The internet spares none, not even ‘The Great Khali’

The meme culture, be it light hearted fun or targetted bullying, spares none. An example of this was recently seen when people trolled The Great Khali on his Instagram posts  The internet needs new memes everyday. Sometimes satirical, sometimes poking fun and well, sometimes senseless. This time, however, Dalip Singh Rana, aka The Great Khali […]

Adversity: man’s greatest motivator 

Bedridden after a life-threatening car accident—with an injured spine— inspired Vikram Jeet Singh Parmar to conquer the highest peaks of the world. His story is an inspiration for all “Difficulty is what wakes up the genius” wrote Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his famous book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. A good example is Vikram […]

Blasted for the past: celebrities face heat for use of casteist slurs in old posts 

For some celebrities unintentional use of casteist or communal or sexist slurs words in the past have landed them in hot waters in the present TV actress Munmun Dutta was recently caught in controversy when she used a “casteist” word in her YouTube video early this month, which appeared to be in a derogatory sense. […]

For the crumbling health infrastructure, mobile hospitals may be a solution 

An Indian entrepreneur, Ranjit Grewal, with the help of a Singaporean crypto pioneer, is retrofitting shipping containers into well-equipped hospitals—has great potential to revamp public health infrastructure Lately, the Modi government has faced criticism from around the world for mismanaging the second wave of Covid-19 that left people scrambling for medical care, leading to the […]

Indian delicacies revisited 

As the country battles the second wave of the pandemic, Udit Maheshwari is bringing joy to foodies with his delivery only restaurant that offers regional delights from across the country with some tweaks With the pandemic hitting the city hard, people are once again restricted to their homes. The hospitality sector was just trying to […]

No, alcohol does not help against the Coronavirus

The dangerous myth that alcohol helps contain Coronavirus has cost many people their lives. Lockdown is an excellent opportunity to beat bad habits and addictions Alcohol, logically so, is not part of the essential commodities—though some would beg to differ. So when the lockdown was announced in Delhi, people gathered in large numbers outside the […]

The making of Noida

Sanjay Gandhi was the political force behind the creation of Noida 45 years ago. Jagdish Khattar, the man assigned to do the job—gives a detailed account of how he did that…   On the 17, Noida completed 45 years of its existence. It was created in a hurry, during the emergency, on the personal initiative of […]

The jugaad king

Hemant Bhardwaj by his indefatigable energy and innovative initiatives has transformed his locality in Ghaziabad Hemant Bhardwaj, a resident of Ghaziabad, blessed with indefatigable energy turned 60 a couple of months ago. He has transformed the area he lives in by making cooking gas out of a filthy drain that passes nearby his house in […]