Click to find out how the rivalry between two of the biggest success stories in the Beauty Pageantry world started and evolved over the years.
Top 5 Most Followed Indians on Instagram
Click to find out the Top 5 most followed Indians on Instagram. Shraddha Kapoor is at #3. Exclusive Pics Inside!
TV Trends : Top 5 Hindi TV Shows and Top 5 Hindi Channels (13th Feb – 19th Feb’ 21)
Top 5 Hindi TV Shows (Urban + Rural Households) Source : BARC Ratings 1) Anupamaa (Star Plus) At number #1 is the Rupali Ganguly and Sudhanshu Pandey starrer Anupamaa. This is another superhit show from […]
TV Trends : Bigg Boss Winners List (Season 1 to Season 14)
As we all are gearing up for the season 14 finale tomorrow (21st February 2021), I thought of writing a tribute of sorts for all the fans of the biggest reality show in India, Bigg […]
Hollywood Watch : Golden Globes 2021 – Nominations List (Complete)
Complete Nominations List for the Golden Globes 2021 with exclusive pics of the nominees! Check it out!
Artist of the Month : Charlie Puth (September 2020 Edition)
When I published my first edition of the Artist of the Month feature, I had not thought that my inspiration for that column, Anuradha Sriram, herself, would comment on the article. The comment is the […]
Hollywood Watch : Emmys 2020 – Complete Winners List (Full)
I love Awards and have been a sucker for winning speeches all my life. It is a pity that award functions in India are not that structured but now that we have access to global […]
TV Trends : 5 Reasons Why Saath Nibhaana Saathiya is Super Popular!
Three weeks ago, a YouTuber named Yashraj Mukhate released a video that took the entire country by storm. Every Indian for a week or so was either sharing his creation or talking about it. The […]
TV Trends : Evolution of the Mainstream Indian Television Landscape
Television is probably the biggest source of entertainment worldwide and a very prominent part of the pop culture world. Also, Television or TV (as everyone calls it), plays a huge part in my life. Growing […]
The Milestone Year Feat. Sunidhi Chauhan in 2006
Every artist in their career, has that one special year where they outdo themselves professionally. Actors delivering multiple hits, singers producing multiple chartbusters, artists winning multiple awards, sportspersons winning multiple tournaments, making and breaking records, […]
Fashion Lens : The Iconic Kangana Ranaut
Whims and Quirks being a pop culture website has never captured a very essential part of global pop culture, Fashion. With the advent of Instagram, Fashion trends are no longer restricted to glossy magazines and […]
Artist Of The Month : Anuradha Sriram
When I started this blog in 2017, my primary goal was to celebrate global pop culture and empower artists worldwide. Although, I have tried to write on a variety of genres in these three years, […]
Take Five : Top 5 One Slam Wonders of the 21st Century
Hi Folks! Thanks for the fantastic response to my Take Five series. It has so far amassed 230+ views and the articles on Shah Rukh Khan and Britney Spears are both nearing 100+ views. I […]
Take Five : Top 5 Outsiders who deserve more recognition in Bollywood
The ‘Nepotism in Bollywood’ debate has been going on for quite some time now. Like all industries, it does exist in the Indian Film Industry too and no one can deny that. Nepotism exists in […]
Diet Movie Reviews (E02) – About A Boy, School of Rock, Mean Girls
This week on my own version of short movie reviews, I would like to write about three of my most favorite non-Hindi movies. All of these titles, incidentally fall under the coming of age genre, […]
Take Five : Top 5 Shahrukh Khan Movie Performances
Growing up Shahrukh Khan (SRK) was my most favourite Bollywood Actor. But a large part of my admiration had to do with him being the numero uno actor in the 90s and his anchoring gigs […]
Take Five : Top 5 Indian TV shows to binge on this Quarantine
I have always seen people around me mock the content on Indian Television. Some say it’s inane and banal, while some find it way too regressive and absurd. But it was not the case two […]
Diet Movie Reviews (E01) – Dil Dhadakne Do, Parched and A Death In The Gunj
Few years back when movie reviews were a thing on social media, I had written these short movie reviews for the below three movies. Now that I have my own pop culture website, why not […]
Take Five : Top 5 Britney Spears Songs
I am a big time Pop fan and Britney Spears has been my absolute favorite ever since I was in the 1st grade. I have loved her songs, her music videos and also her live […]
ARTIST TOP 20 : Week 4 (18th April 2020 – 24th April 2020)
Hi Folks! Here’s Whims And Quirks presenting the Top 20 Artists of the week ending 24th April,2020. Top 5 Neha Kakkar is the numero uno once again and has increased her lead further this week. […]
VIVA : My Most Favorite Band Ever
