It’s Sunday. Relax. Exhale. Soak in some of The Quint’s best, breezy work through the week.
1. The Dawn of the Indian Web Series
With lightening fast connections and laptops on their laps, Indian youth has warmed up to the idea of the web series. And these Indian creators are making sure they are supplying the Indian youth with engaging content.
There’s The Viral Fever’s The Pitchers about four guys and their startup, Scoopwhoop’s The Baked, about three Delhi University students starting a late night delivery service called Wake and Bake and Graphic India’s animated series 18 Days. Stream away.
2. In Pictures: India This Week (June 13- 19)
Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week.
In this week’s edition, we bring you preparations for the International Day of Yoga, selfie and floods, a goodwill gesture at LoC and more.
3. Gadgets and Gizmos to Gift your Dad this Father’s Day
June 21 also happens to be Father’s day. Don’t worry. You still read this in time! Here are 5 gadgets and gizmos you can gift him this Father’s day. Starting with the Google Cardboard, which is priced at a nominal 350 rupees. Your dad will be a kid again with the virtual reality marvel.
4. The Physics of Being Lazy, as Garfield Turns 37
He’s furry, he’s fat — he’s a cool, orange cat.
He is nothing like Macavity — the mysterious yet irresistibly debonair feline. In fact, “his” persona is completely antipodal to hers. Yet no one defines ‘cool’ like him. A lazy, fat, orange cat who hates Mondays — yes, we are indeed talking about Garfield. During the 1970s, artist Jim Davis was looking to create a “good, marketable character”. And he did. Nothing captures the everydayness of the “marketed” American life as Garfield — a fat cat who glorifies consumption, and is the epitome of indolence and indifference.
5. WWII: These women were the first to enlist in the Indian Army
While there was no presence of Indian women in World War I, the British run-Indian Army recruited female volunteers to form the Women’s Auxiliary Corps (India) for the second world war in May 1942. Though they were confined to clerical or domestic duties, this was the first and only time, until 1992, women served the Indian Army in non-medical roles.
Initially, women recruits had to be of 18 years. By December 1942, the minimum age was reduced to 17 years and 11,500 Indian women were enlisted by the end of the war.
6. Skinny Jeans Won’t, But Must Die
Most women no longer need fashion advice — indeed, no advice at all! But please allow us this one liberty of advising you against wearing skinny jeans.
Why, you may ask? Because there’s more to your legs than them looking like tree branches. Also, because skinny jeans are fashionable asphyxiation of the legs; a corset for the thighs; a third degree in a temperature of 45 degrees.
7. Vandana Malik’s Weightloss Battle: Episode 5
In this episode, serial dieter Vandana Malik reminisces how she once went to see a dietician that almost every celebrity in tinsel town seemed to go to.
This dietician’s USP was an ancient method called acupuncture (picture sharp, hair-like needles pricking into one’s body). Out of sheer disbelief, Vandana decided to take an appointment with her. Even a childhood phobia of injections couldn’t keep her away – she simply had to meet this magician who could suck away fat with pointy needles. What happens, find out here.
8. It’s Raining Biopics in Bollywood
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s rise and rise in cricket is set to be packaged in a movie, with actor Sushant Singh Rajput playing the titular role. Another ex-Indian skipper’s life is going to be the subject of yet another biopic. Mohammad Azharuddin who led India as a team, dated, and married Sangeeta Bijlani, but was later found himself in the web of match fixing. To know more about these movies and the rest of the upcoming biopics in Bollywood, read here.
9. Age is Just a Number for Bollywood’s Gorgeous Grannies
Talent Surpasses everything; even wrinkles and grey hair. Bollywood too has a few grannies that have rocked their recent movie performances. Be it Dimple Kapadia or Sharmila Tagore, age does reflect gracefully in their real and reel lives.
10. Review: ABCD 2 is Like Binge Watching a Dance Reality Show | Video
This week’s big release is Disney’s dance drama ABCD 2 directed by Remo D’Souza. Stutee Ghosh tells you whether this Varun Dhawan, Prabhu Deva and Shraddha Kapoor starrer will have you tapping your feet or walking away.
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)