The drama first begins in Netherlands. All too soon, there is a red button placed in the middle of a shopping street with words “Push to add drama” hanging upside down. Before you know it, the music picks up, a man gets shot, and a whole set of people nearby are attacked. Even as you sit at the edge of your seat, biting your nails, wondering what is going to happen next, the dramatic surprise draws to an end. You realise everything was faux, set-up by none other than the American cable channel TNT. Following an adrenaline-filled video by TNT, ears perked up with the audience gearing up fo...

If there is one community that’s forever changing, growing and reflecting where a society is heading it’s the space of culinary. From super markets to the fine dining experiences in a 5 star, from the neighbourhood café to the vegetable cart seller – a huge transition redifining food has hit India.

As a psychology major, I’m going to take it upon myself to analyze why we don’t take to healthy foods like we do to something like chocolate or fried. It’s simple. We’ve been conditioned that way. All our lives we have witnessed how children, adolescents and young people repel the idea and consumption of vegetables and we also imbibe this information. But, it could also be because junk food just tastes so much better. I’m sure that almost everyone is conscious of the massive westernization we are exposed to, be it in our social setting, occupation as well as lifestyle. This obvious...

The street was deserted and lonely with lamp posts serving as the only source of light. Walking as fast as she could and constantly watching her back, Sneha (name changed) couldn’t fathom her friend’s timing. “Ah, there you are,” he exclaimed as soon as she arrived at the institute’s research block.

She had some misunderstandings to sort and she couldn’t wait to get it out of the way. Even before she could speak a word, ...

Not long ago, the Dubbawalas of Mumbai set out to feed hungry street children with their initiative ‘Share my Dubba’.  Soon after, a group of four individuals lit several lives in urban slum areas of Mumbai through ‘Jal Jyoti’. What do both these groups have in common? --The belief that they could create an impact in their respective communities. These groups are not the only ones trying to make a difference. Whether it is about improving education, empowering rural areas, or tackling hunger –...

Have you ever had a “eureka moment”?  Where listlessness vanishes, energy comes, and you just get down to doing it. At the end, you look back and time has just flown by

Often this happens when you are immersed in something, immersed  in creating 'it', building 'it', cook 'it', writing 'it', doing 'it', sharing 'it', performing 'it',solving 'it',  lear...

Construkt Festival – is about cross synergies. Sitting in the Construkt office, we are surrounded with diversity a feeding ground for Cross synergy Its 7 people, 4 nationalities, college goers to parents, individuals whose resumes are distinct from their careers, lifestyles take speak of explorations, personalities that are difficult to capture under one label. Cross Synergy, Cross Pollination, Multiple disciplinary approaches– these often used terms come in so many hues and meanings, that we decided to sit down ...

Startup Festival started as a social experiment in 2013 to infuse celebration, fun and learning into the entrepreneurial space in Bangalore and to celebrate Bangalore as India’s Startup Capital.

Being an entrepreneur is a proud feeling and none of the platforms reflected this inner spirit of being alive.

There was an unmet need to unleash oneself from the formal, straight-jacketed conferences, for passi...

Bangalore Energizes India’s Creators

Creator community reconstructs Bangalore; city dreams beyond technology