Monthly Archives: April 2017
‘In need of some sun, sea and Jihad? Look no further.’
So went the Islamic State ‘tourism’ brochure that went viral a few years ago. Promising the above, as well as activities such as swimming and beekeeping, the IS Brochure was as bizarre as propaganda tool as any. Now, how is this ‘tourist’ hotspot doing today? Not very good, apparently.
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Wankhede vs. Non-existing football fields.
50 lakhs on every catch vs. The inability to pay house rents.
An outfit sponsored by 10 MNC's vs. No equipment to practice with.
How very fair, isn't it?
That's how nicely we treat other sports, or shall I say, games, as compared to Cricket in India.
Read More: Can India Learn This Important Lesson From Tokyo Olympics?
Quite debatable,...
CBSE has made a lot of mistakes and created a lot of rules that have only made the lives of students even more difficult.
However, their latest policy change might just have a positive effect and could greatly help students who are struggling with college admissions.
As we all know, CBSE has had a moderation policy wherein they would give extra...
The Teesta River dispute is one of the more contentious issues that has been plaguing the relationship between India and Bangladesh.
DISPUTE
The Teesta River is a 309 km long river and forms the border between India and Bangladesh. It flows through the cities of Rangpo, Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong and joins the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh.
The flow of the river is of...
The current situation in Kashmir is highly unfortunate, to say the least. All we hear each and every day is about unrest, deaths, and humiliation. Whenever we read about Kashmir, the word Plebiscite always comes across our mind.
PLEBISCITE V/S REFERENDUM
To put it into simple words, Plebiscite means that the people of a state or country will vote whether a...
Disclaimer: The identity of the author has been kept anonymous.
Hold on, I know this is a complex topic. You and I, both have to be patient about it.
Ready? Okay.
You must know the state of Rajasthan's textbooks recently - a cow is the only animal that inhales and exhales oxygen or Maharana Pratap defeated Akbar in the Battle of Haldighati,...
Louisa M. Alcott, Agatha Christie, JK Rowling and Chetan Bhagat for Delhi University students. Yep, I know the last bit hurt.
Under the new Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS), students will be provided this book in the second year of their Generic Elective course under the Popular Fiction paper.
Thankfully, this course will not be offered to BA(Honours) English and is available only...
Obviously there is nothing as a perfect map of the world. There are always some discrepancies we are bound to discover in every projection of the earth.
But what if I told you that the map that we use today is 500 years old and hasn't been updated yet?
The present map was made by a Flemish cartographer, Gerardus Mercator in...
Depression is never an accident. It is always the by-product of a commitment to excellence and effort (replace it with productivity and the quote stands).
Productivity means getting things done. And depression, on the other hand, can sap one’s motivation to perform even the simplest of tasks, let alone tackle bigger challenges.
Well, the problem is that it isn’t depression that’s...
A month or so back TVF was burning down the news and social media with a tell-all blog that was written anonymously, and supposedly accusing CEO Arunabh Kumar of sexually harassing her.
According to this article here, Kumar was also arrested on 22nd April but was immediately released on bail. The anonymous blog had triggered other women to reveal their...
The wonders that Indians pull off - Unbelievable! In a recent multi-sporting event of its kind, called the World Masters Games held in Auckland, New Zealand, an Indian centenarian woman snatched the gold medal at the 100m sprinting category.
World Masters Games
World Masters is an international multi-sporting event that is held every four years ever since its debut in the...
There are a couple of things that you can do a million times, like breathe, work, watch that favourite movie of yours and so many others.
However, there are only a few things that you can do just once before you either cannot do them again or even if you want to, but are not allowed to.
Here I list some...
The Indian Railways is all set to launch their uber special Utkrisht Double Decker AC Yatri Express or the Uday Express this July.
There are a lot of special things about this about-to-be-launched train and the first would be that even though the train will be offering a lot of amenities the price will still be lower than that of...
Journalism has been a much sought after course since the last few years, so much so that it is almost at par with English Honours in terms of standing and prestige of the course.
But often people and especially the youth seems to relegate journalism to just being like Barkha Dutt or Arnab Goswami and reporting on stuff.
And while that...
The rise of hate crime in the US, especially against people of colour and the brown community more than anything, is extremely alarming.
And the recent dismissal of Indian-American Vivek Murthy who was recently asked to step down as Surgeon General by the Trump Administration is an indication of what exactly is going on. With no clear reason as to...
We all love to eat out right? Eating at home, no matter how wonderful our mother's food is, and to be honest, it is absolute perfection, can get a bit tiresome after some time.
So every once in a while you need to go to a good restaurant or eatery and get something that you know you or your parent...
Every year new artists join the bandwagon, and it can get a bit difficult to keep up with all the new additions into the industry.
Music is something that is somehow important to practically every single one of us. Don’t even try to deny that you are not passionate about music.
It is all hogwash and just nonsense. Even if you...
Comedy as an art form has grown over the ages. In a country where Kapil Sharma is given God-like status for his poor jokes, people often fail to see the other genres, styles and types of comedy present.
Comedy isn't simple and often comes naturally. Artists spend years trying to perfect a joke and it's only fair that we appreciate...
Electricity cuts, water shortage, and dreadful sun tans. Yeap! It’s definitely summers again. Basking in the sun might be a rejuvenating experience for the whites, for they travel to tropical countries like ours to score that glowing olive-brown colored skin.
But, that’s not the case for us, nope. To put it gently without making you feel like I’m harboring any...
Not all heroes wear capes and not all super villains have an evil laugh and a fancy lab. It's the ideological differences where we choose to pedestalize someone as good or evil or in this case, superheroes and super villains.
Here's a rather light-hearted read as to how some of the most famous and influential people in the world right...
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.
Scene: Half past midday on a sunny Thursday afternoon, 4 middle aged executives are sitting around a spotless oak mid-century modern table.
Location: Boardroom 2, Charlotte, NC branch, Bank...
Of late, this trend of tagging people in random so-called-non-funny memes with an image where either a fat or a black man/woman is present with the caption “Tag a Rahul who will marry her”, has been catching up shamelessly.
I’ll analyze the meme for you. It has either of the four categories of people as the main image:
An African or black...
We had thought we were too progressive a country to have such a practice happening right under our noses, so we read the reports coming from Africa, and brushed the details aside after a few minutes, until 2010 when Australia witnessed a publicized trial of two Dawoodi Bohra girls.
India was coming to terms with its secret.
Female genital mutilation (FGM)...
Tamil Nadu has faced the worst rainfall in 140 years from 2016-present. O. Panneerselvam, the Chief Minister of the state announced on January 10, 2017 that TN will soon be declared drought-hit.
Farmers wanted that a total of their 40,000 crores loans to be waived off, but the Central government sanctioned just 2,014 crore rupees. Hence, the protests.
P. Ayyakkanu, the head of...
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Hello all! Rise and shine! Summers are here!
Or don’t. No seriously, do NOT rise and shine. It’s a terribly, painfully bright sunny...
