A list of good reads
- Kevin Renn in New York Times writes about being a ‘manny’—a male nanny—in Manhattan. (h/t founding member Basreena Basheer)
- Also in the New York Times (gift link from splainer): A fascinating deep dive into circadian medicine—where researchers figure out the right time to do everything to improve your health.
- The Atlantic argues that distance makes the heart fonder—even in close friendships.
- Also in The Atlantic: In praise of making—and meeting—pointless goals. Maybe it’s good to have a little less purpose-driven life?
- This sweet excerpt from actor Deepti Naval’s memoir is all about her intense adoration of Sadhana and Sharmila Tagore as a teenager.
- Also in Mint Lounge: Nisha Susan on why going to the gynaecologist is a nightmare for many Indian women.
- The Signal offers an excellent overview of the booming coffee business in India.
- This obituary of Lawrence Pfaff in The Florida Times-Union is very, umm, honest—astonishingly so. Let’s just say Pfaff is probably glad he isn’t alive to read it.
- Soutik Biswas in BBC News pens a gripping tale from Bihar—of a missing son and the impostor who took his place.
- In BBC Science: A guide to pathological liars, and how to spot them.
- GQ has a surprising feature on Turkey—which is now the global capital of the hair transplant. Who knew?
- The Guardian has a feel-good piece on ‘extinct’ macaws making a big comeback in Brazil.
- The Hindu offers an excellent explainer on the recent landslides in Manipur that have killed 125 people—and the role of a big railway project in the tragedies.
- Foreign Affairs (free log in) takes aim at Ukraine’s “implausible theories of victory”—arguing it is time to negotiate.
- MindBodyGreen breaks the bad news: No, those pricey collagen serums do not work.
- CNBC has a handy guide to one stretch you can do every day to keep lower back pain at bay.
