Monthly Archives: April 2017
By Sriraj Singhania
Laxmikant Pareskar submitted his resignation to the Governor as the Goan community voted against the BJP party. It won as few as only 13 seats out of 40 in the State election. A few days later, Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new CM of Goa.
Welcome to the Great Indian Political (read: Laughter) Challenge.
THE GREAT BETRAYAL
The...
By Sriraj Singhania
The Gerrard’s vs Chinese Super League
1996 - Alan Shearer was bought by Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers for a then record transfer fee of $15 million. Twenty years later, Manchester United signed Paul Pogba for a whopping sum of $105 million which shattered all previous transfer records.
Welcome to the world of "MODERN FOOTBALL"
The summer transfer window seems...
Sex and gender have often been confused as a singular term and used as synonyms but there’s a striking difference between the two.
The former is a distinction based on anatomy (male or female) whereas the latter is a significantly broader term which further encapsulates social norms, identity, gender roles and internal awareness of one’s own gender and sexuality.
We see...
By Sriraj Singhania
As I pen down this article, PV Sindhu has won the Indian Open Super Series and in the process, defeated her old nemesis - Carolina Marin in straight sets.
She is the same nemesis who had stopped her from playing the Indian National Anthem in the Rio Olympics.
Defying all odds and expectations , she breezed past the Spaniard...
By Sriraj Singhania
The Little Book series is a sequence of small hardcover books by Wiley Publishing which seeks to explain a specific investment strategy in layman terms and how an individual can execute that strategy to his advantage.
1) The Little Book of Common Sense Investing – John Bogle
It is one of the five books which persuades the readers with its...
Can you tell me the name of any, one big Hollywood female director? No right?
But if I asked you the same question just in regards to Bollywood, these names will instantly pop up.
Gauri Shinde. Zoya Akhtar. Kiran Rao and even to an extent Farah Khan (although predominantly in entertainment, but she is still an extremely popular director in...
By Sriraj Singhania
The craze of Digital India doesn't seem to end. At times when the Indian Consumer is getting used to the intricacies of apps like PayTM, etc., a new player is soon going to enter the market of Digital Transactions.
It is none other than WhatsApp.
Spill the beans
During his visit to India this February, WhatsApp Co- founder Brian Acton did...
It’s April and the English Premier League is approaching the back end of another fine season. Sure, the EPL rarely reaches the dizzying quality of La Liga or the Bundesliga but, it more than makes up for it by how entertaining and competitive it can be. Every season begins with 4-5 teams with a realistic chance of winning the...
I have been watching WWE and professional wrestling since, I don't know when. I don't recall my earliest memory of it. Maybe it's Austin driving that beer truck and whooping McMahon's ass. Maybe it is Triple H and Cactus Jack and barbed wire beating each other bloody. Maybe it's something else.
The one constant however, the one image of my...
PM Narendra Modi has already authored several books – poetry and prose alike – but, here I have taken the liberty to curate a list of suggestions for his future titles.
Jimmy Fallon recently announced a list of fake book titles that, according to him, POTUS Donald Trump will be launching in the near future.
It got me thinking… If our...
The RBI board has reportedly reached a decision to print Rs 200 notes during a board meeting that happened earlier in March. The printing process will be initiated after the government officially approves the new banknote.
Rs 200 notes will then be released after June later this year.
The report comes in as a surprise seeing that the demand for cash...
In one of its biggest coordinated crackdowns on black money, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday carried out simultaneous raids in 100 different locations, targeting nearly 300 shell companies in 16 states across the country.
Among the cities where the Enforcement Directorate teams were conducting raids are Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Patna and Bengaluru.
Preliminary Research by the PMO
A shell corporation is...
If you are fed up with your ISPs because of their snail-pace internet speeds then this is for you: Atria Convergence Technology or more commonly known as ACT has launched India’s first Gigabit Internet plan.
No this is not an April Fools' Prank!
ACT’s Fibernet, similar to the famous Google Fiber, offers 1Gbps (Gigabit per second) connections to its subscribers. The...
This week has been amazing.
I'm so blessed to make fun of news and people until I am arrested though.
I present you my take on news this week:
I'd be utterly disappointed if I do not mention Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad in this issue.
This guy is the most humble politician ever. He wears expensive sandals but does not think twice...
In conversation with quite possibly the bravest man I have known, the taboo of homosexuality doesn’t untangle itself like it should.
Satyaki is a mysterious guy. He is forward, honest, and essentially carefree. But the faraway look in his eyes hooks me along the reality that people like him have had to struggle too hard to simply be allowed to...
Game Of Thrones team has given Indians another joy by coming to Ladakh to shoot a few scenes. Just when GOT fans couldn't stop talking about the release of second teaser of Season 7 came the news of the cast and crew shooting in Ladakh!
As a fan myself I still can't fathom the fact that one of my favourite...
Baahubali is a universe in and of itself, with it having amassed not just regional fan-base but national and even international too, it has cemented itself in the history of Indian cinema as an epic.
I myself am a major fan of this movie and cannot wait for April 28th when Baahubali- The Conclusion will finally release.
But in the meantime,...
