Monthly Archives: July 2016
Finally monsoons hit the country and especially the people who stay in Delhi must know how desperately we have been waiting for the monsoon to arrive. But now that they are here, there comes a new set of problems!
Every morning when you see raindrops on your window, you need to change your plans about what you are going to...
The '70s was an era that will be remembered for a long time as the decade of cricket, movies and impeccable fashion. Every '70s kid is nostalgic when talking about their childhood, and why not? The start of the decade had a high spirit of patriotism with India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war. It was the time...
Pokemon Go has certainly taken the world by storm. You open any social media website, news channel, it's everywhere. Not that we are complaining. (Or are we?) It has not even been 20 days since the launch of the game, and people have gone absolutely bonkers over it, and it has become the most popular app in the history...
QuoraED is a section where we pick up a popular question doing the rounds on Quora and weave a story around it!
We, as a generation are sometimes fad-slaves. A lot of these stem from social media. Some major incident happens and everyone goes crazy discussing and sometimes over-analyzing it. That becomes a national pass time and a part...
As a part of Modi government’s scheme of village electrification, Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), which has targeted universal access to electricity to be accomplished by March, 2017, Odisha government has released reports of having completed electrification in around 45,236 villages.
A village is considered to be electrified if at least ten per cent of homes have power...
Introducing RedditED, our brand new feature, where we pick up a very cool discussion thread, full of quirky informative responses and spin a story around it! This week, we picked out a discussion in the field of biology.
Modern day humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Our ancestor apes must have had 24 pairs of chromosomes. Meaning that a mother...
QuoraED! This is when we pick up a trending or interesting thread from Quora and spin a story around it.
How many times have you read random information being passed on as 'scientific facts' on the internet? And not knowing much about science, you might have believed it. One of the threads on Quora bursts such myths about 'scientific facts'.
Here's our...
We've been ruled by two major houses since our independence and both of them have presented their hypocritical ideologies with a blasphemous implementation of their so-called progressive agendas under the shroud of the two basic components of disguised communalism - pseudo secularism in the past and now, pseudo nationalism.
In simple terms, under the previous government's tenure, every politician of...
Forgot to follow news this week? Or found it boring af?
Worry not. WE are here to present to you news in a way you cannot imagine. From puns to sarcasm dungs, each will be entertained. The motto here is: Why should news be served to you in a simple plate when you can get it served with a hamper full...
It may not be long before we cease to see Japan's traditional female free divers, known as Ama, in the flesh.
'Ama' or 'Uminchu' as they are popularly called in Japan are sacred women divers who are responsible for gathering oysters, pearls and other expensive objects in the Northeast Coastal Region.
Who are Ama?
Ama literally means sea divers. Women in the...
The society likes categorising women into virgins, sluts, whores etc. and if women dare to blur the lines between these categories and refuse to confirm to the rules and regulations of the society, it's probable that they'd meet the same fate as Qandeel Baloch.
Baloch was strangled to death at the hands of her own brother because apparently she “dishonoured”...
Materialistic wants do not equate to happiness. In order to ensure that his people are at peace and are happy, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken it upon his government, to ensure the same and has introduced the Department of Happiness.
Where did the idea of a Department of Happiness emerge from?
The concept of a Department of...
Katrina Kaif has made her way to Facebook, finally. (No, a hundred pages claiming to be her were not actually her) We are totally all over her Facebook page, and like us stand millions, and just cannot get over this gorgeous display picture.
The gorgeous Katrina Turquotte entered Bollywood in 2003 with her movie Boom, (which bombed at the box...
With Portugal savoring their first-ever major international success through EURO 2016 and the new club football season starting from mid-August this year, we look at the 10 most significant and money-splurging player signings in the transfer window, so far.
The following article ranks the signings in a chronological order from 8 to 1 (1 being the highest) based on factors...
Everyone from the start-up industry talks about how great it is, but no one really talks about the problems an entrepreneur faces. Here are some of the struggles a person goes through while being an entrepreneur.
Life would be extreme as an Entrepreneur. Highs would be every high and lows will be very low until your startup can become one of...
“They weren't doing the things I thought should be done. I thought, well; let's see what we can do. Maybe creating a school would be better”
What do we do when things do not seem right? We rant. Well, Elon Musk does otherwise – he looks for other possibilities and changes it. Unhappy with the education his children received,...
I was very young when I started hearing Santa-Banta jokes and sometimes there was a direct reference to Sikhs in the jokes. I used to feel offended, annoyed and sometimes uncontrollably furious over what I heard and even got into fights (fist-fights as well). But as I grew up my anger subsided.
Not because I found them funny, but because...
We, Indians, are a bunch of people who love stereotyping others based on what they look like, or the clothes they are clad in, or even their dialect. But the one stratum that has always been at the brunt of this is Muslims. We have judged them, analysed them, and made assumptions about them based on their beliefs, eating...
Fake Friendly Fridays is a section where we pick a famous personality and throw fake questions to him and in return receive fake answers. Why should you not take it seriously? Because it is fake. Duh!
Heavy Disclaimer: If you are a really sensitive person and get offended at jokes/puns/humor/sarcasm/religion/stupidity/foolishness then please do not proceed to read further. You...
The foundation of VIBGYOR High Group of School was laid on the principle of ‘Excellence in Education’ and this year, their efforts have won them The Economic Times Best School Brands 2016 – ‘Symbol of Excellence in School’ award.
Infrastructure at its best coupled with a seamlessly structured curriculum is the key to bringing life to education and enabling students...
Earlier this month Snapchat released the information of an exciting new feature called “Memories” on their blog. After I read what it is, I had to say that the name turned out to be quite meta!
Within seconds my phone was installing Snapchat’s latest update. But I didn’t get to jump on the bandwagon with the people who were already munching on...
As part of our ED Decodes The Indian Millennial series: we bring to you part 2 here. Don't forget to read the other posts in this series. mentioned in the end.
Hi, we are the Indian millennials.
I am sure we have met, but not really. You see, you know us but you don’t. Let us help you out.
We are the 0.8...
With over 70% of internet services being used via mobile phones in India, YES BANK has come up with its revamped mobile website for the public to be a forerunner in digital banking services and we discuss how.
The new website by YES BANK now offers a simpler approach to categorize and simplify product groupings and their requirement, thus catering...
Pokemon Go has taken over the world, quite literally. You'll find a whole bunch of people everywhere trying to be the very best, like no one ever was.
The motive is not just to catch them, it's also to train them and take over territories or 'gyms' in Pokemon language.
So I came up with 5 tips to help assist...
If you have ever been inside of Bhangarh Fort in Rajasthan, you would probably have sworn to never go in again. You would probably have felt the spooky vibes or have sensed the presence of a spirit too many around. I have never been in there but the stories I’ve been told by those who have, have scared the...
