Vaibhav Lall - 12/21 - Rise For India

Researchers at IIT have finally cracked the reason as to why Indian food is so delicious

March 5, 2015 by

Indian food is known for its wide variety of flavors and textures in almost every part of the world. No matter how much we say we love pizzas and burgers, it’s always the traditional dishes loaded with trademark spices which overwhelms our taste buds. Until now, it was just assumed by us that Indian cuisine is the most delicious cuisine in the world, but now we have … [Read more...]

The ‘slut’ culture in colleges of India – And we say we are educated people!

March 3, 2015 by

We Indians love talking about issues related to women like empowerment, feminism, their safety, taking a stand against rape and things like that. But when it comes to the practicality aspect of all this, everything goes into the gutter. We see youngsters coming out from colleges to protest against injustice done to women, be it Nirbhaya or any other incident for that matter. … [Read more...]

Does the failure of our great mathematician Ramanujan says something about our education system?

March 1, 2015 by

If I fail in my maths exam then I don’t think anyone would even bother to care, but if I tell you that our great mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, failed in his Matriculation exam then it is bound to raise some eyebrows. The rumor has it that, Ramanujan in all probability might have failed in his Matriculation examination, which includes the subject Mathematics. But … [Read more...]

Wrapped in the darkness of poor life, this is the story of a maid which will stun you

February 27, 2015 by

It’s not every day when I sit down to listen to my mom’s conversation with our maid, which is more or less the same each day. But things went a little differently that day. I was sitting down in front of my mom, getting my hair oiled as the maid settled down just a few feet away from me, eating her chapattis. Her name is Suneeta. She started the conversation by asking my … [Read more...]

81 lakh boys are never going to get married in India – The curious case of India’s missing girls

February 26, 2015 by

Sex ratio has always been a problem in India. The number of girls always lags in comparison to the number of boys. And no matter how much aware we think our society has become, there is still long way to go when it comes to fixing the gender ratio. It is this kind of imbalance which causes so many other problems in our society. Even vice versa of it can be considered as … [Read more...]