QWrap: True Story Behind Dalit Stripping, Uber Conviction and More
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Uber Cab Rape Case: Shiv Kumar Yadav Convicted of All Charges
Uber cabbie Shiv Kumar Yadav convicted for raping a 25-year-old woman in New Delhi. Arguments for the quantum of sentence to be heard on October 23.
Twitter Goes Crazy Again as Sehwag Announces Retirement
A day after hinting at his retirement at a press meet in Dubai, Virender Sehwag, on his 37th birthday, has officially announced his retirement. Twitter went crazy after the announcement, some bid adieu while others reminisced their favourite Sehwag moments.
Stripping True Story: Anger, Humiliation and Trumped-up Charges
The Quint goes beyond the ‘who stripped whom’ aspect of the October 7 incident in Dankaur, UP when a Dalit family found itself on the receiving end of the law & order machinery.
Beyond Litti-Chokha: Eating Beef in Bihar
#BiharMobile2015 was about more than just politics. Our reporter Aakash
Joshi writes about his experience of eating beef in Patna and how the politics around food doesn’t seem to have permeated the Bihar polls.
Engage in Debate, Not Vandalism While Expressing Dissent: Jaitley
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday came out strongly against the “extremely disturbing trend” of people resorting to vandalism to register contrarian views. Jaitley said there has to be a proper “civilised mode” of discussing and debating issues.
Why Everyone Will Love These Sufi Islamic Comic Books
Two Bangalore-based Muslim brothers are familiarising us with the spiritual side of Islam through their comic books. Sufi Studios is a Bangalore-based publishing house that has so far published three Islamic comic books that talk about lessons on forgiveness, and cultivating inner peace.
20-Yr-Olds Watch DDLJ For the First Time, Here’s What They Thought
Yes, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is an evergreen cult film and the epitome of romance for an entire generation that grew up in the 90s. The film is so iconic that we thought it would be difficult to find anyone who’s not watched it.
But 20 years after DDLJ’s release, we got five 20-year-olds to watch the film for the very first time. Take a look at what they thought of the film.
Review: Oppo R7 Plus Blows Away Its Competition But...
When Oppo recently launched the Oppo R7 Lite and the R7 Plus in India, we thought they were atrocious.
Especially the Oppo R7 Plus that was priced at Rs 29,990 and wasn’t anything great to look at. But, as we started using the phone, we were reminded to never judge a book by its cover.
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