, it’s not because of the fact that it is South Asia’s largest prison but because it has been home to an N-number of politicians who now, much to our dismay make decisions for our country *face-palm*.
However, I’m not here to give a moral lecture but recount my hands on...
Disclaimer: The opinion expressed in this article is purely of the author. The content may seem lop sided to a lot of people but this is a democratic nation, and I am just putting forth my thoughts.
Police officials in India are not just underpaid but also under-equipped and over-employed. It’s high time for the legislature to realize that issues related...
Celebrations!
As Indians, diverse in our culture and heritage, one of the very few things that unite us is the pride we have in our hard-earned freedom. 26th January - Republic Day is a symbol of how we have our own constitution to govern the nation. 15th August brings with it the euphoria of living without the shackles of oppression by...
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE DO IN EXAMS
An Economics Statistics exam, where you are too short pressed for time (believe me I’d rather race Usain Bolt, and coming from me, that is saying something) is the last place where you’d have an epiphany, right?
Well, wrong. Amongst a flurry of formulae and calculating the inflation adjusted principal of an Inflation Indexed...
ED attended Zee Jaipur Literature Festival 2016 as media, and was part of an exclusive press conference with Anupam Kher.
Anupam shared his journey from Shimla to Bombay, from being a son of a clerk to winning a Padma Bhushan.
He started telling the press about how he comes from a family where his father used to earn a salary of...
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...
PERSONALITY QUIZZES
Let me take the ‘Which Harry Potter character are you’ quiz, and I shall study then. Never. Gonna. Happen.
DANCE TO RANDOM SONGS
Putting on random songs like ‘Sharaara Sharaara’ and dancing like no one’s watching. And there’s a snapstory of you trying to do a pirouette. And everyone who isn’t studying (99% of the batch) has already seen it.
RECITE...
Exactly a year later, Akshay Kumar is back venturing into foreign affairs. January 2015 saw him as a secret agent in Baby. And this year we find him saving 1,70,000 Indians with Airlift. Based on the real-life story of the evacuation of more than a hundred thousand Indians from Jordan airport (1081 km from Kuwait) in 1990, this film...
‘If you change the venue of this festival from a Palace to a field, the whole Romance of Literature is lost’ – Is something you feel whilst just standing amidst lovers of words.
Having not being able to make it on the first three days of one of the largest Lit Fests in the world - The Jaipur Literature Festival,...
Alien to the cacophony of buzzing towns and cities attributed to choking pollution, hooting and honking of city horns, dusty lanes, haphazard traffic rules, irresponsible civic sense, breathes this small little hamlet of Mawlynnong in Meghalaya that proudly wears its title of being the cleanest village in Asia since 2003.
Around 100km from Shillong, this place is a paradise that...
