A list of good reads
- Vox looks at the news trend of celebrities making money off their fast food orders. And they don’t even have to actually invent a new dish for it to be named after them. Coming to Bollywood in five, four, three…
- Inverse has a useful overview of the research on the ideal daily number of steps to stay healthy.
- For movie nerds: Ars Technica looks at the real-life archaeological excavation and novel behind the latest Ralph Fiennes flick ‘The Dig’ on Netflix.
- For pop music nerds: Open Culture on the great significance of Giorgio Moroder/ Donna Summer collab ‘I Feel Love’.
- Absolute must for iPhone users: This amazing trick that lets you fix typos in your text—without having to struggle with the crap cursor.
- Two very good reads on women and household work. One: New York Times tracks the lives of three married women with kids who have been driven to the edge by pandemic (the photos in themselves tell a powerful story). Two: Pooja Pillai in Indian Express takes forward the debate over women in the kitchen—sparked by the recent Malayalam film, ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’.
- If you’ve been curious about Dalit rappers, this Telegraph overview is a good starting point.
- Psyche has a very useful guide to staying mindful in your daily life.
- The India Forum has an excellent essay on the lower caste characters in the Mahabharata—and the key roles they play.
- Guernica magazine has a lovely essay on grief and creativity.
- Last not least: We lost Christopher Plummer this weekend. Vulture pays excellent tribute.
- The News Minute looks at how Kerala's chayakkada has shaped Malayali politics, cinema and culture.
