Tuesday, 25 August 2020 09:12

Genre fiction, So! what’s wrong with it?

Last year as the news of Chetan Bhagat’s first novel “Five Point Someone” to be included in Delhi University’s syllabus broke out, social media was flooded with reactions that ranged from pearl clutching to downright ridicule. It’s not the first time genre fiction has been rebuked by dogmatic literary pandits. But despite…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 09:04

Understanding Green Finance

An uninhibited expansion of human activities and unrestricted development has wreaked havoc on the environment. The recent climate imbalance the world over and alarming levels of pollution is a warning about the bleak future that awaits us. In such a scenario, in order to mitigate the harmful effects of unsustainable…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 09:00

Can technology be a solution to climate change?- An opinion

“Winter is coming” the popular refrain from the series Game of Thrones warns of an impending winter. Whether or not the deadly winter strikes Westeros remains to be seen. But the inhabitants of Earth may safely say that the “Summer is coming” and a fatal one at that. That the…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 08:56

Art and Design: Are they different?

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is that of between lightening and the lightening bug, Mark Twain noted prophetically. Art and design are usually viewed in a synonymous relationship, and although they do share a complimentary relationship , the two terms are as different from…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 08:49

How secure are we from the peril of hacking?

Newton’s third law holds that every action induces an equal and opposite reaction. Every possibility manifests within itself a counter possibility as death is ever present over life. The Internet has opened up a host of possibilities unheard of and unthought of, yet it contains within itself the germ of…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 07:29

Off the trodden track: Random reflections on my travels.

Pic 1: Golden Sand backwaters in Kerala Off the trodden track: Random reflections on my travels. When I was growing up, I explored the vastness of the world only through the pages of my favorite books. I lived in a small village in North India, raised in family of farmers who…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 07:23

Water Woes: Why India Needs Better Water Management.

Schools shut for 10 days, residents queuing up to collect water from tankers and tourism stalled. Shimla, designated as the queen of hills is crippled by the acute water scarcity. It echoes the “Day-Zero” horror of Cape Town, South Africa, the date when taps were declared to run dry earlier…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 07:19

Digital journalism: A New Way of doing Journalism

A cup of hot tea with the newspaper is the quintessential start to mornings in India. Well, the romance of newspapers may soon be a nostalgic memory of the yesteryears. Next only to China, India has 500 million internet users. With low cost devices and better 3G/4G internet speed, the…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 07:13

Sounds and Visuals of Aesthetics

Imagine you buy an expensive ticket to your favorite singer’s concert but instead of the singer’s melodious voice you hear disruptive shrieking sounds. Would you enjoy your evening? Or imagine a badly pieced together film where the sound and visuals are out of sync. Or a super hero film with…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 06:59

Books adapted for the Silver Screen

What are the odds of the current generation not having seen the movies of Harry Potter or of Game of Thrones? The actors who have starred in these movies, from Daniel Radcliffe to Sean Bean are now superstars with a huge fan following. Yet, both books were not originally made…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 06:49

Interior Designing: How decor can affect our well being

Interior Designing: How decor can affect our well  being Be it our workspace, home or shopping centre, the interior of a place significantly affects us. It can make us calm and productive, make the kids behave better or make the customers buy more.  Usually interior designing is taken to mean only…
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 06:36

Communication for budding managers

What to say when you meet new people: The 9 secrets to success On an average day, you are going to meet a great many new people. Some of them might seem of no value to your life - a waitress, a delivery man, a house cleaning staff and so…
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