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We all love how fast our Amazon and Flipkart deliveries are, what with deliveries being super fast these days because competition is literally cut throat (well no, not literally, but it certainly seems to be getting there), the other day I ordered two different products from both Flipkart and Amazon at around 10PM in the night and both the products arrived before 11AM the next day, in a span of less than 12 hours. That is mind boggling to me, considering one of the products was coming from Mumbai and came in via air mail. <\/p>
Speaking of Airmail, here's a fun fact: On February 18th 1911 (lovely year), French Pilot Henri Pequet flew his Humber-Sommer biplane from Allahabad Airport to Naini, a distance of 10 kilometres, carrying 6,000 cards and letters. The package was stamped 'First Aerial Post, U.P. Exhibition 1911' <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518679043563","data":"5a853718be6ab"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518679045531","data":"
Now, keep in mind that it was only 8 years ago, in 1903, that the Wright Brothers invented the Aeroplane for the very first time. Within a decade, the technology had spread far enough to establish an airport in Allahbad, UP. It is worth noting that the first commercial flight only happened a few short years later, in 1914, between Russia and America no less. <\/p>
And then the First World War began and technology advanced rapidly. But that is a story for another time. <\/p>
But isn't it amazing to think about the inventions of the 20th century and how rapidly humans advanced our civilisation? The airmail was a stroke of genius and most definitely lead to people believing that they indeed could depend on this new fangled technology to deliver important packages and thus paving the way to even greater innovations in the future, not to mention innovations during the war which are a whole different topic that I shall talk about another time. <\/p>
The world is an amazing place. To think this great thing happened in India is also something of a zinger. <\/p>"}]
Dhundiraj Govind Phakle, famous as Dadasaheb Phalke, passed away on 16th February in 1944 at Nashik. He was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter and cinematographer. His debut film \u201cRaja Harischandra\u201d in 1913 is regarded as the first full length motion picture film of India. Dadasaheb Phalake has been described as 'Chitrapat Maharshi'- the great sage of cinema and also is considered as the \u201cFather of the Indian Cinema\u201d. He made 95 movies and 26 short films in his career spanning 19 years, till 1937, including his most noted works: Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919). <\/p>
Amongst the many things that Dadasaheb Phalke was, he was a son of a Sanskrit scholar, a student of Art. He also studied architecture and was a landscape painter. He later also worked as a portrait photographer and assisted a German illusionist. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518679921044","data":"5a853ac61ea1d"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518679922937","data":"
Dadasaheb Phalke would eventually give away his entire life savings and life insurance money to a friend to purchase filmmaking equipment from Europe, with which he went on to make his films while facing resistance by many, including people who simply refused to work in his films because being in them was considered a social taboo. Of course, if you've watched Gangs of Wasseypur, it wasn't long before the famous dialogue about cinema in that particular film became true across India. <\/p>
But, Phalke did not live to see that day. A pioneer of silent films, in 1937, he realised that nobody wanted to watch his films anymore because silent films were rapidly falling out of fashion with the advent of dialogue driven movies that further bloomed the art of cinema by combining theatre and filmmaking. Realising his time was done, Dadasaheb Phalke retired, before going on to pass away on this day in 1944, penniless and still in an India that was a vassal for the British. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518680187076","data":"5a853b2824b6b"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518680189178","data":"
It was only a few decades later than the Government of India, independent and shaking off the yoke of British oppression, has a award named after him for filmmaking. He is considered a pioneer and one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, giving birth to an industry that today makes the highest number of movies in the world. <\/p>
A small solace for a man who died penniless and unappreciated in his time. In the spirt of filmmaking and art, let us remember Dadasaheb Phalke for kickstarting the juggernaut that would be the Indian Film Industry. <\/p>"}]
The eight-person collective based in London has received plaudits from Frank Ocean, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig and others curious about the retro-futuristic aesthetic of \"Something for Your M.I.N.D.\" Their lead vocalist, Orono, is a 17-year-old from Japan who used to write Katy Perry fan fiction and learned to play guitar watching Koenig's \"A-Punk\" instructional video on YouTube. Lyrically, she fills Superorganism's forthcoming debut \u2013 arriving via Domino in early 2018 \u2013 with a running commentary rivaling Courtney Barnett's clever observations on the everyday. \"I'm out of touch and I don't know what's going on, except my little circle of internet friends,\" she says in a Skype interview. \"I don't really overthink it when I'm doing creative stuff. I do what I feel like doing. Try and make something 'good.' Not really considering how other people perceive it because that messes up the final product.\"<\/p>
