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Buying and selling babies is currently illegal in almost every corner of the world due to arguments like violation of basic human rights and fear of child abuse.
But what if a legalized framework of rules is put into place so that this transaction of human babies becomes safe? Would you still oppose it, thus denying the freedom of choice...
Manchester United went into full throttle in the FA Cup 4th round fixture vs Wigan Athletic to emerge as winners with a dominant score line of 4-0. Now, that's The Red Devils squad that we all live to see!
The match didn't start off positively for Manchester United as they gave away the ball cheaply on a few occasions via...
LivED It: An ED original style where our bloggers write about their personal experience of an application, a place, a website, an event, or a recipe which left them craving for more.
The ninth edition of Queer Azaadi Mumbai, the city’s annual LGBT+ pride parade was carried out brilliantly on 28 Jan 2017. Luckily, I was there to witness and participate...
The world never gets tired of being bizarre. And with people like Trump stomping around in the face of this planet, I tell you, we are never going to be living in peace again.
Here's everything sarcastic that happened in news this week.
Serena Williams Has Her Head In The Game And She is Not Going To Stop At 23!
Serena Williams...
When we say school, we usually imagine it filled with young children, ranging from ages of as young as 5 to barely on the cusp of adulthood at 18 year old.
However, when you have as large a population as India, with its almost reaching 1.3 billion people, paired with low income population, large spread illiteracy and gender discrimination when...
FlippED is An ED Original style wherein two bloggers come together to share their opposing or orthogonal perspectives on an interesting subject.
After Chennai boiled over Jallikattu ban and protests ensued, the Tamil Nadu government passed an ordinance to allow Jallikattu under the garb of "preserving and promoting tradition.
But is it really JUSTIFIED?
Here read on, as our bloggers fight it...
Bobby Deol might be many things, an actor, a businessman and more, however the thing that he is most known for these days is giving us all fodder for memes, jokes and stand-up comic acts.
His last public appearance, backfired on him horribly, and though it did bring his name to the limelight once again, it probably wasn’t in the...
Meeting your favorite movie star can sometimes be hazardous to your health or even cause death, be it Jackie Chan or Rajnikanth or in THIS PARTICULAR CASE, Shah Rukh Khan.
Yes, you heard me. A fan of Shah Rukh Khan lost his life in his bid to meet the superstar.
Now, the case here is a rather tricky one. Let's...
It has been suggested that 2017 will be the year of driverless cars. With Tesla’s new mid-range model releasing this year and a general improvement in driving technology overall, very people would doubt that prediction. However, that doesn’t mean the typical and humble family car has been phased out. Far from it, actually.
Many people don’t really trust the idea...
Given the controversial nature of his campaign and the subsequent US presidential elections, by now we all know everything about Donald Trump. But what do you really know about the two new main women of the White House?
Donal Trump has five children – Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr from his first wife Ivana, Tiffany from his second wife Marla,...
Demystifier: ED Original where the content is written in such a way that it is knowledgeable and easy to comprehend at the same time.
Another train derailment in Andhra Pradesh, almost 4th or 5th of it's kind in the last 4-5 months. And this is me talking in approximation!
For some reason, trains keep derailing in India and such accidents are...
I’m 23 and I follow World Wrestling Entertainment religiously. Yes, that may sound juvenile to most of you lot but, I grew up with Austin harassing McMahon, the Undertaker (No, not the one in International Khiladi) and Kane burying people in caskets and the Rock giving eyebrow-raising lessons to young kids like me so, damn you.
San Antonio, Texas will...
Bill Gates could well be on his way to becoming the world's first ever Trillionaire, a word that does not even exist at the moment, since no one has ever been able to amass that much wealth in their life time.
Microsoft is known all over the world, and no one has been able to dethrone Gates from the richest...
Wolverine has definitely been the most iconic X-Men character in the superhero movie world. Portrayed by none other than the charismatic Hugh Jackman, the role indeed has been immortalized for his rugged charm and bad boy antics to being a father figure and a mentor to many.
But well, it's hard to see how the audience will take time to...
As if working out was not grimy and sweaty and not at all pleasant in the least, now a trainer in Britain has started the first ever full nude workout classes.
Yup, I am not joking in the slightest as there actually is a naturism trainer in Southampton, who is perhaps the first trainer to offer full nude exercise routines.
There...
Oscar season is upon us. And by us, I mean not only those who are willing to wake up red-eyed to watch the parade of Ralph Laurens and Pradas on the Red Carpet on Star World but also, those who want to sound cool in college with lazily obtained knowledge of the Oscars.
As a self-titled film aficionado/film critic/film Nazi,...
A Safari in Sariska Tiger Reserve, located near Alwar in Rajasthan, gives you the raw feel of how Raja-Maharajas hunted back in the ancient times.
The most attractive feature of this reserve has always been its Bengal tigers. In fact, Sariska is the first tiger reserve in the world to have successfully relocated tigers. Although sadly, these tigers are very difficult to spot.
It...
One of the things that I saw in the draft for the recently released NCERT's learning outcomes was that a child of 8th class will be assessed on whether they know how to file a First Information Report (FIR) and another was the ability of a child to name their local MP or locate their parliamentary constituency on the...
We’ve heard it a million times in songs and sonnets, of romancers big talking about getting those stars and moon for their lovers. Well they still might not be able to do that, but they can surely immortalise their love by giving them the gift of their beau’s name plate on the moon.
Indian aerospace startup TeamIndus will be only...
While watching a few older advertisements a while back, I came across the Aishwarya Rai ad urging people to donate their eyes as she too would be doing the same.
That got me thinking about the whole concept of organ donation and why more people are not talking about it.
Organ donation, according to me, is one of the most noble...
Too short a week? I know I know, I get the feeling. So if you feel like you may have missed out on some sarcastic news trending in news this week, worry not! We are back with the top 6 sarcastic headlines that made roll our eyeballs.
Whether they make you meh or not, please be the judge!
Americans Are Still...
Renting a flat is a fairly new phenomenon in India. Till a few decades ago, kids or well you also say adults, would mostly stay with their parents only.
Maybe some might move out after marriage or if they get a job in another city, but otherwise the norm was that kids don’t have any compulsion to move out of...
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!).
Now, it's called "FAKE" FRIENDLY FRIDAYS, for a reason. 'Cuz it's FAKE....
It’s not seldom when we hear about celebrities making shrewd comments or blurting out inappropriate remarks about social issues. But this particular incident really took the ‘whoa!’ out of me. Actress Zaira Wasim, who was seen playing the unforgettable role of young Geeta Phogat in action-drama Dangal, recently underwent an instance of cyber-backlash forcing the actress to post an...
K Annamalai understands the role of incentives as a motivational tool for his police force, which is why he announced an interesting proposal for his cops. The superintendent of police (SP) of the Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka made headlines when he decided to come up with a fitness challenge in order to bring his force into a healthy shape.
The...
