A list of good reads
- The Telegraph looks at why it has become so very hard to make a Bollywood movie in an increasingly thin-skinned Indian society.
- Mona Eltahawy pens a brilliant essay on the unprecedented rage of Iranian women in her newsletter Feminist Giant.
- Priyadarshini Chatterjee in Scroll writes about the culinary likes and dislikes of Bengali ghosts—who are every bit as picky as the living.
- This New Yorker essay on the villainous role of modernist buildings in the movies brings together our two favourite things—films and architecture.
- The Print argues that Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman are ‘twice immigrants’—East African Asians who migrated to Britain. And this lineage explains their aversion toward letting in new migrants.
- With fabulously powerful billionaires controlling our lives, are we now living in an era of “techno-feudalism”? We weren’t entirely convinced by this New York magazine essay but it makes for a provocative read.
- Quartz looks at the death of the ‘quiet quitting’ trend—i.e working as little as possible. FYI: the guy who inspired the trend is now toiling for over 50 hours, trying not to get laid off.
- This gorgeous immersive essay of a Zimbabwean archaeological dig is well worth creating an Economist login.
- In The Guardian: Marian Keyes, Nick Hornby, Leïla Slimani and other writers share the books that changed them.
- Since it’s Halloween, Wall Street Journal (splainer gift link) has an interesting piece on the psychological benefits of scaring ourselves silly.
- Vox has a very good piece on the rise of allergies—explaining why we develop them and why they are becoming more frequent.
- Whether or not Ukraine wins the war, Al Jazeera reminds us that it will pay a huge and damaging demographic cost.
