Posts Categorized: Story of the day

I am the state whose name alone is enough to create an image full of emerald beaches, casinos and resorts in one’s mind. I hate to boast, but I am one of those rare places, where the heights of hills kiss the depths of the sea. Actors and actresses may be in dearth of ‘meaty’… Read more »

We all know of people with amazing stories. There are lots of them, scattered throughout and it doesn’t take much to find them. When told, their stories will be amazing, except if the storyteller is bad. We now come to the fine art of storytelling, something that is THE deciding factor in whether an experience… Read more »

The following account is taken from the travelogue of a sophomore of BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus while he was doing his PS-1 in Mumbai. Well, Mumbai has always been told to be a town of hurry. People look like they always happen have a deadline for everything and an inherent requirement to be… Read more »

We have all read stories of people with exceptional stories, people who have recovered and succeeded against what seemed like insurmountable odds. These stories are exceptional indeed and inspire like no other, showing us that it is possible to make our lives as good as theirs. However, what we haven’t talked about, is an everyday… Read more »

There are some people who take the world by storm, redefining the very meaning of success. These individuals have certain qualities in them which cause them to go far beyond the normal man. Pioneers, who bring something new and unknown into the world, revolutionising lives and radically changing the way people live. Possessing what we… Read more »

Explainer Question of the Year for 2011: Why are smart people usually ugly? I get this isn’t always the case, but there does seem to be a correlation. Attractiveness doesn’t predict intelligence (not all ugly people are smart), but it seems like intelligence can be a good predictor for attractiveness (smart people are usually on… Read more »

The year 1966, London. Pulsing, psychedelic music, stroboscopic lights in bright colours flashing everywhere, a sea of people moving as one, minds lost in the magic of song. A group of four artists on stage belting out what seems to be pure ecstasy for the ears. A band in its early years, pioneering a genre… Read more »

India’s first woman press photographer Homai Vyarawalla, who passed away January 15, 2012, captured the last days of the British Empire in India. Her work also traces the birth and growth of a new nation. The story of Homai’s life and her professional career spans an entire century of Indian history. Belonging to the small… Read more »

Stuck up in a world having a majority of megalomaniacs, sycophants, narcissists and many other ailing people, sometimes it feels like we have got only two choices here- to be diseased or to be deceased. Self-imposed mental illnesses put aside, the modern trends seem to be the greatest cause of misery nowadays. With texting and… Read more »

Instructions to make tea (source) 1. Empty out any water that is in the kettle and fill it up with fresh water from the tap. Boil it. 2. Warm the teapot with a little boiled water. 3. To make tea for four people, put three teaspoons full of tea or three tea-bags into the pot…. Read more »