Before The Coffee Gets Cold

Divided into a 4-part series, namely: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tales from the Café, Before Your Memory Fades, and Before We Say Goodbye, the bestseller series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi navigates themes of death, regret, coffee, and time travel. The story is based in Café Funiculi Funicula, a coffee shop settled deep in the busy …

JBL Earbuds Review

I am the sort of person who cannot go a day without music, so naturallyI’m quite picky about the earphones I use.Over the years I have come across a range of them, patiently waiting forThe One. A pair of earphones that make the world disappear, thattransport me to another land that I can get lost …

The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Character Breakdown

*This review is not spoiler-free. Oscar Wilde’s multi-layered classic remains a timeless representation of human morality, and is one of the most interesting books I have read recently. We get to observe the subtle but sure downfall of the morality of Dorian Gray, and the book remains a frightening but true representation of how the …

The Wii Revolution

When you think about the next generation of consoles do you think of better graphics, more processing power or a faster system? As far as common wisdom is concerned more power the better right? It's not every time that you think of video game consoles and the first one which comes to mind is Wii. …

Power & Conflict

The world today is dominated by numerous material things. Technology, money, greed, but the most important of all is “Power”. If you have the power you can almost do anything. But the way one materializes that very power depends on each individual and their personalities. If you have the power you can change the world …

Book review: To kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee’s novel, ‘To kill a Mockingbird,’ is insightful, poignant and powerful. The novel, told through the eyes of 2 innocent children- Jem and Scout, follows the trial of a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. As the novel progresses, Harper Lee unveils hidden themes of power and conflict, that have a …

Book Review – The Book Thief

It's quite bizzare, rare even, to come across a book which is narrated by death itself. A kind, deep, gentle death who sympathizes with his victims. Markus Zusak does wonders; leaving the readers spellbound by his astonishing narrative. Set in the beginning of World War II in Germany, the plot revolves around destruction and love …

The UFO Revolving Restaurant- low on expectations

The UFO Revolving restaurant- low on expectations Aren’t we tired of having to go to a typical restaurant, have a sit down meal with no kicks at all, and pay the bill and leave? Well here is the so called "solution" to break this monotony- The UFO revolving restaurant UFO's floor revolves at the speed …

The Godfather

Any crime thriller requires certain obvious tropes: a gentleman with jaw-dropping villainous potential, diabolical action, and some degree of moral wisdom. Mario Puzo’s ‘The Godfather’ has all this and more. Centred on the 1940s Mafiosi, this book is a page turning blood bath which has family values woven deep into the fabric of the tale. …

A World-class Glass?

Google started selling a prototype of a product they called Glass from 15 April 2014, exactly two weeks after the April fools. How is it related to our theme of “crime”? Basically, the pair of glasses which costed a meaty amount of $1500, were sold to ‘Glass Explorers’, a company based in United States of …

The Freedom 251

It's hard to deny that smartphones have taken over today. From the affordable Samsung Champ's to high end iPhones, each carry their own sui generis. Companies are hell bent upon the question "how to make our product better". Even after considering all aspects to improve their phones, one thing that cannot be compromised is their …

Divergent

This futuristic thriller book by Veronica Roth is the first in the Divergent series, revolving around a young protagonist, Beatrice Prior and how she ventured out of the norms to find who she truly is and where she truly belongs in the society. The plot unfolds in post-war Chicago; a post-apocalyptic dystopia where all the …

Girl on Train

Rachel Watson - the main narrator of Paula Hawkins’ novel-is obsessed with Jason and Jess. She thinks they are a golden couple even though she doesn’t know them; they had everything she once had with Tom, before it collapsed. She watches them through the windows of a train she takes to commute to and from …

‘Fear detector’ soon to sniff out terrorists

A device that ‘smells’ human fear is being developed by British scientists and could soon be sniffing out anxious terrorists. The technology relies on recognizing a pheromone (scent signal) which is released when a person perspires in fear. Researchers hope the ‘fear detector’ will make it possible to identify individuals at check points who are …

App: Photomath

PhotoMath is an app with a ton of potential for those of us struggling to solve mathematical problems. It’s not quite there in terms of being essential, but it’s some cool use of technology nonetheless. The app solves equations through you simply scanning it in with the phone’s camera, leaving PhotoMath to solve it along …