Monthly Archives: October 2017
How many times have you had to change your account password at work? Does your university or school make you change your password every semester like mine does? When was the last time you updated passwords for your social media accounts? The more online services you wish to use, the more is the hassle of remembering and tracking a...
Oh dear Pidi, the national rage these days thanks to @OfficeOfRG, we know you are being framed and you are certainly not behind tweeting in Mr. Rahul Gandhi's place.
Before we serve justice to you, let us introduce our readers to the controversy.
So on Oct 29, the Twitter account of Rahul Gandhi read something like this:
https://twitter.com/OfficeOfRG/status/924531438661148673
Now really, I mean c’mon...
There was a time when Vidya Balan was accused of poor fashion choices. But how tables have turned. Talent over body is what is working at the box office. Back in the day, even Kajol was not particularly thin, but she was loved incredibly for lighting up the screen.
With her brimming talent and choice of films, Balan has shut...
Here’s some rather amusing news coming out of Britain: The acclaimed Oxford English Dictionary has added 70 Indian-English or Hinglish words to their official English dictionary database.
Next time you’re playing scrabble or words-with-friends, it would be perfectly legal to play “Jugaad” or “Gulab Jamun” and get those damn points.
The words are not limited to only Hindi. Common words from...
The Bhartiya Janta Party is perhaps the biggest and the most dynamic political party in India presently. It has stood undefeated in several state elections and in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
It's two foremost leaders: Amit Shah and Narendra Modi have successfully changed the perception of the public in places where it never belonged, places such as Assam and Bihar....
By Mayank Dixit
Don’t we all sometimes wish to suddenly convert into Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee and break whatever lies in front of us with our single punch or kick? Sometimes we really need to satisfy that martial art hungry soul within us, don’t we? And Kalaripayattu is our savior. It is thought to be one of the oldest...
Under a devout exterior, the country of Afghanistan is hiding a dark secret - one which the government has tried to sweep under the rug, time and time again.
'Bacha bazi' comes across as a harmless form of entertainment wherein young boys dance for the entertainment of their elders. Having been raised in an Indian household, I know that this...
There’s something about Mary Rahul. No, he didn’t get a newly starched, white kurta to wear. Okay, maybe he did but, that’s not it. Rahul Gandhi, the Prince Charles to India’s predominant royal political family introduced the country to his new best friend and addition to the family, Pidi. Pidi Gandhi. Yes, that is his name.
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/924531438661148673
Were you as confused...
QuoraED! This is when we pick up a trending or interesting thread from Quora and spin a story around it.
Fair. Slim. Tall. RICH.
Be it through a marriage broker or an online matrimonial alliance, our partner preferences haven’t changed much with the evolution of technology.
Though we now have algorithms replacing middlemen to find the perfect partner with the perfect...
In a time when coming out is a cause of celebration and happiness, a time of acceptance and finally being who you are, there are very few ways to actually screw it up.
And no, this is not in regards to the people whom you are coming out, but you yourself cannot really screw it up that bad.
However, Kevin Spacey,...
India is truly a land of wonders and it always amazes me that how some sections of the society, in order to exploit its poor, can stoop to levels as low as skinning destitute women alive to feed the growing illegal business of skin trade in India.
Grossed out? Even I am.
I never imagined that something as gory as this...
ISIS has issued another warning to Russia to step back from organizing the FIFA World Cup in 2018 by tweeting an image of Neymar being held by the neck by a terrorist.
This is the second successive attempt to sabotage the event in a space of few days by posting morphed pictures of high profile footballers and potentially trying to...
Disclaimer: The author who is currently a student of BVCOE wants to keep their identity anonymous fearing backlash.
The proximity to metro and the AC classrooms are big attractions. This coupled with a decent infrastructure makes Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering (BVCOE) a reputed choice among the aspiring engineers. But what if you got to know that the true face of...
To begin with, I really did not know anything about how caste system functioned in Pakistan until I read a blog by Aakar Patel in the TOI titled ‘Blame caste for Pakistan’s violent streak, not faith’.
It then dawned on me that caste was a big driver in our society even before the British came to India when we were one entity.
It...
The EFL Cup is useless. There, I said it.
Hear me out before brandishing me as a football cynic. When I say "useless", I believe that it's useless for all the teams in top-division English football (the prestigious Premier League) because it serves as a mere consolatory piece of silverware.
The top dogs generally lift the EFL Cup and the viewership comes...
I switch to news channels by accident, and my mood is quite easily destroyed. All I hear are screams from news anchors using the buzz words like patriotism, nationalism, Pakistan etc, and all the visuals I see are replete with communal symbols, the colour saffron and of course, random Patanjali advertisements.
These elements personify the condition our country is being...
Fake Friendly Fridays is a section where we pick a famous personality and throw fake questions at him/her and in return, we receive fake answers. Why should you not take it seriously? Because it is fake.
If you still didn’t get it: This is a fake interview written purely on the basis of the author’s imagination of how the actual...
What was the first thing Neil Armstrong did when he landed on the moon?
He had tea from a Malayalee who had set up a chaaya kada (tea stall) there.
(Bah-dum-tiss)
Ok, this can't be the best joke you've heard today but, if you’re a Malayalee, you’ve probably heard variations of this evergreen 'joke' which was most recently used by former Supreme...
India’s first ever paper audit trail of votes (Voter-verifiable paper audit trail machines) will take place in all the 7,000-odd polling stations in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. This step has especially been taken to counter the allegations of EVM tampering and of being biased towards BJP.
What Is A VVPAT Machine?
As per the VVPAT machines, when a voter...
By Chitra Rawat
Mallika Dua is not funny and observing the quality of comedy that she produces these days, I don’t think there is much scope for her to invite laughter in the near future. She is a good actor, to some extent. I can give her that bit. But comedy? I doubt.
Her jokes are recycled and unimaginative, and seems...
The UGC (University Grant Commission) has given out a ruling to about 12 institutes, that offer open and distance learning courses to, either get the status of a university or become affiliated with a known university if they want to continue providing such courses.
In a notice named ‘UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations 2017, (first amendment) issued this past...
We live in a world of instant success and gratification and the footballing universe is a testament to it. Well, Claudio Ranieri was sacked in the subsequent season after leading Leicester City to the PL trophy which was the greatest sporting miracle ever. This was the most inhumane sacking of all time.
Here, I present to you some of the...
By Mayank Dixit
Who wouldn’t like cuddling a big furry dog at the end of a tiresome day? Indeed dogs are man’s best friend in every sense.
In a world, where humans despise each other, our one and only true love is our dog. I mean who can get more faithful than them. But what if I told you, dogs are...
By Sakshi Ranjan
Halloween is one of the most famous holidays, which even though is not an actual holiday in India, it's celebrated with the same enthusiasm as it is celebrated in the west. Halloween is one of the most fun festivals as it helps us escape our boring mundane lives and gives us an opportunity to dress in an...
The recent and perhaps most open interview of Radhe Maa by Sahil Joshi editor at India Today has garnered a lot of attention from practically every single person.
Radhe Maa who has always been in the center of one controversy or another gets extremely candid and honest (that is debatable, although it seemed that way) in this interview.
For the first...
