A list of good reads
- Quartz reports on a new study that links cow dung burning to the epidemic of black fungus infections in India during the second wave.
- Mashable looks at whether casual sex is bad for you.
- BBC News has a great read on single-shaming—and judgements faced by those who don’t have a partner.
- Love K-drama? Then you must read Shephali Bhatt’s tribute to Korean novels in Mint Lounge.
- Vox makes a provocative argument against our obsession with spoilers—which are now considered a cardinal sin in pop culture.
- The Guardian looks at how much—or little—we know about the sex lives of dinosaurs.
- Also in The Guardian: An excellent read on how the South Asian bridal industry built a global empire thanks to WhatsApp.
- Subscriber Anita Rao Kashi offers a useful guide to the hottest superfood: tempeh.
- Mongabay looks at whether the ambitious plan to build a tiger reserve in Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan, is a bad idea.
- Sandip Roy pens a wryly amusing column on PG Wodehouse—who was recently deemed a security risk by Indian prison authorities.