A list of good reads
- In the mood for a fascinating history? Read Aakar Patel in the Hindu on the Periplus Maris Erythrael—Journal of Sailing the Red Sea—a 2000-year old travel account of a merchant’s journey to India.
- For more history, check out The Telegraph’s big story on Burzahom, the site of Kashmir’s first neolithic settlers.
- The Indian Express looks at the growing questions hanging over Kohli’s captaincy in light of Dhoni’s newest role as a team mentor.
- The Atlantic has a very good essay that argues why you shouldn’t be holding out for your soulmate. No, love isn’t destiny.
- Also in the Atlantic: a strong case of getting rid of Twitter’s fairly pointless “What’s happening” tab.
- Would you take $500,000 or a dinner with Jay Z? That question gripped Twitter over recent days, and Vogue lays out an interesting case for opting for the moolah.
- CNN Business reports on the next big boom in the Indian IT industry—which may emerge as the global hub for software-as-a-service (SaaS).
- A good watch: this BBC News video report on Gujarat’s endangered Kharai camels which can swim in the sea.
- Wired takes on the latest Covid conspiracy theory: the virus originated in lab samples taken in Italy in summer of 2019—long before the first case was detected in Wuhan.
- The Guardian looks at the controversial documentary ‘Lost Leonardo’—which looks at the authenticity of the $450m Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting in the world.
- Mashable attempts to answer a very good question: Why is porn sex all reverse cowgirl and arched backs?
- Speaking of porn, filmmaker Isabel Sandoval pens an essay in the Cut on the connection between desire and spirituality—and reviving the “ecstasy of the horny” on the silver screen.
- Comedian Aditi Mittal offers four excellent tips to adapt to a post-Covid world in the Week.
- Vice has an eye-opening report on Chhattisgarh's Bison-Horn Maria tribe—which has almost no instances of sexual violence.
- Also eye-opening: BBC News’ report on Kenyan ghost writers who are helping students across the world to cheat—one essay at a time.
