Sunday Exhale: Burn Calories Without Gymming; Vacation Blues
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Post-Vacation-Hangover: Harder to Come Home Than Go Away?
Post-traumatic-stress-disorder has a little-known, but oft-experienced cousin called post-travel-stress-disorder. It’s not a clinical disorder, but a real phenomenon shared, and experienced by all travel lovers.
Dr Abdul Kalam was Great, but Why Target Aurangzeb (Road)?
The Kejriwal government in Delhi has decided to rename Aurangzeb Road after Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Does Dr Kalam deserve to be commemorated? Of course. But for Aakash Joshi at least, the more important question is why Aurangzeb needs to be erased.
Do You Know These 5 Terrifying Origins of Popular Nursery Rhymes?
Six isn’t really the age to ruin the warm concoction of lilies and rainbows, of pixie dust and hope that kept you warm at night. We’re not saying now is either, but consider this – these nursery rhymes were written at times of great oppression and terror. But the best way to pay homage to these rhymes would be to know their origin stories.
Rainbow Man: Love, Sex Ed & Prejudice in the Age of Innocence
Despite being the land of Vatsayana and Kamasutra, India shies away from speaking out loud the three letter word – SEX. So how do modern Indian parents go about educating their children about birds and the bees?
What if Indian Movies Had to Pass a Bechdel Test for the Disabled?
Decades before, during the ’70s, the movie Koshish broke cinematic conventions in the country by telling the story of a deaf-mute couple for perhaps the first time on screen. Starring Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhadhuri, the movie became a landmark in Indian cinema. In fact, there have been quite a few trailblazing storytellers whose portrayal of the disabled community was free of prejudice.
And yet, when the disabled still have to fight for rights like basic accessibility, one can’t expect a spirited portrayal of them in films.
Is Social Media Becoming the New Police Station?
Social media has quickly become the first place to lodge an ‘unofficial’ FIR.
Harassed, abused or pinched, here’s what you need to have in the form of evidence – a photograph, a video recording or a screenshot of the ‘abusive’ chat. Post them on all of your social media platforms, twiddle your thumbs a second or two – and voila! You have a trial.
6 Fun Ways to Burn Calories Without Gymming
Getting in shape is tough. If you hate dragging yourself to the gym, then don’t. There are a million other ways to burn calories and it won’t feel like a ton of work either. And if sweat and discipline is not your thing, eat right and burn calories by these fun non-traditional ways.
5 ‘True Story’ Murder Films, That’ll Give You Some Serious Chills
Meghna Gulzar’s Talvar is all set to explore the Rashomon-esque take on the Aarushi Talwar murder case, and now, tinsel town is already abuzz with the idea of adapting the ongoing Sheena Bora murder case. We decided to pick five of the most intriguing films based on real life murder cases.
India: One of the Worst Countries to be a Mother In?
The newborn health challenge faced by India is still at a critical stage, much bigger than that experienced by most countries. The country accounts for the very high burden of newborn deaths in the world. Nearly 9 lakh newborns die each year in India alone (2013: United Nations estimates) and this makes up for a third of the total burden of neonatal deaths in the world and a staggering 54% of under-5 deaths in India.
Happy Birthday to the Baap of All Villains, Shakti Kapoor
Bollywood’s most creepy molester and badass villain, birthday boy Shakti Kapoor, is a loving father of two and a pretty slapstick comedian too! As our Gogo Ji turns 57, here’s looking at the fun dad he really is.
Five Things We Want From Apple’s Next iPhone
Apple is all set to announce the next iPhone(s) on September 9. If the numbering scheme will be followed, we’ll see the iPhone 6s and the 6s Plus hitting the market soon. Having recently shifted from Android to Apple, and despite liking the change, there are a few things Mihir Fadnavis like to see different in the next iPhones.
Drinking Too Much Water Can Be a Problem Too
The “rules” of hydration have been drilled in your system since you were a kid: Drink 8 to 12 glasses of water every day; hydrate before you get thirsty. While it is a good advice, it might be a little misguided. A new report on over-hydration shows that by encouraging kids to drink, drink, drink, we might be putting them at a risk for serious health complications - and in some cases even death.
6 Tweets That Make B’day Boy Rishi Kapoor the Funniest Guy Online
Rishi Kapoor is probably the only actor to have made a more successful comeback on social media, than in films! Well, he never really took a break from acting per se, but he has made quite the comeback in terms of popularity. It’s hard to say if he has Twitter to thank for it, or the other way around. As the jovial Punjabi who loves films, alcohol and goofing around, turns 62, here’s looking at his most hilarious tweets of all time!
Of All My ‘Weirdest’ Would-be Wives, the Thin Girl Takes the Cake!
Shibaji Roychoudhury shares with The Quint how anorexia was a lifestyle choice for a girl he met during an arranged marriage meeting.
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