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The pandemic brought with it extreme difficulties that affected different sects of society differently. We all saw the distressing visuals of migrant workers walking endlessly to return to their hometowns as they were left jobless after the announcement of a sudden nationwide lockdown in March 2020.
Keeping this in mind, the Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) of the...
Last week desi social media was in splits after a video of “Shweta’s gossip session” went viral. Shweta became the topic of several memes after she forgot to turn off her microphone on a group video call. What followed suit was a gossip session between Shweta and her friend which divulged juicy relationship details while her peers were constantly...
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“Daring, bold and systems-disrupting change requires big dreams and an even bigger vision.”
To keep up with the zeal and vibrancy, the team at TEDxJMC is consciously making efforts to reach out across various spectrums and illuminate the spark within all of us.
So even when COVID-19 forced events to shut down, JMC’s public speaking conference turned to cloud computing to...
It seems it doesn't take a lot for things to go viral these days. There was a time when only a select few things could reach that stage and that too with a lot of help.
However, these days the most obscure and bizarre things can go viral in a matter of minutes because of a multitude of reasons. It...
With massive foreign currency inflows for stock purchases, the Indian economy is looking at a massive upward trend by the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.
The Indian Rupee was dubbed as the worst-performing Asian currency last year with the currency’s value hovering near the 75 rupees per dollar mark since March 2020. However, with the stock inflow, the Indian...
There is a famous saying that goes "To define is to limit." This is exactly the philosophy that Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc follows.
Noroc has spent years backpacking around the world, photographing women she sees on the streets, going about their daily chores.
From artists in Iran to students in Europe to workers in the isolated Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan, Noroc...
It’s always inspiring to hear stories that resonate with the idea of feeling comfortable with oneself. The idea of accepting oneself as they are is perhaps the most liberating feeling.
The idea of gender binaries is strongly embedded in this rhetoric. Many people don’t identify with the sex that they are born with and feel like they are meant to...
By Abhijit Alka Anil
Recently, John Allen Chau, a tourist from US was reported killed by ‘Sentinelese Tribe’, a protected and hostile tribe in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, which restricts any form of human contact with them.
Here is another tribe that was only about 300 in number during India’s independence in 1947 but today is about 1,586.
Of the four years that...
The “B” word no matter how big a taboo in the Indian society is, it’s an inevitable part of our lives and bodies.
Every woman has a chunk of tales to share about the weird-lovely-embarrassing-feel good- jealous-pretty-confident-out of the world-ugly experiences about her bras.
So here’s sharing a couple of relatable conversations we all have with our B’s-
1. It's an emotion
You...
माधव सदाशिव गोलवलकर, जिन्हें राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के सदस्यों में गुरूजी के रूप में जाना जाता है, को राजनीति का पाठ्यक्रम बदलने वाला व्यक्ति कहा जा सकता है।
एम.एस. गोलवलकर हेडगेवार के बाद आरएसएस के दूसरे सरसंघचालक थे। उनकी राजनीतिक और धार्मिक विचारधारा ने एक संगठन के रूप में राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के नामकरण में बहुत योगदान दिया।
जबकि कुछ लोग...
Capturing the scenic beauty of places through art is a skill that several artists have a keen eye and hand for, and their talent seeps through their vivid paintings.
Taking inspiration from his travels to South Asia in the 1930s, renowned 20th-century Japanese artist and woodblock printmaker, Hiroshi Yoshida, put together a collection of shin-hanga prints from the places he...
Changing a city's name is nothing new to Indian people as in the recent past we have seen several places across the country, roads and more getting their names changed.
Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh became Prayagraj, Gurgaon of Haryana became Gurugram, Bangalore in Karnataka became Bengaluru and more such instances are all there for us to see.
So regions getting their...
While it is very normal and acceptable for students in foreign countries to take a year off between studies so that they can figure out what they love and further work on personal development, the idea is rather absurd and looked down upon in India.
The stigma arises from the societal routine that all Indians are expected to follow: study,...
It’s not only the swimming polar bears of the Arctic which are symbolic of the rising sea levels. Lately, the remote mangrove islands of India extending into Bangladesh known as the Sundarbans are getting international attention for the same reason.
Starting off with things that look obvious at the first glance until they become complicated when you look closer, the...
Google has an array of services and products which have made them one of the biggest players in the world of technology.
There are over 50 Google fails but when Google hits gold, no one even comes close.
The $760 billion dollar company had their strings of failures before reaching to that number and they still experiment with new technologies and...
Well, the general emotion one experiences after being robbed off a valuable belonging is mostly that of grief, anger or both. You might even want to kill your robber, but would never laugh at what happened to you, right? Wrong.
In a surprising turn of events that took place in the city of Birmingham, England, a one-of-his-kind thief managed to...
It started in 2011 when Kolkata’s police constable used his savings of Rs. 4 lakh to build a school for children from the Sabar tribe.
Anup Mukherjee, a police constable by profession is believed to be no less than a messiah who wants to secure the lives of these children.
He used his savings to build the school which ran...
What do you think about when you read the word democratic government? Abraham Lincoln defined democratic government as a government of, for, and by the people.
If we look at our country, do you think that we are a democracy? Are we liberal? or are we just a country that meets the essential criteria of free and fair elections?
Democracy is...
Shameful how, the place I once called “home”, has become one of the top crime cities of the world. I grew up in Delhi, where my own mother has been a victim of chain snatching twice, my brother has been a victim of mugging and a lot of my female friends have been harassed/touched in public. This is not...
Creativity has touched all possibilities under the sun. Surpassing the conventional norms, people have come up with ideas and ways to showcase their skills, talents, and interests at large on platforms big and small.
Aesthetics too have gained wide-ranging popularity and many forms. But aesthetics are no longer limited to art and its appreciation, they are now inclusive of dark,...
When Gulzar Saab said in an interview with the Times of India that directors are coming out with much bolder topics than just bedtime stories, I (honestly) didn’t believe him because many of our classic films such as Mohabbatein, Ghulam, Baazigar, and Abhimaan were anything but original.
However, after watching Vikas Khanna’s debut film ‘The Last Color’, I couldn't agree...
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.
Ever since YouTube launched their live stream function it has been slowly catching up to the platforms made solely for streaming.
A new trend that...
In this day and age, computers have grown to become a fact of life. We can hardly imagine our society running without the use of computers and technology. But like any other invention, there was a time when computers were in their infancy and just being introduced into the field of science.
In India, the creation of the first digital...
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Hindu Youth Summit is the annual flagship event of Abhyas, The Internship Cell of Hindu College. It is the seventh edition, which will be held online for the first time!
HYS is the blend of opportunities, perspectives, experiences, and awareness in order to enable students to become socially and politically responsible citizens.
It is a platform to motivate young minds to...
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Pune Startup Fest is an annual entrepreneurship festival organized by Bhau’s E-Cell, College of Engineering, Pune. Pune Startup Fest’21 strives to foster the entrepreneurship culture among students and epitomize the power of innovation.
With this goal, the Pune Startup Fest is in its third edition with the theme ‘Bolstering Innovation - a Blueprint for the Future’ is scheduled to be...
