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Did you know that your favorite K-pop artist's music videos are banned on TV? KBS, MBC, and SBS are some of the TV networks that have banned some songs from broadcasting.
The reason for banning ranges from explicit language to traffic rule violation. Here's a list you should check out!
K-Pop Music Videos That Are Banned By TV Networks For 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.
‘Friends’, the cult T.V. show that starred Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and Matt Le Blanc in lead roles...
The Indian film industry is one of the most popular and successful mega industries that manage to release over 2000 films every year!
As the industry spans several regions across the country, Bollywood - the biggest film industry in India shares a major viewership and fan base in the country.
Plagiarism refers to the unethical practice of purporting somebody else's work...
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency have been the talk of the town for some time. It has monopolized the attention of youth around the globe, who were searching for non-conventional avenues for investment.
Elon Musk has emerged as a leader to these amateur investors, and more often than not, such new investors rely on Elon Musk’s tweets and fall for them.
In this...
K.R. Gouri Amma, one of the founding leaders of the Communist movement in Kerala and the lone woman member in the state's first cabinet, died on 11th May 2021. She was 102 and was suffering from various age-related ailments for quite some time.
Standing tall in a state battling police brutality under the colonial regime, she was fondly called Gouri...
An ardent reader of the Bhagavad Gita, Sarab Kapoor believes in divine guidance. Her spiritual outlook towards life is what helped her through her incredible decade long journey. Her career unfolded before her without any pre-meditation. From being a housewife who was content with concocting interesting recipes in her kitchen, Sarab rose to stardom, with her incredibly delicious and...
Journalism is all about communication and intention. And Newspapers bridge the gap between government and society, raising relevant issues of our times and sets the agenda of the day. We come across the life of one such exemplary journalist, Dr. Himanshu Dwivedi who is the Editor in Chief Of Haribhoomi, a daily Hindi newspaper published in North and Central...
Every second person nowadays is concerned about staying fit, healthy, and this is being achieved largely by bringing about a change in dietary practices.
Now vegetarian is an umbrella term and is, therefore, inclusive of veganism. The major difference between the two is the total renunciation of animal derivatives.
Vegans strictly shun dairy products and anything that has even an ounce...
Radhika Apte’s leaked nude images from the movie “Clean Shaven” had caused quite a stir when they were released. The stills had been taken from a clip from the movie, and the controversy had made the entirety of the Indian fraternity lose their minds, but most importantly, had amounted to terrifying mental concurrence.
“Clean Shaven,” directed by Anurag Kashyap, was...
Depression is a mental health disorder that feels like a ghost disease – invisible but devastating, and yet, often waved off dismissively. It’s a disorder that affects millions every year.
To give you the numbers, one in four people suffer from a depressive episode at least once in their lifetime. Even though these numbers and facts have always been...
जिस क्षण आप अपने आप को यह सोचते हुए पाते हैं कि शायद आप किसी ऐसी मौलिक चीज़ का अनुभव नहीं कर रहे हैं जो आपके मित्र और रिश्तेदार कर रहे है जबकि आप खाली बैठे हुए है, यह आपका फोमो उर्फ 'सुअवसर खोने का डर' है जो सभी गंदे काम कर रहा है।
फोमो एक ऐसी भावना है जहां...
Fortune telling is a big business in India.
Everyone wants to know what's going to happen in the future, when the right age to get married is, how many children they will have, and so on.
I personally set no store by superstition, and believe that my future is in my hands, aided by God's grace.
However, there are many who believe...
When Annie Proulx said in the novel Brokeback Mountain –
“I wish I knew how to quit you”; I swear I felt it.
Love stories happen either with the miraculous Bollywood style “pehli nazar mei aisa jaadu kar diya” or the gradual walking step by step into the abode of love. But, the closing chapter leaves almost everyone with tear-brimming eyes.
Breakups...
Dear society,
Over the years you have made it your duty to inform every child that they must ace in the subjects taught to them. You tell us to be an all-rounder, but at the same time advise us to take it easy.