Backing her in stunning Technicolor fashion are Harry, Tucan and Emily, who handle the bulk of writing and production, visual producer Robert, and vocalists Ruby, B and Seoul. Together, they have created a genre-spanning Spotify playlist called \"Sweet Stuff\" that has snowballed to over 300 songs to get everyone on the same page artistically. \"We listen to it together quite a lot,\" says Harry. \"You end up with Lil Yachty next to a Slint song or whatever. We all like well-crafted pop songs, regardless of the genre. It's a really great way to pool our ideas and our tastes.\"<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518680907590","data":"5a853d84d4e7e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518680909367","data":"
They Say: \"For us, pop music is a thing unto itself,\" Harry says. \"It's something that makes genre irrelevant. Something concise, to the point, it's catchy, it's in your head and it's creatively arranged and produced. That's ultimately what our goal is with this. We're not thinking we have to produce in this specific genre. We could take it in any direction we wanted to.\"<\/p>
\"My dad considered himself a punk in the Seventies, so he listened to punk music and he wasn't into disco. You could only listen to what you'd buy and what was on the radio. I don't have to make the decision either way because it's all available to me instantly. That's got plusses and minuses. The plus is that you can draw influence from anything. But then at the same time it means that generations don't have these fully unifying things anymore, like the dominance of Michael Jackson or Kurt Cobain. For our generation, it's making sense of this information overload rather than any particular message or movement.\"<\/p>
The hottest new band to drop from last year, check out their song and decide for yourself! Music<\/p>"},{"type":"youtube","id":"vid-url-1518681092521","data":"RPS-Cq4uMFs"}]
1. \"Don't communalise martyrs,\" was Northern Command chief General Devraj Anbu's crisp and on-point answer to politician Asaduddin Owaisi pointing out on Tuesday that five out of seven soldiers killed in the recent attacks in Kashmir were Muslims.<\/b><\/p>
Anbu also said that those making communal statements over the death of soldiers obviously did not know the army very well.<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518600529223","data":"5a84027249088"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518600539626","data":"
2. The Hyderabad police on Wednesday booked the makers of upcoming Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love over a song that has \u201cobjectionable references\u201d to a love story between Prophet Mohammad and his wife Khadijah Bivi in Mecca.<\/b><\/p>
The song, Manikya Malaraya Poovi, featuring overnight internet sensation Priya Prakash Varrier, has gone viral since it was launched a few days ago. The film\u2019s director, Omar Lulu, however, denied that the song is objectionable. The song is said to be an old folk song from the region sang for couples in love, however we were not able to confirm if the man who filed the FIR against the makers knew this for a fact. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518601264686","data":"5a840551869f8"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518601361625","data":"
3. Punjab National Bank share price slipped 9.7 percent intraday on Wednesday after the bank detected some fraudulent transactions worth Rs 11,300 crore in its Mumbai branch. The fraudulent transaction amount is close to 1\/3rd of its total market capitalisation of Rs 36,000 crore and 2.55 percent of total loan book of Rs 4.5 lakh crore (as of December 2017). With the sharp fall, investors lost nearly Rs 3,000 crore of wealth on single day. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518601411076","data":"5a8405f671896"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518601525077","data":"
4. Redmi Note 5, Redmi Note 5 Pro and a new 55-inch Mi LED TV 4 has been officially unveiled by Xiaomi India. The Redmi Note 5\u2019s price in India will be Rs 9,999 for the 3GB RAM and 32GB variant, while the 4GB RAM and 64GB variant is priced at Rs 11,999. The Redmi Note 5 Pro will come in two variants: 4GB RAM and 64GB with a price tag of Rs 13,999 while the 6GB RAM and 64GB variant will be priced at Rs 16999. The Mi LED TV 4 is priced at Rs 39,999. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518601535625","data":"5a840660b2741"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518601539954","data":"
5. Pointing out that West Bengal had already enrolled 5 million people under its own healthcare programme, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the state will not waste its resources on National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), which was unveiled in the Union Budget this year. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518601565478","data":"5a84067e31c2d"}]
Look, I love writing, alright? It's fantastic and a great form of communication between human beings that allows me to put across my thoughts as best as I can because I absolutely love being heard, I like people listening or reading what I think or have opinions on. <\/p>
