Monthly Archives: March 2016
Debates are healthy. It makes you aware of the other side of the story. But what is the use of it when someone is not just obsessed with a particular argument but also has fallen prey to non-use of logic. Yes, I’m speaking of Anupam Kher. He’s a great actor, I personally acknowledge his on-screen work.
But, the actor turned...
Buying your very first car is always a challenge. It can often feel like you have no idea what you’re doing, so let this guide help you out.
Look at All the Buying Options
There are so many ways in which we can buy cars these days. It used to be the case that you either had to buy straight from...
Not two days have passed since Microsoft’s little Tay “came of age” and made her account on Twitter. And within less than a day, she turned into a nasty, foul-mouthed, racist brat who talks VERY inappropriately for a teenager. After her short and messy but eventful day on Twitter, Tay has become “tired” and gone offline to take rest.
If...
With so many family cars on the market, it's often difficult to make a decision. Some motorists end up making the wrong choices and regretting them later. Others get bored and want to upgrade just weeks after their purchase!
If you're thinking of buying a family car soon, the above will no doubt paint a familiar portrait. We could make...
It is all that we expected it to be. After apple decided to surprise its customers by introducing a new Iphone in March, I speculated that it is trying to do everything to retain its market share, and I think this just might work. While it also released the IPad pro 9.7 inch, just 4 months after launching the...
Finally. After so many years of fans rooting for comic book's greatest superheroes to slug it out against each other in a film, we finally get our wish. Zack Snyder's Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is finally here, a film that not only purports to begin from where Man of Steel ended but, also aims to set the...
After a busy day outside trying to paint others blue, red and yellow, I came back to the news that the football legend Johan Cruyff had passed away, succumbing to lung cancer. Looking up his biography online, I was so inspired by the man that writing an article on his career felt necessary.
Cruyff was born on April 25, 1947,...
The explosions in the departure hall of Brussels Airport on Tuesday with fourteen people being killed at Zaventem Airport and a bomb attack on the Brussels metro system killing 20 others is still a matter being debated over.
But luckily it has prompted other countries to tighten airport security and raised questions about how soon passengers should be screened when...
This is not the first time bogus accounts are in the picture. Maybe Uber is getting a taste of its own medicine?
Ola has reportedly been caught red-handed this Holi with a brand new accusation from Uber pointing at Ola employees creating close to 93,000 fraudulent accounts on the San Francisco-based Uber’s platform.
Apparently, over 400,000 rides, almost 50,000 in Delhi...
I don’t know what got into me, but suddenly I felt like watching the new Himesh Reshammiya film in town – Tera Surroor.
I wish someone could’ve just killed me before I made that decision.
From the trailer, one could observe that HR put in a lot of effort for this film. He built his body and changed his hairstyle.
Pity that...
Yes. It’s possible.
Barcelona have been on a goal scoring rout this season, disposing off teams along their journey to a possible treble. Players are (seem) happy, M.S.N. are breaking records and the management can’t think of any fault lines.
But if you analyse the Catalans’ recent draw with Villarreal C.F. in a tough road La Liga game, it won’t be...
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 several years later, on the date it had occurred.
For this incident, we go back in time to 1931 Lahore on 23rd of March.
Lahore, Monday, 23rd March- Shocking people all over the nation,...
Oh, what a time to be alive! In our world, there are cool gadgets for EVERYTHING! There was once an age where food was a basic necessity, and no one cared what their plate looked like.
Then came the era of plating, garnishing and serving the food in a way such that one could “eat with their eyes before their...
Of course, we have written countless essays regarding deforestation. Every year when the temperature hikes in summers, we have a thought that something is rotting in our policies towards nature.
When Saudi Arabia and Mumbai experienced winters like never before this year, we felt nature was giving ‘red bills’ and a wake-up call.
But when it comes to actions, we,...
“There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river.” – David Brower
The journey is never about the destination, it’s about the fun!
Often I am buzzed to break my scheduled workdays to blend with a venturous weekend for my most planned idea of River Rafting in Rishikesh. And that day came when I surprisingly...
India made news recently with the revelation that it tops Facebook’s Bug Bounty program with Rs 4.84 crore given to Indian researchers for the job. But what process goes on behind the decisions of how much to pay whom?
Let’s start with some stats.
Inception of the Bug Bounty program by Facebook: 2011
Number of countries involved: 127
Number of Indian researchers and...
On 19th March 2016, new crew boarded the International Space Station in a Soyuz space capsule. The crew consists of 2 Russians Oleg Skripochka, Alexey Ovchinin and NASA’s Jeff Williams.
But this change of crew won’t be routine for Jeff Williams, following their six month expedition, Jeff will hold the American record for the most space time- 534 days, in...
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...
Getting excited on birthdays is the tackiest way to be enthusiastic. The level of enthusiasm within your closed ones increases with the decrease in the number of days left for the Birthday.
Birthday and awkwardness are synonymous words. Apart from awkwardness, birthdays have other synonyms like – stupidity, fakethusiasm, illogical reason of celebration, etc.
By now you must have got an idea...
“It is considered that the concept of marital rape, as understood internationally, cannot be suitably applied in the Indian context due to various factors like level of education/illiteracy, poverty”- says Maneka Gandhi. Our honourable minister said, if the rapist is someone the victim knows personally, it cannot be considered rape. Marriage, a relation bound in love, the very fabric...
There will be haters who will call your brand new black play-station a white elephant.
But believe me. Gaming consoles are the best a man can get (even Gillette has a GAME razor). All your priced possessions like F.I.F.A., G.T.A.(Punjab), Arkham Knight and N.B.A. 2K16(Does Cricket even exist in the gaming world?) have been specifically designed to benefit and boost your...
In the vast and rich field of finance, there is a lot of usage of financial jargon which can sometimes be very hard to understand for a layman (come on, everyone is not a Warren Buffet material). Not having a knack (I am using easy terms to make you understand) of these financial glossaries gives you that sense of...
It is the fast paced Internet generation where one news piece blows up the net for a couple of hours and after that, the focus shifts to some other ‘accidental’ sex tape, or a leaked nude. Attention spans are short and hence, naked people on the internet are more.
Of course everyone likes attention and it gives a kick of...
By Bharat Pandit
December brought us the tragic news of Scott Weiland's (the last one year has been a particularly depressing year for music) death due to an overdose of a lethal combination of cocaine, MDA (old ecstasy) and good ole' daroo (not entirely unexpected, given his habits), apart from Xanax, Viagra and weed.
Weiland was the frontman for the post-grunge...
Have you ever felt like the black sheep of your family? Were you the victim of constant bullying in school? Or, did your achievements and talents get overshadowed by a “Sharma Ji ka beta” next door?
Well if you are unfortunate enough to have encountered any of the above, you have our condolences. But don’t worry. You’re not the only...
