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 Electric cars are the future of transportation and there is little debate about it worldwide. They provide us with a much better alternative compared to fossil fuel-based vehicles(mainly petrol and diesel). They are easy to use, accessible and pave the way for newer and more advanced technologies such as self-driving cars and better connectivity options. It is also said that electric cars are less harmful to the environment than fossil fuels, the burning of which emits dangerous gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur and nitrogen oxides etc. But, are they the messiah that they are framed to be? Is there a dark side to electric cars? And even more importantly, exactly how accessible is this future? Fossil fuels and emissions Electric cars are being brought in the market as a replacement to cars that run on fossil fuels. Fossil fuels have been now firmly established as one of the main contributors to global climate change. They help this vile cause because they emit ...

Think like a monk… Halfway through the horrific turn of events of this eventful year, our modern day monk Jay Shetty released his first ever book. Since its release it has been the talk of the town, with celebrities like Ellen Degeneres, Will Smith,  Jada Pinkett Smith, Robin Sharma, Arianna Huffington, Novak Djokovic calling it a must read masterpiece. After topping the charts worldwide and Forbes and Amazon claiming it to be one of the best, the expectations are pretty high when you turn the first page over and they are met. The most simple sounding complex questions like “how to stop over thinking?”, “how to find purpose?”, “how to learn from everyone you meet?” are effortlessly answered by a monk himself. Two celebrity reviews among the dozens that this book has been blessed with, perfectly capture what and how this book is. ‘Jay Shetty’s book is profound, poignant and practical. We believe it will help so many people create new habits, practices and wisdom that will guide them...

  Many in the last century had imagined that by 2020, mankind would have had flying cars and teleportation devices and awesome technology that no one could have possibly imagined. Though SpaceX and Apple give them a run for their money, humans have not quite lived up to their expectations. One of the most anticipated and currently heavily pushed technologies of our time though is the electric car. Everyone wants it, but they are not that good. Even if some are good, they cannot replace their alternative everywhere. In this and the next issue, we are going to talk a little about electric cars. Before we venture into electric cars, we must first have a brief history of cars in general. Though many people throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth century lay their claims towards the development of a locomotive, mainly the train, the formal inventor of the car that we know today is known to be Karl Benz, who first presented his car, the Motorwagen, in 1881, with an engine that he design...

Dopamine levels : Are we in control Or Are we being controlled? Have you ever had that tenacious thought that why aren’t you able to get things done? Why those important things seem so boring and why is this big bucket of procrastination hanging in your hand? Well, one would argue that this is because one has likes and dislikes, a person will obviously favour to do the things that he likes more often than what he dislikes but is important. This seems plausible in some sense, but the world doesn’t work like that, we have to get some things done no matter what we feel about them, that is if one is ambitious to make  one’s life meaningful. Let’s get to addictions now, since they play a major role in wasting our elixir of life and raise a monumental question of we being in control. Now let’s take a look at current young adult’s or a teen’s rough daily time utilization - The world median of teens using social media is about 3 hours a day, concentrating on America, that shifts to 6hrs of...

Fashion, Folk and the Foundation. ‘Art is a line around your thoughts’ – Gustav Klimt My initial understanding of this quote was that art limits one’s thoughts. No, that can’t be right. Honestly, I think art can never really be defined. It can only be interpreted, and for me, art is an idea having a physical form. When I wonder how I framed this definition of art, I always go back and think of my first encounter with it. It wasn’t when I dipped my hands in paint or when I wrote my first poem. My first encounter with art was when I first picked an outfit to wear. In a way, my idea of beauty was given a physical form by how I chose to present myself. That was the first time I learned that how I want to look like is always a reflection of how I feel. A few years later, I realized that there was a name for this ‘dressing-up-for-no-reason’ hobby of mine – it was termed as ‘fashion’. It bothers me that the word fashion is somehow always associated with runways, elitism and femininity. For m...

 The Namesake –Jhumpa Lahiri There are some books that give you a good thrill while reading them. There are some books that leave you amazed and spellbound for some time, so much that your mind almost goes numb. This book is something a little different. It is not what you would traditionally call a page-turner, but is one that keeps you hooked on it until you finish the book. Jhumpa Lahiri delivers a subtle masterpiece (almost some might say), one that will linger on in your mind for a lot of days, which will keep giving you insights and revelations for most of your life. It can be described as the story of a journey, a journey in the literal sense and also the journey of life.  The Namesake is Jhumpa Lahiri’s first novel, which was first published in September 2003 by Houghton Mifflin. Jhumpa Lahiri is  Pulitzer-prize winning author for her first book, The Interpreter of Maladies, which was published in 1999. The Namesake has been translated into many other languages, i...

  Literature and Its Impact “An intellectual expression or a psychological idiom are a product time, whereas the permanent truths are capable of being lived by and seen with, higher than an intellectual vision, at all times” – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan It is the microscopic intricacies and crystalized attributes that contribute stratospherically in the formation of a literary product. There do exist unimaginable levels of dimensions in one’s mind that form a shelter to such an avalanche of emotions. The essence that a form of art produces, is eternal in nature and possibly nothing in this world can have an ardent compulsion of having it ceased from existence. The subject matter that we do focus upon right now, is like a torch-bearer in the masquerade to a uniquely molded dimension. It’s quite funny how it drives us through such long strides, ye we are confined in a way mentally. It leads the way and it asks us to chose whether or not we want to stay. Literature gives is light, t...

  When the love stock actually fluctuates. The age old photo of Bombay Stock Exchange always catches my eye on the daily news. Inspite of all the archaic pillars and saline breezes,it still remains an important active  national monument which humorously stands for stability, security, finance, growth, resilience etc.  Today when I speak about love, relationship and  infatuations. In the modern world one simply questions that is one’s life actually any different from the almighty stock exchange? The average erudite men and women providing impeccable service to the country during work hours, during breaks- the underhanded pink slips, guilty numbered paper rolls, cigarettes etc pass amongst the just romantically jittery  hubby texted hands in the labyrinthine cash flowing passages of our nation.   For some of these employees, the loud verbose yells or the well-chosen cuss words is an adrenaline rush waiting for a channel of subtle moans and throngs of vert...