So you want to watch something…
For something old: Did you know there is Pakistani serial “inspired” by Arundhati’s novel, ‘The God of Small Things’? No? Check it out for free on YouTube. Also: read about it here.
For something foreign: We love the Italian series ‘Suburra: Blood on Rome’ which is perhaps the best Italian mob story ever told since the Godfather series. The latest season just dropped. If you’re looking for a Netflix binge watch this weekend, this one is definitely it!
For something fun: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ spinoff, ‘Young Sheldon’, is back for Season 4 on Amazon Prime. We vastly prefer this series to the nerd bromance that kicked it off.
A short list of good weekend reads
Because there’s nothing except the damn election…
- A must read: Vijeta Kumar’s gorgeously written essay in Huffington Post on social isolation of her Dalit family in a Bangalore neighbourhood.
- Another must read: William Dalrymple’s wonderful essay on Babur Nama in Lithub.
- Mint has an interesting read on how household brands are targeting men who are increasingly doing chores at home.
- Also in Mint: Why Hollywood studios—Disney, Sony, you name it—are dialling back productions in India thanks to Bollywood’s unfriendly business model.
- The Wire offers a fascinating read on how an atmanirbhar India in the 1970s became one of the biggest importers of edible oil in the world.
- Sarah Laskow decided to go on a new kind of diet as per the Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, which was the Middle Ages’ most famous health manual. She shares her experience of living the Game of Thrones life in Atlas Obscura.
- Why do humans see ghosts? Popular Science lays out seven reasons why.
- We stumbled upon Pooja Pillai’s excellent and easy guide to seasoning a cast iron dosa tawa on Twitter.
