Monthly Archives: August 2018
As Home Minister Rajnath Singh formally inducted a 36-member all-women team in Delhi Police, history was made as Delhi became the first state in the country to have an all-women SWAT team.
With it, India also became one of the few countries to have an all-women SWAT team. When you think of the rigorous training regime and the relentless efforts...
Baahubali was the biggest phenomenon that Indian cinema (and yes, Indian cinema, because it wasn't just a Tamil/Telugu movie) saw in some time. No other movie had in the last few years created the fervour and craze that these two movies did.
For the entire 2 years that the movies spanned across, people could not stop talking about everything and...
Actress Kangana Ranaut was recently in talks with Sadhguru over an elaborate session discussing various issues that have been rampant in our country ranging from lynching in the name of saving cows to the issue of Rajput honor with respect to the Padmavat issue.
Before elucidating on the points that seemed biased and hard-hitting on the liberals of the country,...
We are living in a world where being ‘cool’ is the new fad. While some of these crazy challenges can always be fun, others can be way too risky for your life. And unfortunately, its human nature to be foolish on most occasions.
Only last year, the ‘Blue Whale challenge’, an online game blamed for the death of various children...
British Airways is currently in news for the allegation of deplaning an Indian family because their child would not stop crying in London.
The father, who is apparently an IAS officer called A P Pathak, has sent a letter to Suresh Prabhu, the Civil Aviation Minister and recounted his harrowing experience with the airline that he called 'rude' and 'racist'.
But...
We all hate Mondays, don't we? Dragging yourself out of the bed and getting ready for work/college/whatever, you know the drill. What about Saturdays? Ah, weekends!
We all have two modes - workday mode and weekend mode. This constant craving for weekends along with the hate for workdays leaves us all tired and messed up.
But not everyone can hate workdays,...
I finally found some time to watch the much hyped, Sacred Games. I must say, I wasn't disappointed at all. Although, I couldn't help but notice the uncanny similarities in Sacred Games and Game of Thrones!
What? You don't think they are similar? You gotta be kidding!
Also, read: 5 Characters From Sacred Games That Are Better Than Saif Ali Khan’s Character
I...
Ferns N Petals is a renowned online gifting portal that has recently come up with an awesome video on Raksha Bandhan and how it strengthens the sibling relationship.
The auspicious festival of Raksha Bandhan holds great importance in Indian culture and is dedicated to the love between brothers and sisters.
Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0ac8048nE
The heart-touching video beautifully describes the unbreakable bond of love...
2008 की उस रात, मुंबई वासी आने वाले खतरे से अनजान चैन की नींद सो रहे थे। वे नहीं जानते थे कि वह रात हमेशा के लिए उनके जीवन को बदलने जा रही है।
आतंकवाद और धोखा शक्तिशालियों के नहीं बल्कि कमजोरों के हथियार हैं- महात्मा गाँधी
26/11 मुंबई हमला
नवंबर 2008 के मुंबई हमले (जिसे 26/11 के रूप में भी जाना जाता...
By Harsh Nigam
Sonali Bendre is one of the loved and recognized actresses in Bollywood. She was a major part of every millennial’s life while growing up, including mine.
But recently, we all got this unfortunate and sad news from her that she was detected with metastatic cancer for which she's in New York now, getting a treatment.
A picture of her...
Year 2019 is about to see its largest religious congregation – the Kumbh festival or the Kumbh Mela, celebrated every six years in India. A footfall of almost 12 crore pilgrims is expected on the banks of the holy river Ganga, and a few other places.
But before that, in August, there is another religious festival celebrated in the southern...
British Airways is in hot water currently after news came out that they asked an Indian family to leave the airplane after they could not console their crying child.
The incident initially happened last month on July 23rd when A P Pathak, an IAS officer was boarding the British Airways flight BA8495 that went from London to Berlin. Pathak had...
Many people feel that filing a claim for a motor insurance in India is a rather unpleasant process which they prefer not to go through, given a chance.
Unless one has done their homework thoroughly before taking a motor insurance policy, a bad claim experience is going to be inevitable.
If however, you did your research and opted for a comprehensive...
Back in Time is ED's newspaper-like column that reports an incident from the past as though it happened just yesterday. It allows the readers to re-live it several years later, on the date it had occurred.
Today we take you back to 1942, when the Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi and the country went into a state...
Recently, videos were put up on Facebook showing Kanwar Yatris openly destroying cars by hitting it repeatedly with a stick and even overturning it. The incident took place in Delhi’s Moti Nagar Area.
https://www.facebook.com/100000698403231/videos/pcb.2043575165675744/2043574739009120/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/100000698403231/videos/pcb.2043575165675744/2043574532342474/?type=3&theater
According to MensXP, the incident took place after the car brushed past one of the Kanwariyas who was walking in the middle of the road. The driver...
When someone inspires you, you try to imitate them and the things about them that swayed you. Beyoncé has, no doubt, inspired more than millions of people!
When the ‘Single Ladies’ video was first dropped, everyone wanted to learn the single ladies dance and also her moves from songs way before and after.
She is considered one of the best dancers,...
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have been a topic of discussion in the Indian cricket sector ever since Sharma was first spotted at one of the Indian cricket matches.
From there everything happened, Anushka was considered bad luck and accused for any losses that the Indian team saw, a breakup happened, they go married, Anushka was even told by fans...
A petty feud over the final resting place of erstwhile DMK President M Karunanidhi has caused unrest in Chennai, even resulting in violence.
The High Court was even kept open at midnight to debate whether he would be buried at Marina Beach according to the unofficial tradition for ex Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers, or at the isolated Gandhi Mandapam.
It is...
Mika Singh recently was in the news because he apparently booked the entire First Class of luxury airline Emirates and then made a video boasting about it and how he was starting a new trend with this act.
In the video, Mika said that,
"Today, I had a great show in Dallas. There was a time when Michael Jackson used to say...
Plagiarism
ˈpleɪdʒərɪz(ə)m/
noun
the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Recently, I wrote an article on whether Men’s Rights Organizations and Men's Rights Activism (MRA) promote toxic masculinity or not.
Read it here.
Much to my surprise, a friend of mine sent me a screenshot of an article on another website that looked eerily similar...
August 7, 2018 would surely be a dark day for the Indian politics because India lost a truly remarkable and genius leader when DMK patriarch, Muthuvel Karunanidhi succumbed to multiple organ failure at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai.
Karunanidhi, who was affectionately called, 'Kalaignar' by his loved and dear ones had managed to leave behind a three generations deeply rooted legacy when he had...
"Bombs and Pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of IDEAS."
- Bhagat Singh
India's Freedom Fighters were kept imprisoned for the sole purpose of suppressing the voices in favor of the Independence Movement.
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The walls of British India's...
Thousands of schools and colleges are shut across the country today as the All India Motor Transport Workers’ Organisation decided to go on a full day strike protesting the bill being passed for amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act.
The strike is a result of the continuous increase in petroleum products and the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill – the Communist...
Punya Prasun Bajpai is a well known name in the journalism community. Recently, he left the news channel ABP leaving hundreds of people wondering what happened.
He himself then penned an article for The Wire to narrate the story of his exit from the channel.
According to the article, Punya left because of his differences with the proprietor-cum-editor-in-chief of the channel.
He...
For more than a decade, the Palnar village in Dantewada district of Chattisgarh had been infamous for being the hotbed for Maoist activities.
All thanks to the Naxalites, who were responsible for keeping an eagle eye on every single activity within the village.
Even a simple chore like a visit to a hospital required the villagers to seek their permissions.
But, with...
