A list of good reads
- The Hindu offers a philatelic timeline of Dr Ambedkar’s legacy—using postage stamps to show how he has been viewed at different times in our history.
- Also in The Hindu: a perceptive read on how reading in English becomes an aspirational act that asserts class status—whether we Indians want it or not.
- Thomas Abraham in India Forum explains how poor government planning led to the vaccine shortage.
- What is ‘disenfranchised grief’? Mint Lounge writes on the loss of our no-name relationships—be it your chai wala or your auto bhaiya—due to the pandemic.
- Buzzfeed News explains why Khloé Kardashian has to stop whining and step up and take responsibility for the pressure on her to look perfect.
- Also in Buzzfeed News: A lovely slice of romance fiction by Bolu Babalola from her anthology titled ‘Love in Color’.
- The Harvard Crimson offers a brilliant read on the history of the Ku Klux Klan at Harvard University.
- Longreads offers a very good essay on Disney’s ‘gay’ villains.
- The Drive offers a controversial argument: The US military is owning up to UFOs because it doesn’t want to admit to being spied on by foreign drones.
- The Guardian has a deep dive into ‘brain fog’—caused by the monotony and stress of pandemic life.
- Also in The Guardian: A fun read on Dubai’s rise as the influencer capital of the world.
- InsideHook says Gen Z has a bad case of ‘main character syndrome’—the feeling that you’re the star in the movie version of your life.
- Steel Authority of India (SAIL) sacked its employees and made a whole lot of money. The Wire has an illuminating piece on just how Indian companies thrived during the pandemic—at the expense of its workers.