But even I'm getting tired of writing about New Year's Resolutions. Because most of you are still not keeping them. <\/p>
Or maybe it's just me?<\/p>
Okay, it's both. I know for a fact that many people who personally told me they were going to keep their New Year's Resolutions this year didn't actually do it, in fact they broke it in the first week of January itself, typical right?<\/p>
But that's the thing, it doesn't have to be that way. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518599611327","data":"5a8400d6cbe2a"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518599613397","data":"
But then again this will descend into an article about how to keep your resolutions and there literally have been more than 10 such articles on stuMagz alone - there are millions of such articles if you happen to Google it. So what it boils down to is you, since the articles are written for you to read. It basically boils down to what you can do. <\/p>
There lies the core issue of following resolutions. <\/p>
I don't remember where it was I heard this but it basically went, 'I don't want your New Year's Resolutions, the ones made at the bottom of a Champagne bottle, I want to know what you actually want to do, what you are willing to do to get there and what are you willing to sacrifice, because without being clear on these three questions, you are getting nowhere with your goals.' <\/p>
It really boils down to that, it's not even the fact that you are visualising your goal or dreaming about it, the hardest part is the actual doing, hitting that gym, quitting smoke, following your passions. It is incredibly easy to dream, but unless you are willing to make sacrifices for that dream, there is not much you can do with life. <\/p>
You cannot walk after your goals, you can't take a lift to your goals, you've got to run, run until your lungs feel like they're on fire and until you feel like you cannot take anymore and you want to lie down and drift off to sleep, that is the exact moment when you run a little further, lift a little heavier, push through the pain and then you will see that the other side is nothing but pure bliss. <\/p>
I don't want you guys to be people who live to regret the decisions they never took in life, because I sure as hell don't want to be 30 years old and look back at the life I've lived and feel regret, regret that I didn't do what I was meant to do when I wanted to do it. <\/p>
Make a stand, for yourself. Go own those resolutions. <\/p>"}]
See, I know what it feels like to be at the short end of a stick and falling down a deep dark hole of your own making inside your own head. I know what it feels like to feel completely engulfed in darkness in a pit of your own making with no end in sight and no ladder to help you climb out. The worst part is this pit has mud at the bottom so it cushions your fall but the harder you struggle to get out, the more mud you get on yourself. <\/p>
I've written about mental health issues before, but I strongly believe that we need to write more and talk more about it than ever before for us to make it even viable. It is ridiculous how underreported and undervalued mental health is in India. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518597162016","data":"5a83f70c74744"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518597163811","data":"
I cannot help you with how one gets out of this pit of despair, mostly because it is a journey one must take alone or one will perish. The conditions of our life, no matter how rich or poor you are, lead us to a state of mind that leave us depressed for years and we don't even know it because we do not take mental health issues seriously at all. We simply aren't taught to do so.<\/p>
This leads to unhappy lives, unhappy relationships, unhappy marriages, so much sadness and destruction in the world because we simply do not want to acknowledge that the social injustices in the world combined with our enigmatic mind can cause a cocktail of despair that we will drown in. <\/p>
So I've got only one thing to say, please do not ignore your mental health issues, if you are feeling depressed, please seek help. This is a path only you can walk, the one of recovery, but that does not mean you should not seek help to walk that path. <\/p>
Chin up, eyes forward. Always forward. I believe in you. <\/p>"}]
1. A 32-hour gunbattle between security forces and two LeT terrorists, who hid in a building in Karan Nagar here after their attempts to attack a CRPF camp failed, ended on Tuesday with them being killed, police said. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518523658408","data":"5a82d640c1cb2"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518523688300","data":"
2. An explosion in the forward area of a drillship owned by ONGC killed five people and injured seven others at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), officials said on Tuesday. The drillship, Sagar Bhushan, was undergoing maintenance works at the shipyard at the time of the explosion.<\/b><\/p>
An inquiry commission has been set up to probe the cause of the accident on the ship. The explosion occurred at around 9.15 am Tuesday, shortly after a gas leakage was reported near the AC compartment area of the ship. Fire tenders and ambulances were immediately rushed to the spot. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518523715095","data":"5a82d6600201e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518523718904","data":"
3. Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu turned out to be the richest CM with assets worth Rs 177 crore, while Tripura's Manik Sarkar was revealed to be the poorest CM with Rs 27 lakh assets, in an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).<\/b><\/p>
According to the ADR, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh are the second and third richest CMs, with assets worth Rs 129 crore and Rs 48 crore respectively. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518523739747","data":"5a82d67a45517"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518523745201","data":"
4. Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat of insulting the national flag and disrespecting the armed forces by comparing the organisation with the Indian Army.<\/b><\/p>
Senior party leader Anand Sharma said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must clarify if he supported \u201cprivate militia\u201d to defend the nation. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518523772492","data":"5a82d69a7436f"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518523781940","data":"
5. Displaying a stunning lack of understanding right after his girls and beer remark, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that poor people should also stay clean and that it costs less to stay clean, pointing out to the lack of hygiene, especially by street vendors hawking outside the state's biggest medical facility here. Reports do not mention whether or not someone in the crowd pointed out that the poor often have no options. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518523871035","data":"5a82d722544b4"}]
Hey there folks, if you've been regularly reading my Last Woman Standing series, I have to apologise for not writing last week's Finale episode. This here article is about what happened and where the story is gonna go from here. <\/p>
To be honest, I didn't really think I would be writing it as extensively as I did and I realised I wrote myself into a plothole with the penultimate episode. Between being unsure of where to go with the story and not having the time to write on top of that, I've not been able to drum up a satisfactory finale, but worry not, it is coming sooner than you anticipate! <\/p>
If you've not read my series yet, what are you even doing? Based on Player Unknown's Battlegrounds and written as shamelessly as possible (like seriously, I close my eyes and type it out), the first part of the story is called Last Woman Standing: Prologue, which I highly recommend checking out. I'll be updating this article later with links to the existing chapters. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518522834571","data":"5a82d3cc4ba97"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518522836460","data":"
As for where will the story go next, I'll be honest. When I started I had no idea the direction the story will take, I thought up the most ridiculous things that could happen and wrote that, but it seems people liked that style of writing and I will most likely continue it, with even whackier stories in the days to come. <\/p>
I thank you for reading through what was a young writer's ramblings passing off as a story, frankly if it wasn't for the response, I'd have given up a long time ago. This one's for you folks! <\/p>
Cheers and see you soon! <\/p>"}]
There's an entire genre of films that are called 'coming of age' films, movies that detail the protagonists journey from a self-doubting teenager to a confident adult, often through great odds even if it doesn't seem that way to someone else. The biggest issue with our problems are that someone who has already gone through those issues thinks their opinion on how to solve this issue matters, when in reality it is your battle to fight. <\/p>
That's not to say you don't need advice, everyone needs advice, more often than not people are ready to give it for free, but that's not the point of this post, even though it's kinda going to be some form of advice. <\/p>
By this point, it's safe to say I've successfully confused you. <\/p>
But here's what I was going for. This is your time, considering the readership of this website is mostly students who are eventually going to conquer the world, I want you to know that it is okay to struggle in life, in fact, I encourage you to struggle, to want to be better than who you are meant to be. But all of that will only happen if you understand the fundamental fact that you need to truly and utterly love yourself. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1518521588369","data":"5a82d04dd8bbf"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1518521590331","data":"
This concept might be confusing for some and for me, it is both self advice and a message to the younger kids in the crowd. I've hated myself since I was 17, it didn't go away until very recently and I still feel the scars that period of my life, a period that lasted longer than it should, affecting my daily life. There's so much I should have done a long time ago that I'm coming to terms with now, realising that I'll never have the same opportunity as before and I simply have to try harder and push harder than ever before. <\/p>
All of this I could have done earlier if I'd just learned to embrace myself for who I was and fight for my goals. <\/p>
