A list of good reads
- This heart-wrenching essay in the New York Review of Books follows a Palestinian father as he searches for his five-year old son.
- Article 14 looks at the tsunami of online sexual online violence unleashed by the Hindu rightwing against Indian Muslim women.
- The Hindu has a fascinating interview with Peggy Mohan on the evolution of Indian languages. It’s a bit nerdy but we were intrigued by the parallels between Indian English and Prakrit (a form of Sanskrit).
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Notes on Grief’ in the New Yorker is a finely-etched portrait of loss and memory of her dead father.
- New York Times offers a must-read that paints a gripping picture of a future shaped by dwindling fertility rates: “Imagine entire regions where everyone is 70 or older. Imagine governments laying out huge bonuses for immigrants and mothers with lots of children. Imagine a gig economy filled with grandparents and Super Bowl ads promoting procreation.”
- The Hustle explains why the future of water is… sewage?
- An essential read for these times: National Geographic on how endless scrolling on social media can literally make you sick.
- TM Krishna in The India Forum pens a thoughtful tribute to his personal hero, great philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.
- The pandemic destroyed our personal style, and we’re now struggling to figure out how to dress ourselves for the outside world. BuzzFeed News spotlights a challenge all of us can relate to.
- Erica Lenti in The Walrus tells the engaging story of her attempt to make her dog internet-famous.
- Daily Beast has the insane and entertaining battle between a Russian oligarch and his very angry wife in the “world’s biggest, and most bitter divorce.”