A list of good reads
- Two women climbed up a mountain in Himachal Pradesh. Only one of them returned. Alpinist has her moving first-person account of friendship and loss.
- ‘The Sopranos’ fans: The Ringer looks back at the wildest, wackiest episode—‘Pine Barrens’, the 11th of the show’s third season. The title: ‘Two a**holes lost in the woods’.
- Is your empathy exhausting you? Quartz offers valuable insight and advice that is essential in these dire times.
- This may not be popular with those who admire the PM. Ashutosh Varshney in Indian Express draws a thought-provoking parallel between Mao and Modi.
- Also a potentially unpopular but provocative read: Manisha Inamdar in The Australian takes aim at ‘vulture journalists’—including foreign media and the likes of Barkha Dutt.
- Sharda Ugra in Hindustan Times explains why Indian football’s bio-bubbles held up unlike the glitzy IPL—despite having far fewer resources and attention.
- Psyche looks at the phenomenon of ‘happy tears’—and why we weep with joy.
- Indian Express has a lovely Sunday read on how plants ‘seduce’ bees and birds.
- Going viral on Twitter: Caravan magazine argues that the BJP fired ex-Uttarakhand chief minister TS Rawat for restricting Kumbh gatherings.
- New York Times goes inside the Gates breakup—and the separate worlds Bill and Melinda had built for themselves.
