Quick Read

When was the last time that you had actually sat and read through a thick book? With the first-world problems on a rise, and the ever-squeezing time and hanging deadlines in our heads, the attention spans are on their way to become zilch! Leisurely reading is no more on the cards. Forget thick storybooks, since…

The 2008 crisis: Revisit

As the economy nearly finishes its recovery, here’s a little throwback decoding the 2008 crisis: It dates back to 1986 when Alan Greenspan was approved as the Chairman of Federal Reserve. Between 1986 and 2001, interest rates were progressively lowered by Greenspan. Things started getting risky as a series of economic crisis hit simultaneously. Starting off with…

The Power of Media: Media Trials

Media has always been considered the watchdog of the society. It is very important to have a free and fair media in every form of government. In a vast and diverse democracy like India, it is of utmost importance that the media functions without any form of bias and prejudice as the media also takes…

The Scarred Smile

A little something on World Poetry Day. It has been a long time penning down some poetry. Hope to turn this into a song soon. She smiles Like the first ray of the sun shines down Her eyes Like twinkling stars in the dark night Nobody could tell that she Cried for so long Nobody…

India’s Daughter: British View towards Rapes in India?

British Filmmaker Leslie Udwin’s India’s Daughter has stirred much controversy across the media and has been politicized thoroughly. Although the documentary talks about the grave issue of rape but, on so many levels, the documentary merely looks like a plain British point of view of the issue. Several actors, journalists and other imminent personalities came…

American Sniper: Not so brave after all

-By Poorva Joshi The controversy surrounding American Sniper has little to do with the film as an artistic effort, which has generally been praised by critics. It has everything to do with Kyle himself, the Navy Seal who served four tours of duty in Iraq, killed more than 160 people there and authored the autobiographical…

Oscars 2015: Special Moments

This year the Oscars came in with its own little surprises. The award ceremony was filled with nervous excitement. Apart from the nominations and winners, what was the most interesting were some really funny and awkward moments that some celebrities had at the event. John Travolta’s awkwardness stayed through as he tried to correctly pronounce…

AIB Roast: Humorous to Vulgar

All India Bakchod’s ‘Knockout- The Roast of Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh’ attracted a huge audience on the internet with its raunchy humour, extreme sarcasm and sexual innuendos involving two Bollywood actors and Bollywood in general. While this show was done for charity, little did they know that the humour projected in the show would…

Land Acquisition Bill: New Challenge for the Modi Government

Since the Modi Government has come into power, political dynamics have seen immense change and conflicts at the same time. Another challenge coming up in front of the Modi Government is the reformed Land Acquisition Bill set by them which has gained severe censure from other parties like AAP, Congress, Shiv Sena and Akali Dal….

Swine Flu grips India

As the country gears up for precautionary measures to prevent Swine Flu, the death toll has only been rising. Health Minister J.P Nadda said not to panic as medicines and facilities to tackle the disease are in place, as quoted by Business Standard. According to health ministry, around 875 people died due to the disease…

Junk gets Better!

With the year coming to an end, festivities and decoration beckon! The reduce-reuse-recycle mantra gaining a lot of attention, a new transformation has been made and that is to upcycle the old things which are usually considered as waste. This environment-friendly concept is catching on in India eventually and is gaining much popularity. What is…

The Lesser The Better!

Think about ‘The Dirty Picture’ film poster, Vidya Balan standing with a seductive look wearing a radiant red-colored revealing blouse while Tushar Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah try to get intimate with her from one side and Emran Hashmi gives a couldn’t-care-less expression from the other side. And then there’s another kind of poster with two…