A list of good reads

• New Yorker has a hilarious list of dating terms inspired by catfishing.
• Architectural Record takes aim at the Central Vista project, explaining why it’s outmoded and regressive.
• Shiv Ramdas’s delightful Twitter thread recounts his encounter with the legendary Dev Anand—and a used ashtray.
• The Hindu tells the lesser known story of the Shudra queen Rashmoni who outwitted the East India Company.
• New York Times reports on how Russian autocrats are using UK courts to go after critics in exile.
• The India Forum goes back in US history to uncover the strange tale of a string of murders of Punjabi men in the 1930s.
• Still not ready to go back to a bar? Mint Lounge asked mixologists for a guide to making world-class cocktails at home.
• Vox looks at why it has become respectable to believe in UFOs—with a little help from the Pentagon and Blink-182’s guitarist.
• Smithsonian magazine explains why bats are a petri dish for coronaviruses—and why they are not vulnerable to them.
• More Indians are going hungry than ever. Fiftytwo has a must-read deep dive that traces the long history of starvation in India.
• Watch The Wire’s interview with Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha—who express no regrets despite their long stint in prison.
• Quartz has a handy guide to cleaning your airpods.
• Also useful: This older Mashable guide on the appropriate, safe and enjoyable deployment of dick pics.