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If You’re Fasting This Navratri, Do It the Healthy Way
It’s that time of the year when you just want to let loose and have a lot of fun. Not everyone fasts for a religious reason, many people see this as an opportunity to lose weight.
If done the right way, fasting detoxifies the body, satvik food keeps the mind and soul pure. If you choose to fast during festivities, do it the healthy way.
Soap vs Sanitizer: What’s the Best?
Believe it or not, the most powerful weapon against any contagious disease is summed up in a three-word phrase you would have heard a million times from your mother: Wash Your Hands.
That’s great advice but what should we wash our hands with? Is the good old soap enough and are hand sanitizers really effective?
Watch: Is the Apple iPhone 6s Actually Better Than the iPhone 6?
The Apple iPhone 6s has made its grand entry into India and it costs a bomb. So does the iPhone 6 still hold up against the new God phone by Apple? We tell you how they stack up against each other.
So, What if You’re a Durga Pujo Hater?
The ‘Durga Pujo Bong’ is a bundle of joy and a suitcase full of Gelusil tablets (how else do you battle five days of pet pujo [tummy worship, or incessantly eating out], pray?) But what of the ‘Other’ kind of Bong? The one that does not care a fig for the crowds, the frequent lavatory visits, and the need to dance the dhunuchi dance with aunties? What do you do if you’re the ‘other’ kind of Bong – the one that haaaaates Durga Pujo?
Dilapidated Ganguly House Needs Attention for Kishore Kumar Fans
No one goes in there. No one has sought to investigate whether the neglected house will ever be inhabited again. Or will the house inexorably be sold for redevelopment?
The Ganguly House in Khandwa screams for attention. Something needs to be done for the sake of Kishore Kumar’s legacy
Accent Be Damned, Priyanka Chopra Kicks Yankee Butt in Quantico!
Why this national obsession with Priyanka Chopra’s accent? Newspapers and news sites have ripped into her with delicious fervour, calling it everything from ‘inconsistent’ to a ‘Sonia-meets-Salman’ hybrid. The poor accent could well have cowered and shrunk at all this unwanted attention – even got more pronounced. But it did neither.
Truth is, while much of PeeCee’s accent is staged (she’s doing her best to sound like the half-Caucasian, half-Indian character that she plays), half of it is actually very, very real.
QSatire: It’s Time for Sallu Bhai to Wash His Hands off Aamir Khan
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Global Handwashing Day is a day to remind us that the easiest way to stop the spread of germs is to wash our hands regularly with soap. (Remember the good ol’ school days?) We at The Quint are not here to lecture you about good hygiene habits. Instead, we bring you celebrities who should ‘wash their hands off’ certain issues, or people.
From Garam Chai to Jalebi Bai: Bollywood Songs Inspired by Food
From spicy Indian curries to succulent meats, the Indian landscape and spices have influenced food so much that even Bollywood found it difficult to stay away. Bollywood is not only about the latka jhatkas and the item numbers, it is also about the songs that send you on a gastronomical journey and make you salivate for some lip-smacking delights.
A ‘Bigg Boss’ Junkie Trips on the Reality Show’s Season Premiere
Some of us wait for our birthdays, some for anniversaries and some for the new year to let our hair down and to let our inner crazy out! Not Nandini Arora, though.
Judge her, but she belong to the mad tribe that adores Bigg Boss.
All You Need to Know About ISIS Before Watching Homeland Season 5
The makers of Homeland Season 5 need to be given due credit for doing their background research well, but the rest of us may not be so well-versed in the daily goings-on in Syria and what ISIS is up to.
Video: Rock Your Gaudiest Clothes on Gaudy Day
October 17th happens to be Wear Something Gaudy Day. We, at The Quint celebrate it by pulling everything gaudy, loud and flashy out from the depths of our wardrobes.
Here’s Why the Making of DDLJ Is as Interesting as the Film Itself
Raj and Simran’s epic love story, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, was a turning point in the lives of many, especially those who made it. Even though DDLJ has been around for two decades now, Megha Mathur wouldn’t think twice before plonking myself on the couch to watch it one more time, like it was the first. If you plan to join in, this story of how the romantic classic came into being is guaranteed to make the experience more magical.
Come, fall in love!
Blast From the Past: The Bigg Boss House Over the Years
Season 9’s Bigg Boss house might be like a game of ‘tippy tippy tap, which colour do you want’. But the house itself is made quite strategically. The walls within which so much action has taken place over the last nine years has changed dramatically ever since the show’s first season. So just to remind you, here’s how much the ‘bitchy paradise’ has changed and transformed over the years.
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