After 17 long years, my all-time favorite band, Viva, had a reunion last week (they reprised their second single, Jago Zara) which made me super ecstatic. Viva, finally, published their first song as a group, […]
RAAGA HOT 20 : WEEK 4 (18th April 2020 – 24th April 2020)
Hi Folks! Here’s Whims And Quirks presenting the Top 20 Songs of the week ending 24th April,2020. Top 5 Genda Phool by Badshah and Payal Dev is again at number #1 this week. It is […]
ARTIST TOP 20 : Week 3 (11th April 2020 – 17th April 2020)
Top 20 Indian Artists for Week ending 17th April, 2020
RAAGA HOT 20 : WEEK 3 (11th April 2020 – 17th April 2020)
Hello Folks! Here is Whims and Quirks with the Top 20 Songs, for week ending 17th April 2020. Genda Phool by Badshah and Payal Dev has retained its numero uno position in the countdown this […]
ARTIST TOP 20 : Week 2 (04th April 2020 – 10th April 2020)
So the list of the top 20 Indian Artists is ready for the week ending 10th April, 2020. And there are a few surprises in the line up. Neha Kakkar, the superstar, has held on […]
RAAGA HOT 20 : WEEK 2 (04th April 2020 – 10th April 2020)
It has already been a week and as promised, here is #WhimsAndQuirks with the Top 20 songs of the week ending 10th April, 2020. Top 5 We have a new number one and it’s a […]
ARTIST TOP 20 : Week 1 (28th Mar 2020 – 03 Apr 2020)
Along with my new weekly segment #RaagaHot20, I am also starting the #ArtistTop20 chart, listing out the top 20 Indian artists every week. The #ArtistTop20 chart will be published every Sunday starting today. Here’s presenting […]
RAAGA HOT 20 : A Weekly Indian Music Chart – Week 1
Being an avid music lover, I have always wondered why India doesn’t have its own music chart? We have been creating and consuming music since 1930s, but have never been meticulous enough to have something […]
My Top 5 All-Time Favorite Animated TV Shows
With GECs in India not being general anymore, I have always wondered what do the kids in the 6-14 demographic actually watch on TV these days! I know there are these 24*7 kids channels ala […]
Musical Chairs #4 – Anaida: Meeting the IndiPop Diva!
Being a pop culture aficionado, I was thrilled when I landed in Mumbai. After all, Movies, Music and Television, sums up my entire childhood and Mumbai is the entertainment epicenter. I have grown up on […]
Musical Chairs #3 : Top 5 Trends that hijacked the Bollywood Music Scene
Trends in the entertainment industry change every 10 years. The frequency is even higher in Bollywood Music Scene. A genre that is the talk of the town today may die a sudden death the very […]
Movie Review #2 : Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
Movie – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Starring – Kartik Aryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sunny Singh, Alok Nath and Ishita Sharma Director – Luv Ranjan Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Poster Finally, I was able to […]
Monica Seles : The Stabbing that changed Tennis History Forever
Monica Seles is probably the most gifted athlete the world has ever seen. The former world #1 won the first of her 9 grand slam titles at the French Open’1990 at a tender age of […]
Dana Plato : The Curse of being a Child Star
I must have been in kindergarten when cable TV entered my home. It was probably one of the happiest days of my life. I was thrilled like never before. I now had access to approximately […]
Musical Chairs #2 – Alisha Chinai : The rebel with a cause
Back in the late 80s and early 90s, India witnessed a revolution in the music industry when IndiPop came into the scene. IndiPop essentially an amalgamation of the words Indian-Pop completely changed the way Indians […]
Musical Chairs #1: My Most Favorite Bollywood Soundtracks Ever
With this blog post, I am starting a new space, called Musical Chairs, dedicated to music. As an ardent music lover, I would like to share my anecdotes and experiences related to Music through this […]
Serena Williams – The only celebrity who inspires me
Serena Williams – the mere mention of this lady makes me go head over heels. I don’t remember being affected by any other celebrity, or for that matter anyone, the way she has moved me. […]
Rani Mukerji and Preity Zinta – Together we rise, Together we fall
Click to find out the similarities between careers of two of the biggest Bollywood Superstars, something that will shock all cinephiles. Exclusive Pics Inside!
Movie Review #1: Tanu Weds Manu Returns – The sequel that kept me waiting for 4 long years
I stumbled upon this blog post I had written two years back just after watching one of my most favorite movies of all time Tanu Weds Manu Returns. I never published it though. Now since […]
Parveen Babi – The Superstar among Heroines
“Main to beghar hoon… apne ghar le chalo… ghar mein ho mushkil… to daftar le chalo…” These very lines, picturized on the 70s superstar Parveen Babi, ironically sums up her entire life. She was a nomad at heart, […]
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