‘There’s no pressure’, you say while also telling us the importance of getting good grades. No, I am...
बड़े होते वक्त एक बच्चे के विचार और उनके भविष्य के भागीदारों के बारे में धारणाएं काफी हद तक उस तरह के पारिवारिक वातावरण से आकार लेती हैं, जिसमें वे बड़े होते हैं।
वह वातावरण या तो उनके साथी में जो गुण वह चाहते हैं, उसे निर्धारित करता है या उन्हें इस बात से भली-भांति अवगत कराता है कि वे...
From selfies, groupies, ‘woke up like this’ to amateur photography - with advanced cameras being available in every mobile phone we click pictures daily. With this idea in mind, Instagram - a photo and video sharing social networking site has become quite popular.
Even though you have been using this social networking site for years, you might feel that you...
अवसाद एक मानसिक स्वास्थ्य विकार है जो एक भूत रोग की तरह महसूस होता है - अदृश्य लेकिन विनाशकारी, और फिर भी, अक्सर खारिज कर दिया जाता है। यह एक ऐसा विकार है जो हर साल लाखों लोगों को प्रभावित करता है।
आपको संख्या देने के लिए, चार में से एक व्यक्ति अपने जीवनकाल में कम से कम एक बार...
Growing up, a child’s thoughts and perceptions about their future partners are largely shaped by the kind of familial environment they grow up in.
That environment either determines the qualities they want in their partner or makes them ghastly aware of what they do not want in their better half. I realized the latter. I do not want my...
FlippED is an ED Original style wherein two bloggers come together to share their opposing or orthogonal perspectives on an interesting subject.
India’s battle with the deadly second wave of the coronavirus has shown us both the challenges and the positives that have come out of such a difficult situation.
On the one hand, we see widespread devastation and suffering around...
A year ago, more than 1,000 sanitization laborers under the Chennai Corporation tested positive for the COVID-19. This year, they don't even have appropriate covers and gloves to get the waste.
What Is The Issue?
On May 1, 2020, Chennai discovered a 41-year-old Nilan pushing a Chennai Corporation tricycle through a street in Royapuram.
Put on the night obligation, his work...
The bad thing about the current social media algorithm is how quickly it becomes repetitive. Well of course, amongst all the other toxic and bad things it leads to but repetition is certainly one of them.
Once you start following certain people or like some types of posts, that is all you see. Nothing new or refreshing will come across...
Praveen Kumar, 43 years old, was an employee of Hisar Municipal Corporation. He ensured to perform the last rites for over 300 COVID-19 victims and give them a dignified funeral.
But, sadly, on Monday night, barely two days after testing COVID positive, he succumbed to the disease.
Praveen Kumar And His Saddening COVID Battle
Praveen Kumar was the head of the...
Everyone must have heard the phrase ‘living death,’ some time or the other. But ever heard of a South Korean living funeral?
A South Korean healing center in Seoul offers just that. The Hyowon Healing Center has had over 25,000 people take part in their mass living funeral services, since its establishment in 2012.
Funeral For The Living:
This South Korean living...
यह मनोरंजक है कि कितने देशों में अलग-अलग लेकिन फिर भी समान संस्कृतियां हैं। मैंने कहीं पढ़ा है कि संस्कृतियां रेल की पटरियों की तरह होती हैं, समानांतर लेकिन कभी एक जैसी नहीं होती।
जापान और भारत के संबंधों का एक लंबा इतिहास रहा है। भाषा, धर्म और पहनावा दोनों देशों के बीच कई समानताओं में से हैं।
हिंदुत्व का मतलब...
When Arijit Singh sang, “Hum Tere Bin Ab Reh Ni Sakte, Tere Bina Kya Wajood Mera,” the entire nation rejoiced over such relatable lyrics and made the song a ‘lover’s anthem’.
Bollywood movies have undoubtedly redefined the idea of love as ‘co-dependency’, where one partner fails to exists without the other.
It is surprising to see how today’s youth is celebrating...
