QWrap: Badass Sunny Leone, Hyderabad Protests Intensify, and More

Here’s a quick wrap of the day’s top stories.

QWrap: 19.01.16

1. You Go, Sunny! Badass Leone Turns Sexist Interview On Its Head

After 4 years in Bollywood, all it took for Sunny Leone to emerge as a total rockstar overnight was a single interview with CNN-IBN journalist Bhupendra Chaubey (aired on Friday).

2. Hyderabad Protests Intensify, FTII Students Sit on Hunger Strike

Fresh protests erupted at the University of Hyderabad campus on Tuesday over the alleged suicide by a dalit scholar even as members of a social outfit tried to hold a demonstration outside the residence of Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, who has been accused in the suicide case.

3. Kashmiri Pandits Fighting to Return Home, 26 Years After Exodus

On January 19, 1990, thousands of Kashmiri Pandits – the only Hindu community native to the state – were forced to flee from the Kashmir valley after repeated threats from Muslim radicals. January 19, 2016, marks the 26th anniversary of their exodus from Kashmir.

4. From Glory to Ignominy: 200 Years of Presidency College, Kolkata

On 20 January, Presidency College will celebrate its 200th anniversary.The year 1816 witnessed a meeting, in the home of the then-British Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, where a group of progressive Brits and Hindu grandees decided to set up a college for the edification of young natives.

5. Facts About Indian Women and Pornography That’ll Make You Grin

Not only are Indian women the third largest consumers of online pornography, among the fairer sex across the globe, but they’re also the youngest! So we got talking to some lovely ladies who didn’t shy away from the subject and were bold enough to share their experiences of watching porn.

6. The Big Match-Fixing Scandal: World Tennis’ Best Kept Secret?

The entire tennis bandwagon had landed in Australia over the weekend for the first Grand Slam of the year. However, instead of games, sets and matches, it was the sports’ apparent best kept secret that found its way into the headlines.

7. ISIS Has Its Own WhatsApp-Like Secure Chatting App on Android

ISIS, the global terrorist outfit was ousted from popular social messaging platforms like WhatsApp and more recently Telegram for obvious reasons. So, what do they end up doing instead? They work on an exclusive messaging platform that can be used to communicate between their channels across the world.