Saturday July 1 2023

the advisory

Culture

A Russian love letter to colonial India

90s kid Namrata Sunderesan tells us about her journey with cheese—with delicious recipes to boot.

We pick the best new book releases for your reading pleasure.

Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.

A list of songs that help drummer Aarifah Rebello pick up her sticks.

It is a historic step toward empowering women so why are some critics still unhappy?

Canada and India are in the midst of a bitter and unprecedented war of words. Wtf is going on?

The horrifying rape allegations about Russell Brand speak volumes about how media orgs like BBC operate.

Floods in Libya have claimed at least 5,300 lives—but the real damage was caused by the civil war.