Sunday Exhale: Indian Racism, Aamir’s First ‘Dangal’ Look and More

It’s a Sunday. Sit back. Relax. And enjoy The Quint’s Sunday Exhale this week

Can we interest the little one in some Sunday Exhale? (Photo: iStockphotos) 

To make your Sunday more enjoyable and exciting, The Quint gives you a selection of its best stories through the week.

Africans are ‘Peddlers, Cannibals, Ha**mi’: India’s Racism Exposed

They dress skimpily, play loud music, drink in public and create ruckus. They sell drugs and are a bad influence. If they stay in India any longer, even the Indian youth will get spoilt. This is a common sentiment held by most locals in neighbourhoods with African population. The Quint’s report shows how deeply bigotry and racism is practised in India.

QSatire: Pahlaj Nihalani’s Fan Pammi Kaur Writes Him a Love Letter

Pahlaj Nihalani had grounded Udta Punjab. As a result he was showered with brickbats! The Quint’s Stutee Ghosh lets her alter ego Pammi Kaur take over and writes a love letter to Pahlaj Ji, tongue firmly-in-cheek.

Science Says Cheese Addiction Is Real, It’s Basically Like Cocaine

Cheese is a delicious invention. Roughly it takes around 4.5 kilos of milk to make 100 grams of cheese. When milk is made into cheese, most of its water, called ‘whey’ is removed leaving behind a very concentrated mass of casein and fat. So in comparison to milk, cheese has very high amounts of opiates. And now even science validates why some people just can’t tear away from cheese.

When ‘Disco Dancer’ Rocked Russia: A Birthday Tribute to Mithunda

Renowned filmmaker Khalid Mohamed wrote about the Disco Dancer Mithun Chakraborty on his birthday on Thursday.

Moscow airport: Tattily shawled and monkey-capped delegates of the government-sponsored Festival of India, were blocked at the immigration counter. We were being glared at as if we had hidden agendas. Shuddered we till Mithun Chakraborty swung in and raised his hands. The waves of airport officials parted like the Red Sea. The delegation was castigated, “Why you all didn’t say you’re with Disco Dancer? Go, go.” The bus driver, zipping us towards the cavernous Rossiya Hotel, quizzed, “You also know Raj Kapoor? We love Mr Kapoor like family.” The RK magic in Russia was legendary, it still is. Some five years before that airport glitch, Mithun with a hip shake, twist and glide had impacted the glasnost era, and how.

For the LGBTQ Community, Every Day is Orlando!

Forty-nine people were killed in a gay club in Orlando, simply for singing, dancing and celebrating their life. What happened in Orlando is one incident, one act of terrorism –but what about the everyday ‘terror’ the LGBTQ community faces?

The Quint’s Parul Agrawal spoke to the community in Bengaluru and got some heart-breaking responses.

Exclusive: Aamir Khan’s First Look From ‘Dangal’ in 360 Degrees!

Catch Aamir Khan in his beefed up avatar, straight from the sets of Dangal. The actor lost 17 kgs in just 5 months to play a younger Mahaveer Phogat in this biopic. The Quint caught up with the actor while he was shooting for the second schedule of Dangal in Leel Akhara near Ludhiana.

An Essential Guide to Surviving the Mumbai Local

Here is what you need to keep in mind when you have to survive travelling in a Mumbai local:

• Calculate the spot on the platform where the entrance to your train compartment might come to a halt. You’ll be in faster, smoother, easier.
  
• Take a seat only if your station is a while away, else stand near the exit.
  
• While standing in queue to exit, always ask the person in front of you which station she is alighting. Else you will get blocked.
  
• During rains carrying huge umbrellas is an inconvenience, always go for a small one which can be easily closed and carried in a plastic bag.
  
• Always make sure your footwear is not flimsy or loose, you might slip if your slippers are not right!
  

Now, you are all set to enjoy the ride!

Inside Tiny Matchboxes Lie Larger-than-life Stories

Can a thing, that costs just a rupee, have great aesthetic significance? There are times when the aesthetic and thrifty do intersect as any phillumenist will tell you.

By Gautam Hemmady’s own account, collecting matchboxes is an inexpensive hobby that has helped him learn a lot about the visual history of India, lending these tiny boxes reputable anthropological significance.

The Bare Truth: Why are Men so Frightened of the Lingerie Store?

The privileged Indian men, are classic examples of being unusually hypocritical about their desires and interests. In private, many of their conversations revolve around making out, sex, breasts and porn – but somehow, in public, they become completely tight-lipped as if someone will shoot them for uttering these words.

Lingerie is a particularly sticky topic. Why most men shy away from talking about it? Read it on The Quint.

#PapaKehteHai: What Radhika Apte, Richa Chadda’s Dads Taught Them

Join The Quint’s Father’s Day campaign #PapaKehteHai and share with us the best thing your dad has told you. It could be as short as a 140-character tweet (but papaitna kam kehte hai? Not possible), a letter, or you could make a video with your dad and send it to us. And duh! Share a photo of you and your dad with us too!

It’s time to surprise your dad with this sweet, sentimental gesture.

Bollywood Ka Don(ald): Trump’s Policies in Filmy Posters

Donald Trump is the Salman Khan of US politics.Ek baar comment karke, he doesn’t give a damn about his own statements, which leads to a number of contradictions in his political stance. Trump turned a year older on 14 June, but is he any wiser? Find out on The Quint.