Sunday Exhale: Diwali Detox, Sallu Bhai’s Jamming Session & More
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Shake off your post-festival blues by reading some of the most interesting work done by The Quint through the week. Go ahead and make that cup of coffee, sit back, relax and enjoy the Sunday Exhale!
Diwali Detox: Are You Ready to Eat Your Way Back to Shape?
A bite of chakli, a handful of chiwda and mouthfuls of laddoos. Diwali might be over but binging on Diwali snacks continues unabated. Sure, the festival of lights has lit up our homes and lives – but it has definitely thrown our fitness regime out of gear. If you are finding it difficult to fit into your old jeans and are already dreading the weighing scales, then it’s time to take stock and eat smart.
5 Reasons That Make ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ an Outdated Film
Rohit Khilnani gets you five reasons that make Prem Ratan Dhan Payo an outdated film.
This Hilarious Beef Raag Will Make You Crave Some Banned Kebabs
Why are the best things in life banned? We’re all craving those delicious beef kebabs that have become so hard to find. Popular singer Marja Kumari even created a new raag to lighten the tense mood around the recent beef ban. She sings it just for The Quint’s followers on web primetime, on the ‘Most Unimportant Interview’. Check it out and sing along. This is catchy as hell!
Ramayana 2.0 - A New Epic Version
Kids review the Ramayana. Find out what they had to say about the ‘cool hero’ and the ‘local gangster’.
Salman’s Jamming Session With Dharavi Rocks Will Rock Your Day
Dharavi Rocks, a musical band comprising talented kids from humble backgrounds, recently had a blast as they were joined by Salman Khan and the whole team of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo for a lively jamming session.
On Diwali, Let This Four-Year-Old Tell You Why He’s Leaving the City
Siddhartha Rao loves Diwali, but this year he didn’t celebrate it at home. His city is no longer safe for him and nearly 10 lakh children who suffer from respiratory diseases. Our actions are causing irreparable lung damage to our little ones.
Four Memes That Celebrate Maggi’s Comeback
Maggi is Back. Slurp!
The return of Maggi on the eve of Diwali added to the celebrations of young and old. We can confidently say that it has added more cheer to the already festive air across the country. The Quint too decided to celebrate the return of Maggi.
RainbowMan: I’m a Feminist and It’s Not a Bad Thing
Harish Iyer tries to make us understand what feminism really means before we reject it as an extremist way of thinking.
Can Exercise Really Hurt Your Heart?
Darwin was wrong about one thing. It’s not always survival of the fittest. A new study proves that it is actually survival of the moderately fit because there is such a thing as too much exercise. And it can kill you.
A new yet-to-be-published study, presented in the European Society of Cardiology, finds that too much intense physical workout can drastically raise your risk of death from a heart attack. But before you pack away your running shoes, read on.
Raghu Rai on the Story Behind His Five Most Iconic Photographs
Photographer Raghu Rai has witnessed India’s sojourn in the last five decades through the lens of his camera. As a veteran chronicler, Rai has first-hand accounts of events that have had a definitive impact on the country’s destiny.
Koh-i-Noor and Beyond: How India Lost its Six Precious Gems
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. A Hong Kong billionaire daddy seems well aware of this seeing as he recently bought an exceptionally large Blue Moon diamond for a whopping $48.4 million for his daughter. Yeah, daddy’s little girl.
We at The Quint decided to dig into our historic treasure box and list famous Indian diamonds. Trust us, there are more than just the Koh-i-Noor.
WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan Says Yes to India and Aaloo Ka Parantha
WWE LIVE will return to India in 2016 with two events at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on January 15th and 16th.
To promote the live event, WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan visited India recently. We caught up with the ‘YES!’ guy in his first ever selfie interview with The Quint.
Generation XL: Two Out of Three Kids in India Are Pre-Diabetic
India is in the midst of a dual epidemic – some experts call it ‘diabesity’.
Over the past 10 years, cases of type 2 diabetes among children have increased ten times because of a huge spike in obesity. The consequence is that many of these children could potentially face irreversible damage to growth, heart, kidney and other vital organs.
The situation is so grim that a new pan-India survey finds two-thirds of Indian children in cities have abnormally high blood sugar levels, meaning they are pre-diabetic.
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