“Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.” – Alan Kay (Computer Scientist) What is 3-D printing? 3-D printing is the process of creating a 3 dimensional object, using a digital file as the source. Even simpler explanation – you could save a car model picture in your computer – and use the 3D printing technology to create an exact real-life car model! It is also called “additive […]
As a kid when he was admonished by his father once, he looked down guiltily and his father disapprovingly had told him ‘Only Cowards Look Down, The Brave Do Not.’ Yes that’s my earliest memories about him. Sitting on my grand-dad’s lap this used to be my favourite story about. Needless to mention this small boy from Cuttack went on to become one of India’s most iconic hero. His famous […]
The suicide note written by Rohith Vemula – the Dalit student who recently died at the University of Hyderabad – echoes the discourse Mahatma Gandhi used when he chose to fast ‘unto death’. Like Gandhi, Rohith’s letter displays a passion for a better world embedded in a Bhagwad Gita-esque detachment. There are several other similarities: Introspection, taking personal responsibility, seeking forgiveness and not blaming anyone. In both cases, their willingness […]
A superpower’s capital city that was brought to its knees with just an inch of snow midweek is gearing up for what meteorologists are predicting will be a epic winter storm that is expected to dump some 30 inches of snow in parts of the US northeast. Washington DC is shutting down metro and bus services for the weekend, and airlines are cancelling some 4,000 flights from several east coast […]
Filmmaker Karan Johar’s controversial remarks on intolerance on Friday kicked up a storm with the Congress hitting out against the Modi government accusing it of stifling freedom of expression and BJP dismissing the criticism saying India is the most tolerant country. Wading into the intolerance debate, Johar said, “The talk about freedom of expression is the biggest joke I believe in the world. Democracy is the second biggest joke […]
It was a horrific site in Puri as carcasses of hundreds of Olive Ridley turtles were washed ashore on Wednesday. The news has set off alarm bells among conservationists, more so because they fall under the endangered category. Thousands of marine turtles swim towards the Odisha coast for nesting every winter. Illegal trawlers and fishing nets, however, act as a death trap for them in the seas despite a ban […]
Say, you have been vying for that toned, flat tummy for quite sometime, but still haven’t achieved it even after endless crunches and ditching all your favourite foods. Reasons may be that you are not he right type of exercises that will help fight belly fat faster. The video demonstrates seven brilliant ab exercises that can be performed at home. Implement these easy ab exercises with a good diet plan […]
The votes are in, America, and the best country in the world is… It’s Germany. Sorry, United States, you’re fourth – right behind third-ranked Britain and second-ranked Canada. But, hey, America beat Sweden! That’s according to the inaugural “Best Countries” ranking from U.S. News & World Report, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and global brand consultants BAV Consulting. The ranking was officially unveiled at the World Economic Forum in […]
Most of us woke up with a pleasant notification from what’sApp a couple of days back. There will be no fees attached to using the service anymore. From US to Australia, from the Scandinavian nations to distant South Africa, users cheered this latest what’sApp notification with equal euphoria. But the interesting element in this whole story is not that users can get free access to what’sApp but the commercial implications […]
Ahead of Republic Day and the release of his upcoming film Airlift, actor Akshay Kumar has paid a beautiful tribute to the many unsung heroes of India. In a video released by YouTube channel Being Indian, Akshay urges his compatriots to be more than just “armchair patriots” and “step out and do more and truly prove what it means to be an Indian.” “Saare jahan se accha, Bharat desh hamara,” […]
