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The New Years Eve was witness to the horrific and disgusting, mass sexual assaults in Cologne, Germany and many other European cities. This Arab rape game goes by the name of “Taharrush”, and is slowing invading into Europe. The Disgusting Dynamics The rape game, Taharrush, is about a group of young men, usually in 20’s or 30’s and generally, Arabian descent,...
By simply seeing a coin, you can tell in which part of the country it was made. There are only four coin-minting machines in India, and they each emboss a special symbol on their products. Each of us, at some point or the other in our lives, has tried our hand at collecting coins and currency. But what did we...
This is the experience of a dear friend of mine now living in Chennai with her family and she is currently pursuing her degree. She recounts the terror filled accounts of the Chennai floods, few days at the relief camp and how things are settling back. November 29 Rains were pouring like never before. When it rains here, like many other cities,...
Two expat Australian surfers hailing from Spain have banked on an ingeniously cool new invention to help sustain the aquatic life. Let's get to know about it. GREAT MINDS BEHIND THE INVENTION Fed up of the ugly picture of harbours and marinas choked with staggering plastic waste, detergents, and all other trash, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski designed the first Seabin prototype...
Watching Bhupendra Chaubey’s interview with Sunny Leone, I was flabbergasted to see hypocrisy taking such a blatant format, that too in a national media, comfortably playing the role of a moral police. So much have been said and discussed about the interview and the interviewer have been subjected to quite a lot of criticism in the matter. IS SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE EVERYTHING? For many people,...
Back in Time is a newspaper type column that reports an incident from the past as though it has happened just yesterday. It allows the reader to re-live it several years later, on the date it had occurred. For this incident, we go back in time to 1988. 1988, January 20: Mr. Khan, better known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’, and emblem...
This week on Friendly Fridays we got a chance to interview the extremely talented Suresh Menon, who needs no introduction. He is much more fun than we had imagined. Let's start our rendezvous with him right away.   Team ED: Three words that describe you best. Suresh Menon: Happy, smiling, confused. Team ED: Do you think that the Indian audience is accepting comedy podcasts? Suresh...
“Siri, what’s one trillion to the tenth power?” “One zero zero zero zero…” and that’s how it started. This video uploaded by Muhamed Faizal on his Facebook wall has gone viral. Though only liked by 9 people, the video has already grossed over 700,000 views and shared nearly 15,000 times within three days of posting. This video is not available on YouTube,...
The sports world is buzzing with something exciting all the time. India vs Australia Series, English Premier League, FIFA Ballon d'Or, Premier Badminton League, WTA Sydney International tada tada tada. And with so much going on across the world, I don't want to loose out on the Sports  News because of my busy day. Looking for a live cricket score with minimal data usage (my...
Our generation is pro at experimentation and going batshit crazy. Result? Everything that's funny on the internet. Yet, it’s not every day that you come across a fusion of condoms and miscellaneous brands, and done so well that it leaves you in splits! Creator Max Wright has taken taglines of famous brands we all know and love, and twisted it...
We all have been crazy children at a point in our life where our entire life revolved around playing stupid made up games. But seeing them now you realize that these were not just for playing, they had an even bigger purpose. These games taught us life lessons that we today should incorporate in our lives. So put your philosophy mode on...
Back in Time is ED’s newspaper type column that reports an incident from the past as though it has happened just yesterday. It allows the reader to re-live it, on the date it had occurred. For this incident, we go back in time to November 2015.  2015, November 9: Contaminated water in areas of Iraq has caused an outbreak of cholera to worsen,...
On the chilly winter morning of 16th of January, 2016, The Govt. of India launched, what many saw as a great leap forward, Start-Up India – a multi-directional initiative for budding entrepreneurs in a country where minds are always at creative wars with themselves! A JOB WELL DONE - Our Youth Blog, ED, was graced with the opportunity to be invited...
The small town of Lalganj, in Bihar, experienced a horrible tragedy and violence on the streets following a driving incident on 17th of November 2015. The incident spawned dangerous rumours, which boiled over into rampant violence – leading to the death of at least five people. The town, with a population of about 37 thousand according to the Indian Census 2011, witnessed...
Recently in a survey of nearly 100 youngsters, we asked the question, “How can you – as the youth of the nation – contribute to improving the climate?” We got some interesting answers, and some textbook answers. Sure, you can spread awareness, talk about it on social media, maybe even apply a special filter to your Facebook DP for a...
"So many books, so little time". This thought ran through my mind constantly while getting ready for the last day of World book fair which was one of the marked calendar events, held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi this year. The excitement about the fair was obvious even on the last day by the crowd swarming in. It was a perfect...
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...
With the crazy movie line-up, 2016 is going to be Christmas all year, especially  for movie fanatics. Here are 8 upcoming movies that are going to rock the world in 2016. 1. HOW TO BE SINGLE Premiere: February 12 Director: Christian Ditter Stars: Dakota Johnson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Lily Collins Finally a break from the run-of-the-mill sappy romcoms. Hurry and grab a seat...
On January 3, two Indian cities, Pathankot and Malda, lying on the western and eastern border respectively, fell to their knees. The attacks were against the establishment, by the terrorists in Pathankot, and anti-social elements in Malda. The attacks in Pathankot managed to grab eyeballs worldwide, with PM Modi just returning from Nawaz Sharif’s birthday party, a week back,...
Alan Rickman is familiar to most of us through his portrayal as Professor Snape right? But if you loved Rickman as Snape, you should watch some other performances of Rickman to fully appreciate his excellence. So here are some of his best performances. Romeo and Juliet (1978) This would be Rickman’s debut at the age of 32 and it was a BBC...
This week on Friendly Fridays we have with us Shivangi Lolayekar, the Fashion Features Editor at GQ, India. Need we say more? So without much fuss, here we go: Team ED: Three words that describe you the best? Shivangi Lolayekar: Bit of everything. Team ED: What do you like the most about being an Editor? Shivangi Lolayekar: The unpredictability of the job. You could be hobnobbing with...
Spoiler Alert- It is impossible to write about Rickman without talking a bit about his movies. Sorry for spoiling the suspense but Rickman was very choosy and his movies are worth watching again and again. Alan Rickman- Obituaries would be piling up by now in his name. But one thing we can be sure is that he will be missed....
We have all heard about Gokul in stories, it is mentioned as the town in which Lord Krishna was raised. But to this day the people of this town are dedicating their entire lives to the Lord. This is one of the few towns in India where there is no non-veg food, no alcohol and no lower cast people. Even...
Why do we Indians fall for the spiritual and ‘pious and pure’ Godmen and Godwomen? Are we innately like this or is this because we are absolutely gullible and foolish and as naive as a cow? Pun intended. And why do we display this stupidity of ours out front? Well, to begin with, we are extremely religious people. Religious freedom...
Dear people, On 12 January 2016, the Supreme Court put a stay on the 7 January 2016 notification in The Gazette of India via which the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was trying to permit cruel events like Jallikattu and bull races. This means events such as Jallikattu and bull races cannot be held for now, as the court deliberates on the...

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