A long list of good reads
Specially curated by our wonderful team of trainees!
- Paging chai-biskoot lovers: you will love Goya’s brilliant read on the history of biscuits in India.
- Speaking of chai: FiftyTwo takes a trip down memory lane—to a few days in 1995, when many Indians believed Ganapathy idols were drinking milk.
- This totally insane movie review of ‘Dhoom’ on Reddit reads way-too-deep meaning into Hrithik Roshan’s finest moment.
- Our favourite chef and splainer subscriber Pooja Dhingra talks to Scroll about food, courage and entrepreneurship. Bonus: her favourite quick and easy recipes!
- Audrey Truschke in Aeon pens a brilliant essay on the Mahabharata—a epic about corrupt politics, ill-behaved men and warfare—and why it is more relevant than ever today.
- Two good reads from Atlas Obscura. One: Why do sister cities break up, like Osaka and San Francisco? Two: An overlooked inspiration for Dracula, i.e. our very own Vetala.
- Two useful reads: Hindustan Times on how to beat pandemic fatigue. Mashable on why incognito mode gives you zero protection when you’re surfing porn.
- An excellent reading list for cat people via LongReads.
- Can we ever balance the right to offend with the right to be offended? Sandip Roy in Mint argues that it is time to embrace the great Indian philosophy: It’s okay. Thoda adjust kar lenge (we will adjust a little).