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If you are a Bollywood fanatic, then you must have noticed its obsession with “passion”. I can name so many movies that show the...
In the last few months, even introverts had a hard time staying in their homes with the same views. After all, it's always more satisfying to stay in your room when you have the option of choosing between going out and staying in.
Like many of us, this Singapore based couple had enough of their views. But they decided to...
It has been four years now since he entered the stock market sphere. He joined Sanbun Investments in 2017 and took the role of sales executive.
In the early days of his sales journey at Sanbun, he exhibited remarkable skills and prowess. Sale is a challenging field that requires extraordinary skills and abilities. Jaspreet managed to sell Sanbun Investments’ services...
“Why is light affected by gravity if photons are massless?”
“So how does the the human brain ignore the second the?”
“Why can people walk many miles without discomfort, but when they stand for more than 15 minutes or so, they get uncomfortable?”
These are some of the questions r/explainlikeimfive has answers to.
Dumbed Down Answers
What makes these answers special is the fact...
Liv’ED It is an ED original style where we write about our personal experiences on experiencing and reviewing any app/place/website which gives us a feeling of coming back for more.
On 6th and 7th April 2019, the worldwide BTS Love Yourself World Tour was at its last destination, that is Bangkok, Thailand.
The tour by the world renowned boyband, BTS or...
People haven’t heard her story enough, maybe because she was no freedom fighter. In fact, her husband moved with her and the sons to San Francisco only to get away from the British Colonial rule in India.
Then why is her story important?
Because it’s unusual and motivating and while other Indians were exploited in their own country, her family was...
You might have heard that being a pet dog owner is a huge responsibility and you must think it through before getting one. Well, it’s true. Not for the responsibilities you have towards the pet dog but the crazy ride it takes you on after it enters your life, YOU MUST THINK IT THROUGH!
Now you all must be thinking...
Mummification throughout history has been associated with Egyptians. They believed in the afterlife and hence preserved their dead.
However, self-mummification or Sokushinbutsu was primarily a Buddhist concept wherein monks and ascetics engaged in long-term meditation in order to mummify themselves.
This kind of extreme meditation required perseverance and a complete immersion in the task. Food and liquid intake was minimal...
The stock exchange has been one of the major methods through which an entire section of people have made truckloads of cash.
It's only fair to say that it is a shame that Indian common folk became aware of the treasure trove called stock market as late as it did. The art of speculating on market trends was always considered...
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has just released her first book and memoir called 'Unfinished' and already it has become a best seller.
Released on 9th February 2021, the book had been in the news for quite some time ever since Chopra announced she was working on it.
The book has been released on both Amazon and in physical stores and already on...
It has been hard adjusting to the novel lifestyle of the post-COVID world and the greatest difficulty has been the regulation of work and education online.
With most of the offices back in the game and many colleges opening up... things are slowly returning back to somewhat normal.
But not for students of the Delhi University.
Delhi University Students Still In Lockdown
Unlike...
Protests and public dissent or outcries are never complete without the civilians coming down to the streets. The power of the ordinary people does not fear to lose what needs to be lost when compromise no longer remains to be the last straw, and the people are forced to play hardball with the government.
Something similar has been in the...
Every now and then we encounter cases where lovable animals are brutally tortured and even pushed to death by unsparing humans. On the other hand, there are people who keep showing their compassion towards animals.
They always try to become the voice of voiceless and never leave any stone unturned in bestowing justice to sincere animals.
In a similar instance,...
Rare footage and messages from inside China’s secretive internment camps have been released by a detained Uighur man.
31-year-old Merdan Ghappar managed to document his days inside the infamous internment camps, which China alleges are ‘re-education camps’. He sent the footage to his family earlier this year.
What Happened?
Mr. Ghappar is a model, of Uighur ethnicity, for Chinese online retailer Taobao....
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid down the foundation of Ram Mandir on 5th August. Since the judgement of the Supreme Court of India came out in favour of Hindus in 2019, Hindu believers had been awaiting the commencement of construction of the temple.
The laying of the foundation stone marked the start of construction activities which will be...
While the world is still struggling with the ravages of coronavirus, a new threat is at our doorstep.
Recently, farmers from various countries like America, Canada, Japan, and Poland received white and yellow packets containing some seeds with the warning of not planting them.
These suspicious unsolicited seeds are allegedly from China. This has sparked the fear of bioterrorism. It is...
It is true that each and every person has the potential to expand his or her business through hard work and one’s own merit. However, it will not be wrong to say that some people are better at some work than others.
For example, Jews and Banias of India are renowned for their entrepreneurial skills. Statistics support this general observation.
You...
Wikipedia has stood by your side every time you scrambled to finish last-minute assignments, every time you needed proof to win an argument and of course, every time you went down a rabbit hole of weird articles.
In November 2019, Indians alone accounted for 771 million visits to Wikipedia, proving the irreplaceable nature of Wikipedia's existence.
If you are amongst those...
You probably have a Nokia phone in a corner of a drawer somewhere in your house.
In the 2000s, Nokia phones were all the rage, the iconic Nokia tune could be heard everywhere. You know, the one with two hands holding each other as NOKIA was displayed in large fonts on a small screen.
So, how is it that a company...
Face masks have become a necessity thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only do face masks protect us, they have also become a fashion statement.
People step out of their houses with masks on their faces that complement their outfits along with constraining the virus. With the urgency of the need of face masks, businesses are trying their best to...
We are all pretty familiar with the band Iron Maiden but, the term 'Iron Maiden' goes way back. It is supposed to be a torture device from the middle ages and for long it was believed to be a fictional one.
Some believe the device was made way before even the middle ages.
What is the Iron Maiden?
The name doesn't sound...
The year 2020 has not been very good to many businesses out there. With the coronavirus pandemic having spread out globally since January of this year itself, most people are under lockdown.
Many countries and cities are still under lockdown and if not, have been advised to limit their outside time as much as possible. People are suggested to only...
The Olympic Games is the world's most respected sports event and all the world's highly trained athletes participate in it. For some athletes, doing well at the Olympics and getting their country a medal, is the only thing they work for in the years between two consecutive Olympics.
Indians too have done well at the world stage. Even though there...
Having lived in Delhi all my life, I have grown up with certain specific words being spoken around me. Growing up in a Punjabi household has made me observe the gradual creeping in of the language into the language of Delhi, along with certain Haryanvi influences as well.
This has ultimately resulted in the formation of what we call...
By Bhavishya Pahwa
In Hindu texts, believers are firmly segregated into four varnas or social groups - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras, in the mentioned order.
Shudras, obtaining the lowest position in the Hindu caste hierarchy, were defined to work for the upper castes and undertake responsibilities like sweeping and taking care of the sewage pipes.
There was another social group that...
