Monthly Archives: March 2017
By Shubhani Syal
In a world that is so fast and where we are exposed to so much information everyday, you would think we would know when we’re being racist and/or sexist and rectify it. But that’s not the case. Whether in the form of jokes or stereotypes, we’ve being conditioned to be prejudiced.
It’s embedded in our thinking, our everyday...
By Vrinda Singh
In what may look like a silver lining to the struggles of our dear farmers, cloud seeding is essentially a major advantage for the drought affected areas in the country. As they say, rain is the maker and rain is also the breaker, technology has gone far beyond to prevent rain from being a breaker.
Over the years,...
Haruki Murakami once wrote that if you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think of what everyone else is thinking.
I don’t completely agree – different people can read the same book and walk away with different messages. However, you have to remember that for every Harry Potter out there, there are at least...
By Vrinda Singh
I'm sure that for a majority of you who can’t wait to get back home to watch the cricket match or the football match, there exist some people who yearn for THEIR game/sport to be recognized and appreciated.
Let me ask you!
Who’s your favorite cricketer in the blind cricket team?
Who’s your favorite squash player from India?
Who...
Life is said to be well lived when all our desires are fulfilled. Out of everything that one wants, food is unarguably the most common obsession we Indians possess.
Being an Indian, one thing we absolutely love is to indulge in quality food even if it’s 7 in the morning, or 10 at night. Therefore, we bring to you...
By Kritika Dagar
In Tamil Nadu, after a long history of clashes between locals and the cola plants over water, Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangangalin Peramaippu (TNVSP), a trade body, banned Pepsi and Coke from 1st March 2017 onwards. I think it is a commendable step. The action has provided us with lessons on why Cola is more dangerous than you...
By Tanya Malaiya
It's that time of the year and you will need this more than ever.
Guess the title says it all: Some Advice I Would Give To A 17-year-old Me (12th Board's Time)
So here goes...
1. Don't be too hard on yourself. That's half the complication.
2. Travel solo before you go to college, and do it on a budget.
3. The bubble...
By Ananya Agarwal
Yet another time, Kangana Ranaut tries to create a buzz with her cheeky remarks. Her recent appearance on KJo’s ‘Koffee with Karan’ stirred a lot of controversies and yeah, our Himachali Queen is again in the news by playing the victim card again!
She accused her diligent host KJo as the “Flag Bearer of Nepotism” and also remarked that...
By Sakshi Kanodia
Disclaimer: The following article does not intend to bring down the image of our judicial system nor does it promote contempt in any form. This is merely an opinion piece and is in no way criticising the judges, their judgments or any particular gender. This is based on my experience during court visits.
‘A wise old man and...
By Ananya Agarwal
Love might be one of the most beautiful feelings in the world. What makes it beautiful is the communion of two people, two souls, and two thoughts. Relationships need to be maintained with utmost care, love, and understanding... Especially when accompanied by reciprocation and concerns.
A lot of people fall in love and rejoice, a few regret. Some of...
By Sakshi Kanodia
THE BLISS
Banaras, most popularly known as Kashi, is a beautiful city, the religious capital and a pilgrimage destination for people all over the globe. People find happiness and inner peace after visiting this holy city.
Often visitors of this place or the people settled here consider it a blessing, to be to living in this pious ‘Kashi Nagri’. People...
By Arpita Singh
Women had been struggling since ages to find an effective stature in the family, society, parliament and in every single place that we can think of. Equal opportunity and mutual existence are fancy words with no reality as yet. The question being why men won’t let it happen? What is the threat? Are women so dumb that...
By Aashna Charan
BEWARE, GORY CONTENT AHEAD!
A serial killer is any person with a kill count of three or more people and follows a specific behaviour with every victim which sets them apart. They kill to satisfy- at least 90% of them- their psychologically demented self.
Whatever they may be, the surely are scary. Here are the 5 most notorious...
By Pratyosh Gogoi
Demystifier: An ED Original where we take a complex topic but the content is written in such a way that it is knowledgeable and easy to comprehend at the same time.
The distinctive flavour and taste of different food items come from differences in either the method of cooking or the ingredients used. On the other hand, most regions...
By Saumya Tiwari
Living in a country like India, reading about unemployment, poverty and degrading environmental conditions is more or less a part of our daily lives. But in the time when technology is trying to make everything automated, and our very government is launching schemes like Digital India, organizing events like Smart India Hackathon, the future we all see...
By Saumya Tiwari
Precrastinator, are you?
Completing assignments on the last day, studying for exam by burning midnight oil, and putting other similar things aside only to be done at the last minute - admit it, most of us are pros at all these.
Every time we end up in that dreadful situation, we ‘decide’ to complete the next task as soon as...
By Prerna Bhandari
Liv’ED It: It is an ED original style where we write about our personal experiences on experiencing and reviewing any app/place/website which gives us a feeling of coming back for more.
For those of you who aren't aware, Surajkund Crafts Mela is organised every year in Faridabad but it was the first time that Prayag - Grand Digital...
By Prashansa Khandelwal
Can you imagine a college without walls, professors, or classrooms?
Sanjit Bunker Roy did.
Tilonia is a small village in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district. On the face of it, it looks like any other village in India but what sets it apart is an extraordinary college that teaches rural women and men —most of them illiterate — to become...
By Sanchari Pal
“Rape is being used as an instrument of terror, as a part of counter-insurgency ops.”, says Bela Bhatia, a prominent face of protest against police atrocities on tribal women in Bastar.
But here we all are, pretending like Bastar doesn’t exist and sipping warm coffees in our drawing rooms while flipping channels between live coverage of the Ramjas circus...
By Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Bored of looking at the same cars over so long? I think it will be correct to call 2017 lucky!
With the starting of New Year, many 4-wheeler companies have initiated to bring on a new makeover for their cars. Sound great!
Many facelifts have been projected by companies to take an edge over other companies in such...
By Shubhani Syal
For the past couple of days, reports of violence have been pouring in from the state of Kerela. These incidents started when four RSS workers were injured in a crude bomb hurled at RSS office on the evening of Thursday, 2nd March. This bomb started a vicious cycle of violence and damage in Kerala.
First Reaction
Kundan Chandrawat from...
By Pankaj Rawat
Donald Trump the most loved President in American history, err… yes the most loved especially among American Press has promised to put America first in each and every domain by hook or crook.
He doesn’t believe in International democratic organizations because hey he knows that all these organizations are getting their finances from Uncle SAM.
But guess what, second...
By Kritika Dagar
The future, i.e. the age of automation is closer than we thought. Issac Asimov, a Sci-fi writer first wrote robot laws or “The three laws of Robotics” for his book in 1940s. Now we have actually stepped in this world.
Automation is still evolving and the shape it takes could determine our futures and the entire economic system.
Some...
By Sanchari Pal
Fake Friendly Fridays is a section where we invite the current entertainment source of the country for a no-holds-barred interview with ED. We make sure they remember this interview, even though they never gave it as this is purely an imaginative piece (Oh, how we wish this wasn’t!).
Today, we have with us a very special guest. Someone...
As a student and a die hard foodie what is the worse that can happen to you? It was 3 a.m. and hunger is taking over but what to do and where to go?
It is in times like these than man creates or discovers and in my case it was a discovery that changed my early mornings forever.
Students Haven...
