August, 2015

• 12 August

  Football leagues that must be watched this season.

  

  Now that the leagues in Europe are starting, it is time to look at a few countries that do not belong to the BIG 4 of leagues-England, Spain, Italy and Germany. We will take a look at Turkey as a footballing country and also assess the progress of French and …
• 11 August

  The Art of Motion: 7 reasons why you should do Parkour

  

  Parkour is also known as the art of movement, where the practitioner (traceur) uses the landscape around him as a playground for his body to feel, experiment and explore.  Parkour induces certain aspects that if implemented in our daily lives can help us considerably. This is why the sport has …
• 10 August

  What kind of a FAN are you?

  

  In the days of my youth (cue Led Zeppelin), I was required to work on a project which would form a part of my overall graduation grade. I surprised myself with the amount of work I put into this assignment. Maybe the reason behind that was the fact that the …
• 10 August

  Saluting the Liverpool jersey number 8 and the magician from Italy

  

  I just had to write about them because football as a sport has played a very important role in my life and they were amongst the first few footballers that I looked up to before I started following the beautiful game. The retirement of 2 greats of football who defined the laws …
• 9 August

  Culture Week Recap: 12 things we learnt from an exploration of ourselves

  

  1. A civilization has the power to thrive as well as annihilate itself As we saw in this article, there are strong evidences that suggest the extinction of the Indus Valley civilization in an atomic blast. This is a good enough warning for us to understand that we are as …
• 9 August

  Lefty Blues in a Right-Handed World!

  

  Not just between cultures, religions & nations; we live in a funny society that discriminates between both of our hands as well 😀 Let’s dig some popular culture, stories & dogmas about lefties and discover whether there actually is any substance or logical reason behind the blind beliefs that exist …
• 8 August

  Girls, let’s set the Cinderella within ourselves free!

  

  At the last day of college, a party was planned. It was a moment of pious hopes coupled with dilemmas. The joy of successful graduation was accompanied with queries of what next! As I stood in front of the mirror I realized transitions are always tough. My blanket of thoughts …
• 8 August

  The way forward is to accept nature as our culture

  

  The only way to move forward is to accept the fact that nature will show us the way, not our self-imposed culture. If we are to lead a wholesome life without boundaries, we have to look to tribes like the Mbuti pygmies and the Cherokee Indians to learn. Picture yourself …
• 7 August

  Us & Them: The Nature-Culture divide

  

  Realizations on how unnervingly important it is for me to not blindly give in to the culture in order to stay high on (in) life! I am not the socio-cultural space that ‘they’ provide me! I am turbulent, free-flowing; with many more dimensions… I am not gonna be among the …
• 7 August

  Culturally speaking, we have lost the battle of intelligence against stupidity

  

  Whatever happened to the battle of Faith against Belief! Whatever happened to the battle of Nature against Religion! Whatever happened to the battle of Creation against Destruction! Whatever happened to the battle of Intelligence against Stupidity! Let’s start from the very beginning… Over the centuries, we have believed in a …