Monthly Archives: March 2018
Modern-day discourse revolves around labels. Political labels. The fundamental issue with such labeling is that one tends to box others into compartments, rigid viewpoints that discourage flexibility in ideologies and viewpoints. Alas, that's not the subject of this article. The subject is how these labels perpetuate hatred and by extension, violence.
It's important to quote noted author Devdutt Pattanaik's tweet...
Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, the past two days. His wife, Hasin Jahan alleged that she has been subjected to domestic violence for the past three years now by her husband.
She also accused him of having multiple extra-marital affairs and supported her statement by posting screenshots of Shami’s Whatsapp chats...
In an event which was reminiscent of the Aam Aadmi Party all the way back in 2012, veteran actor Kamal Hasan launched his political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, flavored with his unique brand of politics.
Amidst cheering crowds, Haasan talked about his party ideology, which is summed up quite nicely in the party’s name i.e. Makkal Needhi Maiam or People's Justice...
Nirav Modi, the man behind one of India’s costliest banking scams, is not only greedy but also immensely audacious.
While the Central Bureau of India is still probing into the details of his scam, trying to put a definite number to the crores of taxpayers’ money he leaked out of India, Nirav Modi has not an ounce of worry to...
Women have had it tough in all kinds of societies in this world for centuries now. They have been beaten, suppressed, tortured and what not. While things are finally looking up for them at many places, women in Afghanistan remain oppressed. And that is why there can be seen girls dressed as boys there roaming about doing all the...
The Delhi Airport, after almost an year, has once again regained its place as the world’s best airport, ranked by the Airport Council International in their Airport Service Quality (ASQ) 2017 rankings list.
Previously, Delhi airport was 1st in 2015 and 2016 but in a lower category since it only handled about 25-40 million passengers per annum (MPPA).
It then slipped...
More often than not, online media houses tend to breach the line between going viral and going stupid. More often than not, that line is breached by ScoopWhoop.
It doesn't come as a surprise that the website known for its '10 things' type of articles is under fire again for breaching social and professional ethics.
ScoopWhoop has had a history to...
For a first for Pakistan, a woman who hails from a declassed community that is a part of a minority in the Muslim-majority country of Pakistan got elected and has become the first Dalit Hindu woman senator ever.
Krishna Kumari Kohli, 39, a member of the Bilawal Bhutto Zardari led Pakistan People's Party (PPP) belongs to the remote village of...
Sri Lanka, is doing the rounds across all media platforms because of the freshly erupted riots in the country. A 10-day nationwide state of Emergency was declared in the Island country, following a violent Sinhalese rebellion. Dozens of mosques and residential property of the minority community of Muslims have been reported to be damaged.
Let us take a look at...
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Just one day before the International Women's Day (March 8th), Love Matters India is celebrating the theme "Women talk about sex...get over it!" as a way to normalize the fact that women can and do talk about sex.
The event believes that there ought to be more spaces for women to have such conversations which can reduce the stigma and...
There are certain times in our life where an experience can completely change the way we look at things. Those incidents manage to shake us to our very core and bring light to several things that perhaps we were earlier unaware or negligent of.
Recently, Irrfan Khan came out and stated in a tweet of how he is suffering from a...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and the famous fashion giant, Lacoste have joined hands to raise awareness about wildlife protection and promote sustainability on a global level.
10 highly critical, highly endangered species which includes reptiles, birds and mammals have replaced the famous crocodile logo on Lacoste's iconic white polo shirts.
Lacoste has created a highly inspirational collection which will...
The Oscars are filled with overly talented, creative and funny people who are no longer silent over matters that need to be talked about.
Whether it be to come right out and address the issue or use a clever innuendo and shade to highlight the hypocrisy of it all, the Oscars 2018 had plentiful of them.
It seems that even more...
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The Indian media was supposed to be a source of social upliftment and exchange of constructive ideas. Long gone are the days when our media helped us in the freedom struggle and destroying social evils.
Now,...
A few days ago, Karti Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI in relation to corruption charges. But as seen in video footage of him as he was being transported to the investigation, he was acting in a very buoyant and boastful manner, cheering and waving around, as if he has just won an election.
And I think there is something...
Amidst a number of high profile scams, the Union Cabinet has approved the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2017 which is likely to pass in the Winter Session in order to tighten the noose on economic offenders and defaulters who flee India.
Who is a ‘fugitive economic offender’?
As mentioned in The Hindu, a ‘fugitive economic offender’ is any individual against whom...
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Hans Raj College is proud to announce “Vanijya Utsav-2018”, the Annual Commerce Festival to be organised by the Department of Commerce. The event will be held at the college premises on 10th March 2018.
Vanijya Utsav has been successful in attracting students in huge numbers from various universities across the country to participate in a number of events pertaining to the...
It seems that the Indian attitude of passing over stuff, procrastination and general inefficiency has no bounds even when the matters are at an international level.
Recently, the World Indoor Championships or the International Associations of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Indoor Championships started on 1st March and will last till 4th March 2018 in Birmingham.
Happening every 2 years they cover a wide...
The National Medical Commission Bill 2017 which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 29th December 2017 has been the subject of criticism for quite some time now. Major medical associations from all across the country including the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have resorted to widespread protests.
In fact, the IMA has called this Bill an anti-poor, anti-people, non-representative, undemocratic...
Privacy has become a big thing in today’s time especially in the internet domain with the rampant invasion of it by the government and other sites.
In order to give their users an added incentive to use their browser, many web browser sites offer ways in which the user can protect their identity.
The biggest one in this arena would be...
Oscar season is finally upon us. It's time for the beautiful men and women of Hollywood, as well as the one woman from Bollywood, to walk down the red carpet in their Pradas and Ralph Laurens and attend the gala event which is the Oscars 2018.
Like every year, the nominee list for the Academy Awards 2018 is stacked with...
The story has been doing some rounds for quite a while, now. A girl in Delhi, who happens to be a student of LSR (Lady Shri Ram College) got hit by a semen filled balloon as part of a Holi prank.
There have been national protests by the students after multiple incidents of similar nature but be that as...
Why is a magazine from Kerala making heads turn with it’s latest edition? The answer lies on the cover page - a bare-breasted woman feeding a baby with the lines “don’t ogle at us, we want to breastfeed” across it.
The March issue of the fortnightly Malayalam magazine “Grihalakshmi” features two women breastfeeding infants as part of its campaign “Mara...
With smartphones, digital cameras, camcorders and other devices, it is easier and more convenient than ever for us to record videos. And that is something that we certainly do – whether it is short clips of something we found funny or interesting, or videos of trips, events, and other occasions.
The big hurdle, however, isn’t so much recording videos –...
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Holi is coming soon, and with the rapidly rising temperature of the city, this time the festival will be in full swing.
The festival is one of colours, having fun and of course, terrorizing your entire...
