A list of good reads
- Eilidh Akilade in Gal-dem has a lovely piece on smell and our nostalgia for all the things we miss—like the “smell of a night out.”
- Wired has a juicy and lively read on the most successful “celebrity sex tape broker” in Hollywood.
- Well+Good has a useful piece on why sitting on the floor is good for your health.
- Emily Flake in The Paris Review pays tribute to a comic about adolescent girls called ‘Trots and Bonnie’—which we’ve never read but it sounds wonderfully raunchy and real.
- Two good reads on Satyajit Ray to mark his 100th birthday: Rituparna Roy in Conde Nast Traveller on how he used food to describe the world; Armit Gangar in Indian Express on the uncanny role of viruses and disease in his films.
- Life changes art—especially in the wake of calamity. How will the pandemic change our movies? Times of India interviewed writers, producers and directors in search of answers.
- GQ has a good time-pass read on the world’s greatest jail-break artist—who was inspired by the movies.
- Ladies with daughters, Vogue has excellent advice on why you should hold on to your prettiest clothes.
- Netflix was once only too happy to bombard us with binge-worthy series that would keep us up late at night. LA Times reports on its latest pivot: meditation content to help us get a good night’s sleep.
- The Hindu has a trending piece on the rise of senior citizens in the youth-obsessed world of modelling.
