Sunday Exhale: Why so Angry Mr Kohli?; Menstruation Taboos
Sit back and and enjoy some of The Quint’s best work through the week.
It’s Sunday. Relax. Exhale. Soak in some of The Quint’s best work through the week.
A Love Story of the Bengali Waist-Size
Love makes the world go round. But fish-curry rice makes it fly. And butter chicken, says Partho Ganguly.
Breaking the Vicious Cycle: No More Menstruation Taboos
“I know where my lungs are, I know where my heart is. But where are my ovaries?” asks Aditi Gupta, founder of Menstrupedia, an educational comic book crafted to present the information about menstruation in a way that is not only easy to understand but also sensitive towards the taboo nature of the subject.
Digital vs TV: Raghav Bahl Takes Arnab Goswami Head On
The Internet is quickly taking over as the primary medium for consumers and gradually replacing television in the lives of individuals.
But will it soon take over the traditional TV ? Watch the face-off between Raghav Bahl and Arnab Goswami.
Why So Angry Mr Kohli? From Another Delhi boy
Have you seen a true-blue smile from Virat Kohli? He scowls, curses and spits. And even when he is amused, his smile is more like a grimace. Why so Angry Mr Kohli ask another Delhi boy Aakash Joshi.
BJP Meddling With Your Morning Menu: Beef, Eggs, Now Exercise?
After the beef ban in a few BJP ruled states (with hints of others following soon!) and Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s egg ban in the mid day meals in MP, it’s Yogi Adityanath’s do Suryanamaskar or drown gaffe that is inviting ire.
Exclusive: Vidya Balan on 10 Years in the Movies
It’s been an eventful decade for 37-year-old Vidya Balan — the actress has worked in 18 films, received numerous awards, including two National Awards, got married while she was at the peak of her career after hits like The Dirty Picture and Kahaani.
Mahesh Bhatt: A Life Less Ordinary
In the world of Hindi cinema where everyone wishes to be politically correct, Mahesh Bhatt stands as a glaring exception. The showbiz people prefer to keep their personal affairs forcibly stuffed in the closet, but Bhatt prefers to wring those memories to make creative brushstrokes on celluloid.
Movie Review: In ‘Jurassic World’, Meet T-Rex ka Baap
22 years after Jurassic Park, will Jurassic World be able to elicit the same awestruck wonder from us? Check out what Stutee Ghosh has to say about the movie.
Move Over Donald Duck, Show Some Love For Chacha Chaudhary
June 9 was Donald Duck Day and social media did what it
does best — rave about yet another addition to an already overpopulated pop
culture calendar. As if we didn’t have enough, there’s Chocolate Ice Cream Day
and Best Friends Day, Iced Tea Day and, believe it or not, even a Peanut Butter
Cookie Day.
But what of our
desi indulgences?
When Anonymity on Twitter is Not a Bad Thing
One can remain anonymous and feed on and off a hive. Swati Chaturvedi is a journalist with over 20 years of experience and was targeted by one such anonymous troll. Speaking to The Quint, Swati says she’d had enough after being “harassed in the most disgusting, sexist way”.
Lutyens Insiders: Be Damned you Anonymous Abusive Trolls
Having actually lived in Lutyens Delhi for 20 years, these nasty troll stars taking on Twitter bothered Swati Chaturvedi.
They are nasty, feral and think lies and abuse are weapons. They hunt in anon like hyena packs. After repeatedly being harassed in the most disgusting sexist way, she had enough.
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