Monthly Archives: September 2017
By Sneha Barua
Before you read our absolutely lit interview with the renowned God man (and sleazebag) Sakshi Maharaj, here is a disclaimer about a content style in ED Times referred to as Fake Friendly Fridays. Here you go:
Fake Friendly Fridays is a section where we pick a famous personality and throw fake questions at him/her and in return, we...
Mouaz Al-Nass, while on his trip to Spain, visited The Alhambra, which is a palace and a fortress complex situated in Granada, Andalusia in Spain. While he was there, he called out the “Azaan” which is a summoning call made by the muezzin (servant of the mosque) towards the Muslims in the area for mandatory worship.
We have attached the...
By Aatreyee Dhar
Tamil Nadu has sustained a deep history of film personalities becoming eminent politicians. Charismatic leaders like MG Ramachandran, Annadurai, J Jayalalithaa and MK Karunanidhi have shaped the political dynamics through their mass-appealing ideologies and personalities.
But the recent flurry of events relating to the incumbent AIADMK calls for strong leadership and an absolute end to the ongoing political...
Slowly but surely, Bollywood is understanding that we no longer thirst for the so-called exotic valleys of Switzerland, beaches of Mauritius and the Big Ben of London. Instead what we are looking for is unfiltered, relatable and wholesome desi-ness that makes us go ‘oh yes, exact same, mere saath bhi!’
That is what today’s audience wants and Tumhari Sulu seems...
I often go through the woes of a ‘meninist’. These often include the stories of men who have been harassed or wrongly accused by the laws like 498A or due to excessive alimony demands by the wives that takes a toll on their financial standing.
These demands are absolutely legitimate. But try and understand what they are based on.
One of...
Back in Time is ED’s newspaper-like 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.
20th September 2012: NDA, today, carried out a bandh to protest against UPA government's decision to hike the fuel price by Rs. 5, to...
By Deepa Thomas
Phantom Vibration Syndrome is a fancy term for falsely perceiving that your phone is vibrating or ringing even when it is not. Leaving aside that most of us have often experienced this feeling, just the fact that a term has been framed for it gives us a glimpse of the extent of cell phone addiction.
The very phrase...
Take a trip to Guwahati now, instead of one of the mainstream places, just for once try and experience the serenity and feeling that a small town or in this case less known place gives you.
Travelling is surely something in itself, and while one should definitely visit the major cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, etc. but you should also...
Premier League recently turned 25 this year and fans had voted their best ever 11 in the PL. It is indeed a herculean task to choose the finest to play in the PL because we have had so many greats to grace the toughest league in the world.
Out here, I present to you my favorite and the best 11...
Goalkeepers are never appreciated enough. Their 100 saves might not be spoken of but their one bad miss will become the talk of the town. The reality is they are the spine of any team in the world. They are the starting point of the attack in a team and also the end point of defence.
In recent teams, some...
I was having a conversation with my teacher today, who is a veteran cinematographer in the Hindi film industry. He often shares anecdotes from his life (and very interesting ones indeed).
Today, he was reminiscing his time he spent with Khushwant Singh back in the day, telling us how he was extremely welcoming in his behaviour and blunt in his...
Sherlock Holmes. Hercule Poirot. Miss Murple. How many sleepless nights have we spent soaking up these thrilling adventures? How many times have we placed ourselves inside their minds, trying to work out the mystery before them? Unfortunately, things are a tad more twisted in real life. In the world around us, crimes are more sinister and criminals, more dangerous....
By Kriti Rana
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 September 1793.
September 18, 1793: Today, George Washington laid the cornerstone to...
By Aatreyee Dhar
Are you guilty of pretending?
“Pretend you're happy when you are blue
It isn’t very hard to do
And you’ll find happiness without an end
Whenever you pretend”
-Pretend by Nat King Cole
The capability of the human mind is all-inclusive and powerful. Our kind seems to be at the highest peak of evolution. Great thinkers immerse themselves in...
By Deepa Thomas
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.
We Indians take great pride in our homeland and, as soon as we meet someone, we are tempted to ask them the age-old question – “WHERE ARE...
By Sneha Barua
Dimming the lights. Drawing the curtains. Locking the room with the customary glass of milk in hand and a shy smile on the face. Correct. I am describing the beginning of typically shot sex scenes in Hindi movies.
In a country where the word “Sex” is still spoken in hush-hush tones with eavesdroppers staring at you as if...
By Riddhi Tyagi
When people come up to me for life advices, but are actually bad listeners.
'Someday you’ll go far...and I hope you stay there.'
There are, you know people, who are ungenerously loud.
'How do you manage to be in your own company for so long?'
People who cry about being single, and that it makes them feel incomplete.
'Dude, ever thought of...
By Kriti Rana
Dear Dad, released in 2016, is a coming of age film that revolves around a special bond formed between a teenager and his dad while on an unplanned road trip.
If you haven't heard of this film, it's okay. Very often brilliant movies passed by unnoticed because of lack of publicity, low budget of the film and the...
Breakfast Babble: ED’s own little space on the interwebs where we gather to discuss ideas and get pumped up for the day. We judge things too. Sometimes. Always. Whatever, call it catharsis and join in people.
When there are hundreds of people singing Bol Na Aunty Aun Kya?, how can aunties (or any woman for that matter) in Indian cities not...
By Aatreyee Dhar
What is the Trojan Horse: A Myth or a Reality?
According to the acclaimed Homer’s epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, the Greeks and the Trojans fought in a savage battle a long time ago. The Helen of Sparta had been captured by Prince Paris of Troy. The Greek soldiers, in their dedicated attempts to rescue their Queen,...
By Pranav Mehta
Autonomous Driving; what exactly springs up to your mind when you hear these words? Well, allow me to explain it by drawing a parallel between say a vending machine and an autonomous vehicle. Sounds Uncanny? Here it goes...
Well, to begin with, I don't understand the purpose of a Vending Machine. It has to be somewhere near the...
By Mayank Dixit
12 am
A single, lonely, handsome man travelling from his office in Gurgaon to his home in Greater Noida. Travelling by an auto. The auto driver, a female in her 40s. Totally drunk and a complete sleazeball. She regularly passes lewd comments at the boy which he ignores. Suddenly 4 women barge into the auto. Take the man...
By Riddhi Tyagi
North Korea has launched another missile over Japan, a day after it threatened to “sink” the country and turn the US “into ashes and darkness”. Friday’s launch was the longest-ever such flight carried out by the rogue regime, and travelled 3,700km – 800km further than the previous launch over Japan, in August (source).
The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, slammed the launch as...
The other day, I took a rickshaw from the main gate of my college to the metro station. It is not much of a distance but I wasn’t well, so decided that a rickshaw would be the best possible option. I don’t like e-ricks because you have to share rides and there are always four eyes right in front...
In the immortal words of Ryan O'Flanagan himself, "GET. OUT OF. MY ASS. BUT LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON.", is what I said to my friends when Ryan agreed to do this interview with me.
The man who is well-known for his brilliant comic timing and gags as the "Overly Excited Tourist" in his videos, Ryan O'Flanagan has been a sensation...
