Sunday Exhale: SRK’s Dubsmash; Fan’s Review; Kate’s Upskirt & More
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A glorious day can be made better by some lovely reading under the Sun. And what better than The Quint’s Sunday Exhale to get you started?
Exclusive: Shah Rukh Khan Does a Jabra Dubsmash for The Quint
Check out Shah Rukh Khan getting into Fan mode exclusively for The Quint. Here’s the star doing a very special dubsmash for us. Enjoy!
Kate’s Upskirt, Deepika’s Cleavage: You Never Learn, Do You, TOI?
On the front page of The Times of India, there’s a rather important, politically-nuanced moment filmed in action as it ‘unfolds’ (pardon our French) – Kate Middleton’s dress flying up as she bends to place a wreath.
In a disgusting display of sexism, TOI and a number of dailies, have focused on Kate Middleton’s ‘flyaway’ dress.
Here’s What Sanskaari Harsha Bhogle’s Commentary Would Sound Like
One of India’s most celebrated cricket commentators, Harsha Bhogle, has been accused by Amitabh Bachchan and MS Dhoni for talking ‘less about Indian players’ and more about ‘others’. Well, we take a shot at what Harsha’s wisdom may sound like after going through the ‘sanskaari’ filters.
Has Shah Rukh Khan Changed in the Last 20 Yrs? Find Out
If you’ve seen the trailer of Shah Rukh Khan’s Fan, in the build-up to the character of the star Aryan Khanna in the film, we’re rushed through photographs, video clips and interviews from Shah Rukh Khan’s own real life.
A throwback to Shah Rukh Khan’s first popular interview on Aap Ki Adalat.
5 Things as Pointless as Election Manifestos
Free electricity to half of the electorate!
Free mobile phones and laptops!
Free dhotis, saris and mangalsootras!
FREE corruption!... erm... a corruption-free government!
Instant prohibition!
It’s the season of the Election Manifesto!
After Gurugram, Haryana Should Consider Changing These Names Too
Gurgaon has been renamed Gurugram. Though the name sounds similar to Instagram, the Haryana government says the rechristening reflects the original, mythological identity of the place. Well, then we have a few suggestions to reflect the other realities of the state. And of course, in the same league, Gurugrammers.
Will You Think Twice, If Food Labels Had ‘Exercise’ Equivalents?
If you had any idea that one garma garam samosa would take an hour of brisk walk to burn off the calories, would you ever take a bite? Or squeeze a two minutes atta Maggi break and consider yourself health conscious if you knew that it has taste, lead and calories in equal proportion?
The problem is that food labels are so goddamn complicated that we need a PhD in nutrition to cut through the jargon. Imagine if labels came with exercise equivalents, for example, if you were informed that a box of cookies would take 50 minutes of high-intensity running, would it still seduce you?
I Had to Abuse and Spit at My Dad But Couldn’t: Parikshit Sahni
43 years ago, Hindi cinema’s most natural actor Balraj Sahni died on 13 April 1973. Sahni began his career with the Indian Peoples Theatre Association (IPTA) in Mumbai and went on to become both art and mainstream cinema’s most dependable actor.
In the late 70s, when Bhawana Somaaya became a journalist, she often met up with Balraj Sahni’s son Parikshit Sahni, a busy actor in those days but strangely, they never talked about his father. Today, so many decades later, both of them are happy to discuss Balraj Sahni, the man and the artiste.
1st Day 1st Show: Two ‘JABRA Fans’ Give Their Take on SRK’s FAN
High on our SRK tribute video, both Aaqib Raza Khan and Urmi Bhattacheryya caught the first show of ‘Fan’; we both walked out feeling differently.
This 13-Year-Old Will School You on How to Become an Entrepreneur
When the Delhi government announced the fortnight-long odd-even rule, a 13-year-old Akshat Mittal had a brainwave. He decided to build a website that would help carpoolers in Delhi find travel companions. The idea was simple, but the execution complex. Akshat, who was taught basic coding in school, decided to amp up his game. He learned coding from his techie cousin and his IT entrepreneur father, coded for three weeks and launched odd-even.com.
How to Talk to a Random Swede
Getting bored, are you? Having an existential crisis? Got nothing better to do? Here’s a plan. Call a random Swede and, well... just be random. Trust the Swedes to think of a scheme that’s been taking the internet by storm since 6 April. A new initiative by the Swedish Tourist Association to mark the 250th anniversary of the country’s abolition of censorship allows you to call a number and call a random Swede. All of whom have downloaded an app and signed up to take your calls to talk about anything, and I mean anything. Moose, meatballs, northern lights, Swedish massage, sex, etc.
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s ‘Filmy’ Tour of India
The world knows Prince William and Kate Middleton are on a six-day tour to India, until and unless you are living under a giant rock and puffing on some herbs. The media is overwhelmed by the royal presence of the couple in our humble country. They’ve enthusiastically published Will-Kate’s photographs and ran tour footage while we anxiously waited for the Duchess’ next attire.
Midst all the media hype, did you notice how their tour is a page torn out of a Bollywood script? So filmy!
Let The Quint list down how the royal couple are taking tips from Bollywood while in India.
Easy Peasy Restaurant-Style Rogan Josh Recipe
Rogan Josh is a signature dish from the magnificent valleys of Kashmir. Brimming with flavours of fennel, cardamom and marked by its striking red hue, it is indeed a celebration of all senses. It is reputed to have featured on the dinners of the Nehru family, who were of Kashmiri lineage, including Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.
Once a Hippie Statement, Bell-Bottoms Are Now Back in Fashion
Men perish, empires crumble, but clothes – they remain – their thick fabric a stubborn souvenir of a time gone by; ephemeral fashion of an era remaining its most visible testament forever. After all, what remains of the 1960s hippie movement if not for its psychedelic prints and swagger bell bottoms?
The denims that bear their origins in the nineteenth century are occupying store spaces, wardrobes and conversations once again – call it an outcome of the cyclic fashion or its preoccupation with certain decades of history.