Pretty interesting answers – most based on The Dark Knight movie, while a few are based on the graphic novels\comics
Author: Aditya
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Quora: Why are Indian girls crazy about pani puri?
That’s one way to answer such a question.
Answer by Jaganathan Abhinav, Mediocre. Wants to marry Arya Stark (Follow up question to him would be: Does Arya Stark like pani puri?):
In the Mahabharata, as soon as Draupadi was married to the Pandava brothers, she was taken to their house. Kunti was worried that her daughter-in-law might create a rift amongst her sons by showing extra affection to one over the other. It was tough times and she also wanted to see whether this new bride would be able to successfully manage resources. So she decided to test her
Kunti gave her just enough dough (atta) to make one puri and told her to satisfy the hunger of all five of her sons. There was also some left over potato masala from last night. It was then that the ingenious Draupadi invented Pani Puri. This also goes on to explain why every standard plate has 5 pieces. Kunti was so amazed with her daughter-in-law’s creativity that she blessed her dish with immortality.
Thus every Indian girl eating pani puri secretly wishes for a good husband and wants to show to the 5 men ogling her at a pani puri wala that she is more than capable of being a good wife..
Hope your intellect is satisfied. And on a more serious note, your intellect needs to get a life.
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Hacking into the Indian Education System
The case of the missing marks it seems. Of course, the first thing that authorities will do if they get wind of this will be to shoot the messenger.
Post by Debarghya Das:
Hacking into the Indian Education System
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Lawyers & ethics – an Apple saga
In the high stakes patent games, trust no one, especially not the lawyers whether working for you or against you:
But the documents in the public record thus far may just be the tip of the iceberg, and big questions remain. Why didn’t Morgan Lewis—which knew the lawsuit was coming before it was filed—see an ethical problem in letting one of its partner invest in a patent troll, especially one specially designed to target one of the firm’s big clients? And how many other big-firm lawyers are entwined with “start-ups” that are actually holding companies, created to attack the very corporations they are supposed to be defending?
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Thinking about the box – one click selling
Very interesting premise, particularly the box part. Really odd that the e-commerce giants didn’t try this:
With Sold’s app, you take a picture of the thing you want to sell and write a description. The company uses a mix of algorithmic and human judgment to figure out how much you can probably get for the item and sends you the proposed price. If you accept, Sold posts your product on whatever online marketplace the company determine is best—eBay, Amazon or smaller niche sites, depending on what you’re selling.
via Why 3 MIT Grads Want to Send You an Empty Box | Wired Business | Wired.com.
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Mary Meeker’s 2013 Internet Trends Report
Some very interesting insights, particularly focused on USA and China. A fair number of takeaways for India too if you read between the slides – the huge smartphone market potential and the upcoming mobile-enabled services revolution – given that we have a population similar to China’s, and one that is a lot better versed in English.
http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/kpcb-internet-trends-2013
via Mary Meeker is Back With Her 2013 Internet Trends Report Slides – Jason Del Rey – D11 – AllThingsD.
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The Star Wars logo
A really close look at the evolution of the Star Wars logo and typography.
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What is the best thing that makes you feel proud to be born in 1990s?
Applies as much to the 1980s born I'd say –
Revolutions , technological breakthroughs, innovations, new genres of music, cartoons and films anything.
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Judit Polgár – Geniuses are made, not born
Now that’s taking your thesis seriously, resulting in one of the top chess players (and the best female chess player ever) in the world:
Polgár and her two older sisters, Grandmaster Susan and International Master Sofia, were part of an educational experiment carried out by their father László Polgár, in an attempt to prove that children could make exceptional achievements if trained in a specialist subject from a very early age. “Geniuses are made, not born”, was László’s thesis. He and his wife Klára educated their three daughters at home, with chess as the specialist subject.
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Indian Gold
Now you know (some sources like to say housewives instead of households):
India is the world’s largest single consumer of gold, as Indians buy about 25% of the world’s gold, purchasing approximately 800 tonnes of gold every year, mostly for jewelry. India is also the largest importer of gold; in 2008, India imported around 400 tonnes of gold. Indian households hold 18,000 tonnes of gold which represents 11% of the global stock and worth more than $950 billion.
