A list of good reads
- Pieter Friedrich profiles Sonal Shah—the Biden administration’s latest Indian-American appointee with Vishwa Hindu Parishad ties.
- Saurabh Sharma in FiftyTwo has a must-read long read on the great north Indian wedding—and why the combination of guns and women dancers is a perfect recipe for crime.
- The Guardian has an important report on a disease that is devastating coral reefs throughout the Caribbean.
- Quartz has two good reads: One, the A-Z of throwing a remote farewell party for a colleague—which is handy for these WFH days. Two, a guide to making friends as an adult.
- Journalist Raqib Hameed Naik offers an eye-opening Twitter thread that reveals the reality of “foreign investment” in the Kashmir valley. Lots of arm-twisting of NRI investors involved.
- Aunindyo Chakravarty in NDTV explains why political strategist Prashant Kishor’s blueprint for a Congress victory in 2024 doesn’t really work.
- Wondering about Manchester United’s new manager Erik ten Hag? This in-depth Medium profile has everything you could possibly need to know.
- Mint Lounge had two great reads this weekend: One, the many reasons to date a fellow cat lover. Two, the hot, new ingredient in vodka: basmati rice.
- Is a raw food diet healthy? Inverse explains why it may not be good for you.
- Anindita Ghose in The Hindu argues that it is good that India is a no-show at the world’s most prestigious art exhibit—the Venice Biennale.
- Anita Rao Kashi looks at Indian millennials eager to splurge on their beloved pets in Nikkei Asia.
