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Intriguing social distancing things
Glam dolls as diners: The Inn at Little Washington, a three Michelin-star restaurant near Washington, D.C. has reopened with a new social distancing feature: glamorous mannequins dressed in 1940s-era attire just chilling with each other.
Designer face masks: Here’s a list of 20 fashion brands that offer seriously chic accessories for your face.
Cartoon masks in India: Bangalore artist Priya Kuriyan is making waves thanks to her quirky and colourful cartoons of Indians doing very Indian things… in face masks.
A list of good reads
- Iconic director Shyam Benegal revisits his iconic films in Huffington Post. And they hold up very well—but only because little has changed in the India his often grim films captured.
- The Conversation offers a must-read on how the pandemic has changed our perception of time.
- What’s the difference between climate change to pandemic—both seemingly apocalyptic disasters staring us in the face. Axios offers an insightful compare-and-contrast analysis.
- Slate explains why planting trees won’t stop climate change.
- But that doesn’t mean we don’t mourn their loss. Sandip Roy in Times of India pens a lovely ode to the gorgeous old trees lost to Amphan in Kolkata.
- Ameya Nagarajan’s thought-provoking Medium essay is titled ‘Fat is a word. Use it.’—and it will make you see the word in a completely new light.
- Scroll has a stunning must-see gallery of Chivan Gill’s photos of migrants—accompanied by an eloquent personal essay. Below is a sample.
