• A dating site for single Muslim hipsters — one of a few niches that OkCupid hasn’t been able to figure out. [NPR]
• Indie rockers and noted favorites of The Aerogram, Goldspot performed at the White House’s Diwali bash last month. Video of their live performance has emerged online. See for yourself. And fawn over frontman Siddartha Khosla, if you’re so inclined.
• Sit back down, Salman. Bollywood actor Salman Khan recently laid on the sexist objectification thick when talking about Priyanka Chopra, saying, “She should be a housewife. She will make a lovely wife.” The context? He was quizzed on a talk show on what Chopra should do for a career if not work in films. Initially, he opined music…but well. With Khan’s track record, this kind of comment’s no surprise is it? [GlamSham]
• “I did not watch my set! Like many performers, I find watching myself excruciating, and I’m sure you can find some eager Internet trolls that agree with me. Become one with your inner Internet troll by writing yourself off before you have a chance to be further disappointed…But seriously, getting to do Conan was so magical that I prefer to keep my hazy memory of that day intact rather than clouding it with messy things like facts and footage.” — Comedian Aparna Nancherla on her breakthrough Conan set, in a recent Q&A conducted after the end of Totally Biased. [The Man FAQ]
• Essential clickbait: 26 questions people from India are sick of answering. You could expand the title to include “people whose ancestral roots can be traced back to India but were actually born and raised here,” but that gets a little wordy, doesn’t it? [BuzzFeed]
• A UK company is looking at trying to replace chicken with pork in the Punjabi diet. [Times of India]
Rohin Guha is a contributing editor at The Aerogram. Follow him on Twitter @ohrohin. Find The Aerogram on Twitter @theaerogram.
