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FlippED is an ED Original style wherein two bloggers come together to share their opposing or orthogonal perspectives on an interesting subject.
Military service means services by a person or group in the army or any other military service. In most countries, it is up to the individual whether they want to provide services or not.
On the other hand, in...
As a 19 year old I’m going to preface this straight up by acknowledging I am in no way an expert on the female mind, nor would I ever be one. What I am an expert on, is men, because, well, I am one.
So, it’s been a long-standing and popular belief that most guys are complete chillers (including me,...
There have been efforts taken to reach out to the Sentinelese tribe who live in the North Sentinel Island, off Andaman and Nicobar, but all have largely failed. The island is recognized as a sovereign state, but it belonged to India since 1947.
Respectable Lawyer is trending across Twitter for talking about the Sentinelese that are believed to be direct descendants...
Can’t evening hours run in three parallel lines? If they could we would spend our time doing so many more activities and remain even more satisfied.
An entire new generation is obsessed with this superficial portrayal which glues them to their smartphones and makes the situation even worse.
Experts use a term for this fear or panic-like feeling we all experience...
There are still some things that "responsible travelers" might miss.
We have all met people who say they are responsible travelers - they don't litter waste, read and follow rules on notice boards, and diligently comply by the police instructions.
While I am happy that people know how to conduct themselves, you ultimately don't belong to the place. Committing blunders is...
Every other year the internet erupts into a wave of frenzy as another celebrity dares to flaunt themselves on social media and an entire cavalcade of Indian dudebros appear out of thin air to 'show them their place.’
It has been a fundamental takeaway since the moment Indians received unsupervised access to social media sites. Their call to moral police,...
With his dance video going viral and the cards just falling right for me, I happened to cross paths with Surajit Tripura, who happened to be in Kolkata’s Absolute Barbecues in Salt Lake Sector V.
The Man Of The Moment
Being one of the bloggers who covered this sensation, I must say Surajit was really down to earth. He was quite...
Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, known as Guruji amongst the members of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, can be said to be the person who changed the course of politics.
M.S. Golwalkar was the second Sarsanghchalak, or RSS chief, after K.B. Hedgewar. His political and religious ideology contributed heavily towards the framing of RSS as an organization.
While some hail him, there are...
The IPL 2021 auction just took place on Thursday in Chennai where the eight main teams got together to buy players and build teams for the new season of the event.
The IPL as the Indian Premier League is known as is an extremely popular cricketing event in India. The auction is taken place much before the actual event, where...
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The outcome of mixing modernity and religion is no less than a dangerous cocktail (like Molotov, haha). But then again, what is the millennial generation if it doesn't break a few norms and establishes its own?
And what are we, if not the outcomes of our prior generation's mistakes?...
In case you see an auto in Chennai loaded with goodies like newspapers, magazines, a tablet, laptop and countless other free services to offer, don’t lose your calm, it’s India’s very own Auto Anna: Annadurai.
“The Job Satisfaction”
In 2012, G Annadurai aka Auto Anna a class 12 dropout, stunned Chennai with his auto. His auto is like no usual...
Whether it was because of Hannah Montana or Wizards of Waverly Place, life in the early 2000’s was one chilled out period. Coming back from school and in a reflex switching to Disney Channel, was almost a daily custom.
While we laughed at Lily’s reaction when she found out about Miley’s huge superstar secret, we also learnt that true friends...
It is true that multitasking is often rated as a highly desirable skill for the 21st century. The neuroscience research tells us that the brain doesn’t really do tasks simultaneously, as we thought it might.
Here is how multitasking is a myth.
The human brain is capable of performing one task at a time.
“It is a myth that multitasking is beneficial in...
Aung San Suu Kyi's government was ousted at the start of the month by the military. Since the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint, and other leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD), vast numbers of people in Myanmar have been protesting against the military takeover.
Myanmar's anti-coup protesters returned to the streets in force on...
The Kochi authorities are working to reinvent the traditional Koothambalam, a type of temple theatre in the south.
Apparently, they are looking to make a floating version of the theatre in order to entertain and make traditional art forms more accessible to the thousands of cruise tourists that visit the region.
One cannot deny that Kochi is quite known for being...
A girl named Shweta broke the Internet within a few hours after a screen recording of an online lecture got viral on Twitter. Soon after, all the social media platforms were full of memes on this online classroom mishap!
A Twitter account @callmesanyam shared a Microsoft meet video spanning two minutes twenty seconds, in which Shweta can be heard gossiping...
2020 was a tough year for people across the world. It took a pandemic for the countries to realise the importance of making society more self-reliant.
Sometime around mid-2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan which focused on strengthening the local markets and promoting the ‘made-in-India’ products.
After the tussle between India and China, a wave of anxiety...
FlippED is an ED Original style wherein two bloggers come together to share their opposing or orthogonal perspectives on an interesting subject.
The word pornography has been derived from the Greek porni (prostitute) and graphein (to write) initially meaning any work of art or literature depicting the life of prostitutes. Now it is just magazines or video clips with sexually...
When Jio gatecrashed the Indian telecom sector in 2016, the move shocked millions. The company was giving away free 4G data, which was unheard of, anywhere in the world. Jio managed to kill two birds with one stone- gaining consumers and bombarding competitors with slashed prices.
It was a gamble by the pioneer businessman Mukesh Ambani, which made Jio the...
On 17 February, Wednesday, the bodies of 2 minor Dalit girls were found in a field in Babura village in UP’s Unnao district. 3 girls had left their houses for the collection of fodder but when they did not return, the villagers set out to look for them and found the girls in such a gruesome state.
The villagers were...
Whenever you hear the word "social-distancing" you start picturising masks, hazmat suits and safety. But the term has a long history and some of it lies in the fashion of Victorian-era.
Trending clothes always have a deeper meaning which relates to society on political, social and cultural meanings. For example, during the independence struggle in India, Khadi clothes were popularised....
Tamil Nadu's D. Sivan has spent nearly three decades delivering letters and valuable pension money as a postman of the Indian Postal Service. He has been chased by wild animals, walked through forests and crossed slippery streams for a monthly salary of a mere ₹12,000.
India has the largest postal service in the world and it is people like D....
Demystifier: An ED Original where we take a complex topic but the content is written in such a way that it is knowledgeable and easy to comprehend at the same time.
In 1966, the states of Punjab and Haryana were created out of a bigger Punjabi state on linguistic lines. Akali Dal, a political organization of Sikhs had led the...
If you've watched Ramayana, you probably might remember the Vanersena building a bridge made of rocks with Ram written on it.
According to Indian mythology, the bridge was named Ramsetu, and it connected Rameshwaram Island and Mannar Island (Sri Lanka).
It happened at the southern tip of India and the place is now known as Dhanushkodi.
However, it was declared as a...
The fact that almost every professional industry out there has toxic elements to it is no big secret.
In fact, the very first lessons you learn once you join it permanently is how toxic these environments can get and how to navigate through them and do your job without losing a steady income.
However, that does not mean measures have not...