So this is my advice to you folks this Valentine's Day, learn to love yourself if you don't already. Not only will you discover what you are capable of, you will find that once you are secure in your self-love, you are confident enough to spread it around and make people around you happy. That is what is expected from a citizen of India, because frankly we have too much negativity already, enough to go around for a few decades at least. <\/p>
In a country where negativity is the norm, being a positive self loving person is the greatest act of rebellion one can make. Own it. <\/p>"}]
As long as I can remember, I had been told that I was way too young to make decisions. To try to change things. All except my mum. She always told me that size and age did not matter; and I grew up, being taught, that I could do anything, if I put my mind to it and worked towards it. She always told me nothing was unachievable. <\/p>\n
I did believe her belief in me and tried to implement it. But sometimes people surrounding me influenced me into believing otherwise, and I always found a reason not to do something because I was fearful, or discouraged by others. And my morale went down hill. I became good at finding excuses and avoid doing something I was good at or wanted to do. But my mom still believed in me and I wondered how and why. Both her belief and support did not waver, ever. <\/p>\n
When I wanted to change, my mum supported me, after giving an earful for avoiding it in the first place. I wanted to change myself and change the world. <\/p>\n
Doing engineering I wondered how? I didn't not want to wait. It was now or never. <\/p>\n
I wanted to contribute to society, wanted to write… to blog, wanted to make myself heard. Be a voice for those who wanted to be heard.<\/p>\n
All this came beautifully together in way of my associating with a NGO called Securing Smiles, formed by a couple of friends from Deccan College. Fresh of the pan, not yet registered. So I thought to myself, well what can be better. So, with the much enthusiasm, I dove into it. Stanley was the first college collaborating with them, so both sides were very excited for this event. <\/p>\n
A friend and I joined and helped find funding from our college students. We talked about the NGO, how our principal had made the decision that the NGO is the official NGO for the college, and what we want to do for this event. <\/p>\n
The enthusiasm that I had dwindled away on the second day when people outright ignored our voices. But, I was in this for the win. After a week we had a substantial amount of money with which we bought food and medicines for the slum affected areas. <\/p>\n
And can I say how good it felt? Well, I felt amazing that I was a part of helping someone. <\/p>\n
There were few people who thought I was naïve. That I too young to wield any kind of power to change the world. But, this time I didn't listen. This was my decision and I would stick by it. <\/p>\n
I know changing the world is hard. But, I will not back down. <\/p>\n
So, instead of feeling discouraged, like I would have before, I felt determined and empowered. This was no longer about making a change, this was about growing to a person that would be able to make that change. <\/p>\n
So when it was announced that we were having posts from the Council body for the NGO in college, I applied. And I got it. I am now the Head of Content and Creative department for our college branch. <\/p>\n
I along with the team of Stanley and Securing Smiles have big plans that begin with small steps that will grow in leaps and bounds...<\/p>\n
and you will definitely hear from us again...<\/p>\n
You can also find my articles on my blog at WordPress : http:\/\/www.themavericksview.wordpress.com<\/p>\n
Or connect at The.Mavericks.View@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\nKindly do not re-post my content without permission. \n<\/p>\n","id":"1518511099020","type":"txt"}]
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\nA SPOONERISM is defined as an interchange of initial sounds of two words spoken at a time. SPOONERISMS are commonly heard as slips of tounge but are also intentionally used as play words. They are also said to be verbal errors in English language. Some of the well known SPOONERISMS claimed to have been heard are,\nGo shake a tower, for Go take a shower.\nMardon me Padom, for Pardon me madam.\nBlushing crow, for Crushing blow.\nRunny babbit, for Bunny rabbit.\nFunny aren’t they?<\/p>\n
The term Spoonerism gets its name from the Rev.William Archibald Spooner, who was an Anglican clergyman and Warden of New college of Oxford University. He was an absent minded man who suffered from a speech defect called METATHESIS which made him to switch the initial sounds of words he uttered. He became famous for making many transpositions like this.<\/p>\n
Once he is reported to have toasted Queen Victoria with words, Three cheers to our queer old dean,for dear old Queen.\nDuring wartime,he tried to ignite his students confidence by saying, when our boys come home from France, we will have hags flung out, for Flags hung out. <\/p>\n
However , the fact is that many of the well-known Spoonerisms said to have been uttered by Spooner were probably not uttered by him, but were made by his students and collegues. Spooner admitted himself to only one Spoonerism- Conquering kings as Kinkering kong.<\/p>\n","id":"1518451022855","type":"txt"}]
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