Ayntka AYNTKA- DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH RELATED ISSUES Posted on January 22, 2020 By Team SPark How often do we see people complain saying they are unable to handle pressure or the workload is taking a toll on them? In today’s ultra-competitive environment which thrives on cut-throat competition, second best isn’t always good enough. It seems hard to settle for anything less than the best. This… Read more
Columns The Influencer Culture Posted on January 11, 2020 By Team SPark Social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat have witnessed a massive increase in ‘influencer’ posts over the last few years. What are these influencer posts and who are influencers exactly? A social media influencer is someone who has a large following and established credibility. They speak to a large… Read more
Guest Article Costume Ideas for Halloween Posted on October 31, 2019 By Team SPark A light flickers in the home of little Thomas Adams. All the doors in the house creak in the middle of the night. It’s the middle of the night. The doors creak when you walk through them. Just kidding, it’s not. They don’t. The electricals in the house were intact… Read more
Movies That Everyone Should’ve Seen By Now Posted on October 29, 2019 By Team SPark SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) It would be a crime not to include Shawshank Redemption on this list. Andy Dufresne is a successful wealthy banker, who is implicated for committing the murder of his wife and his lover, befriends ‘Red’ (Morgan Freeman) and gains the respect of fellow inmates inside the walls… Read more
Columns Literature and Society Posted on October 18, 2019 By Team SPark Every year for the past few years, a general prerogative that is being floated around is that India is changing and the country that we live in today is ‘A New India’. But all that has changed over the past few years is the increase in social discrimination and construction… Read more
Columns KaiOS Posted on October 10, 2019 By Team SPark Smartphones have become an extension of human hands. Without them, no work of ours gets done. While smartphones have become necessities for a lot of people, there still are people, especially in developing countries, who can’t afford smartphones. For this population section, the lack of appropriate technology to keep up… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA- RUGBY UNION Posted on October 8, 2019 By Team SPark Imagine the most physical of contact sports where 2 teams, each consisting of 15 players, use an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with huge H-shaped goalposts at each end; each game compressed in 80 highest-intensity minutes (split into two halves of 40) you will ever witness. Well, that’s exactly… Read more
Columns The Big Tech and the Antitrust Posted on October 3, 2019 By Team SPark The “Big Tech” wield a lot of power these days; they are some of the most valuable companies in the world but it’s easy to forget how quick and meteoric their rises have been. But while money brings power, this new breed of global leaders has much more than just… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA: The Anti-Vaccine Movement Posted on September 28, 2019 By Team SPark The world witnesses new campaigns very often. Some have positive impacts like the LGBTQ movement and steps against climate change, but some movements seem to reverse mankind’s advancement. One such movement is the Anti-Vaccine Movement. The Rise of the Movement- In a nutshell, the anti-vaccine movement is one where parents… Read more
Columns SPark Recommends: How To Become A Psychic (Or Pretend To Be One) Posted on September 26, 2019 By Team SPark “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” ~Sherlock Holmes How many times have you been surprised by how accurate your intuition was? The ability to understand instinctively the outcome of a situation cannot be explained away by simple science. Or can it? What… Read more