Whenever death takes away someone dear to us, our first reaction is an outpouring of grief. Then, as emotions settle down and rational thought kicks in, we ask ourselves questions. Even in our most despairing moments we cling to the belief that every human life carries meaning, and a great life is that which leaves […]Read More
Sequels and franchises are now as much a part of Bollywood as anything else. Dhoom, Dabangg, Don – you name it. In this article, we give you a heads-up on what is coming up in 2015 when it comes to sequels. In Bollywood in particular, and in the movie world in general, there seems to […]Read More
Advertising today is visual-dominated medium. But not too long ago, before the proliferation of the internet and graphic tools, advertisements relied on text and words as much as the picture. In this piece, we show you a few examples from the bygone days. Back in the day, advertisements used to be formatted and structured like […]Read More
Four years after his death, Steve Jobs still influences the minds of our young and technologically-inclined with his interviews and quotes. In this article, he tells us what motivated him to pick himself up in 1985, after being kicked out his own company. Steve Jobs is probably modern culture’s greatest technology star. He’s often pitted […]Read More
Change is the most natural thing in the world. And yet it is the one thing that we resist with the most passion, the most desperation. In this article we take a look at how we can cope with change, and how we can mould ourselves to be ready for it whenever it happens. Change […]Read More
Telstra customers will be able to access their home broadband allowance out and about both in Australia and overseas when Australia’s largest Wi-Fi network, Telstra Air, launches on Tuesday 30 June. In addition to lighting up thousands of hotspots at payphone sites and retail outlets in popular locations, Telstra has joined exclusively with world leading […]Read More
Pearls are created by molluscs not around a grain of sand as it is commonly believed, but around a parasite, as a defence mechanism. A fully formed natural pearl is rare and expensive, and as we see in this piece, some of them make their way onto dinner tables in restaurants. Picture this: you’re at […]Read More
Mac users have often griped at the lack of functionality in Office products that have been designed for the Mac. Problems ranged from minor annoyances to full blown bugs. But in Office 2016 for Mac, many of the problems seem to have been ironed out. The Mac has never been top priority at Microsoft. So […]Read More
In an attempt to bolster its ‘soft stance’ against terrorists and ‘high risk organisations’ that affect the internal security of Australia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott is proposing a slew of changes to immigration rules and structures. In December 2014 in Sydney, an Iranian refugee, Man Haron Monis, walked into a cafe and held 18 people […]Read More
The world has a new Yoga Day, and this is something that India can celebrate having originated. Designed to exhibit and project India’s growing ‘soft power’ on the world stage, it has captured the imagination of the world. In this piece, we tell you a few lesser known facts about it. As if we were […]Read More
