QWrap: Racism Against Africans, Alia Bhatt and #LovetoHomophobes
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The Quint’s Readers Send #LoveToHomophobes
A homophobic shooter in Orlando enters a night club and ends 49 lives. A sting operation in Delhi reveals that Ayurvedic doctors working at Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali clinics still believe homosexuality is a disease, a mental disorder. The Quint believes its time to reach out… and offer #LoveToHomophobes. You can send in your love notes to lovetohomophobes@thequint.com. Or use the hashtag #LoveToHomophobes to post your messages on social media.
Attacks Against Africans: Exploring India’s Racial Prejudice
Cannibals, criminals, drug dealers and monkeys... Africans are a bad influence. That’s a common belief among locals in most neighbourhoods with an African population. The government and the police have denied that there is a racist angle in the attacks against Africans. But, are we sure that Africans aren’t being targeted because of the colour of their skin? Watch The Quint’s DoQ to find out.
Alia Bhatt Describes Shahid, Varun, Sidharth & SRK in One Word
A lot of ladies in Bollywood are jealous of Alia Bhatt. And why not? She has worked with all the industry’s hottest men, from Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhothra to Shahid Kapoor and Fawad Khan. In her interview to The Quint’s Rohit Khilnani, she described each of her co-stars in just one word.
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