A list of good reads

• Suketu Mehta in Time writes of the one story that captures the immigrant experience like no other: Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Kabuliwallah’.
• Washington Post has the lovely story of Cunhaporanga Tatuyo—who lives deep in the Amazon forest and is now a TikTok star.
• The Guardian looks at the craze for protein supplements—which have gone from a niche bodybuilding supplement to a mainstream obsession.
• BuzzFeed News looks at new Truman Capote documentary and asks: Was he non-binary?
• V Geetha in The India Forum spotlights an alarming and ignored trend: The rise of sexual violence against Dalit women during the pandemic.
• Stephen Marche in Lithub offers a provocative take on the rise of authors like Sally Rooney: “The literature of the voice is dying. The literature of the pose has arrived. The basis of literary style has shifted.”
• Nisha Susan in Mint Lounge has a delightful riff on the joys of being part of an army of fans.
• Quanta has a fascinating—and slightly terrifying—piece on a monstrous “tree” of magma plumes at the core of the Earth.
• LongReads has an excellent essay on the choruses in Hollywood movie songs—which belt out perfectly nonsensical prose with utter conviction. 
• The Hindu looks at why Jats in Western UP are still divided in their support for PM Modi.
• We greatly enjoyed watching comedian Josh Gondelman’s entertaining take on the classic boxing flick ‘Raging Bull’. 
• The Telegraph calls out the rising trend of forcing vegetarianism via diktat.